TOP-SEEDED GRETCHEN MAGERS CRUISES INTO WOMEN’S SINGLES SEMIFINALS OF USTA NATIONAL 40 HARD COURT CHAMPIONSHIPS AT LA JOLLA BEACH & TENNIS CLUB

Written by: Staff on 1st December 2011

TOP-SEEDED GRETCHEN MAGERS CRUISES INTO WOMEN’S SINGLES SEMIFINALS OF USTA NATIONAL 40 HARD COURT CHAMPIONSHIPS AT LA JOLLA BEACH & TENNIS CLUB |

La Jolla, Calif. – (November 30, 2011) – On a cool, breezy day at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club, former touring tennis professional Gretchen Magers of San Diego cruised past Stephanie Stone of Carpinteria, Calif., 6-2, 6-1, in one hour and seven minutes to advance to the women’s singles semifinals of the USTA National 40 Hard Court Championships.

When the 47-year-old Magers warmed up for her quarterfinal match against Stone on Court No. 2, she saw an opponent who was younger and quicker. Magers knew she would not be able to stay on the baseline and trade groundstrokes if she wanted to win.

“I could tell that she was in better shape than me and her ground strokes were better. I knew I had to mix it up,” said Magers, who used slice on her ground strokes and hit timely drop shots to vary her game.

Fortunately for Magers, the tournament’s defending women’s singles champion, the strategy worked.

Despite suffering an early service break, Magers built a 5-2 first set lead and went on to win the set as she broke Stone’s serve in the eighth game. In the second set, Magers served at 4-0 and fought off a break point to hold serve and take a 5-0 lead. Serving to stay in the match, Stone bravely fought off two match points and managed to hold her serve when Magers netted a forehand volley.

In the next game, Magers gained her third match point at 40-30 as she served for the match at 5-1. The match ended when Stone’s backhand fell into the net. “I’m thrilled that I’m in the semifinals. I served really well. I served about as well as I can. I got a lot of points on the serve when I needed it,” Magers said following her victory. “She’s a really great player. She tried so hard and she ran down every ball.”

The top-seeded Magers is looking to win the tournament for the sixth time after capturing the women’s singles title in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2010. Before retiring from the women’s professional tour in 1993, Magers won three career Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) singles titles and reached the singles quarterfinals at the US Open in 1982, the French Open in 1983 and Wimbledon in 1989.

Magers will face Dina McBride of Woodland Hills, Calif., in a semifinal match scheduled for 9:30 a.m. (PT) Thursday at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club.

When Magers, the five-time tournament champion, was asked what it takes to win a tournament like the USTA National 40 Hard Court Championships, she responded, “For me it’s just having a great attitude and loving playing tennis. That’s truly it. If you’re having fun and enjoying your tennis, that’s what it’s going to take.”

In other tournament action, defending men’s champion and top-seed Jeff Tarango reached the men’s singles quarterfinals as he defeated John Morris of Chicago, Ill., 6-0, 6-3 in a fourth round match.

The La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club enjoys a 75-year tradition of hosting tennis tournaments and tennis pros from around the world. Tennis legends who have played at the LJB&TC include Pancho Gonzales, Jack Kramer, Ted Schroeder, Maureen Connolly, Billie Jean King, Stan Smith, Arthur Ashe, Roscoe Tanner, and John McEnroe.

Named “Club of the Year” for 2011 by the San Diego District Tennis Association, the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club is designated one of the “Top 50 Tennis Resorts” by Tennis Resorts Online. In addition to hosting the USTA National Men’s & Women’s 40 & Over Hard Courts, the USTA National Father & Son Hard Court Championships and the Grandfather & Grandson Hard Court Championships, the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club is home to the Pacific Coast Men’s Doubles Championships every March (one of the five-oldest tennis events in the world), and the USTA National Senior Women’s Hard Court Tennis Championships in May. The Club also hosted the 2008 Fed Cup, and was also the proud host of the 2006 Davis Cup First Round Tie between the United States and Romania.

About the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club, Inc. – One of California’s most treasured beachfront resorts for more than 75 years, the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club is a fourth-generation, family-owned and operated company dedicated to the operation of a 14-acre beachside resort. The resort includes three properties, including the exclusive La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club, the 128-room La Jolla Shores Hotel and landmark Marine Room restaurant. Resort amenities include 14 championship tennis courts, a nine-hole Par-3 golf course, two swimming pools, two additional oceanfront restaurants and cocktail lounges, and one of Southern California’s only private beaches. For more information visit www.ljbtc.com.

USTA National 40 Hard Court Championships

La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club

La Jolla, Calif.

Surface: Hard

Men’s Singles

Fourth Round

Jeffrey Tarango (1), Manhattan Beach, Calif., def. John Morris, Chicago, Ill., 6-0, 6-3

Jeff Greenwald (3), Corte Madera, Calif., def. Patrick Crow (9), Huntington Beach, Calif., 7-5, 6-1

Oren Motevassel (2), Sunnyvale, Calif., def. Daniel Marting (9), Phoenix, Ariz., 6-4, 6-4

Martin Barba (7) San Marcos, def. Fabian Grassini (9), Santa Ana, Calif., 4-0, Ret

Todd Nelson (9) Valley Center, def. Warren Fulgenzi (6), Las Vegas, N.M. 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-4

Andy Stewart (9) Huntington Beach, Calif., def. Curtis Dunn (8), San Francisco, Calif., 6-2, 6-1

John Saviano Los Altos Hills, Calif., def. Greg Failla (5), Ramona, 2-6, 7-6, 6-2

Peter Smith (4) Los Alamitos, Calif., def. Kline Sack (9), New York, N.Y., 6-1, 6-0

Women’s Singles

Quarterfinals

Kim-Trang Nguyen (4), Santa Ana, Calif., def. Christen Bartelt, Malibu, Calif., 6-2, 6-4

Dina McBride, Woodland Hills, Calif., def. Amy Alcini, (3) Malibu, Calif., 6-3, 6-0

Gretchen Magers (1), San Diego, def. Stephanie Stone, Carpinteria, Calif., 6-2, 6-1

Jennifer Dawson (2), Carlsbad, def. Sue De Lara, Pasadena, Calif., 6-2, 6-1

For additional scores, please go to:

http://tennislink.usta.com/tournaments/tournamenthome/results.aspx?T=95071

Topics: Gretchen Magers, La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club

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