Medicine Hat Tennis club crowns open champions
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 23, 2023.
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Tennis Club hosted its open tournament over the weekend. Sixty players competed at the tournament that got underway Tuesday and wrapped up Saturday with championship matches. Calvin Heller (1) defeated Craig Weich (3) 6-2, 6-2 to capture the men’s open singles title. Tyler Warken defeated Peter O’Driscoll 6-1, 6-1 to take the men’s open singles consolation. The men’s intermediate singles title was won by Luke Knapczyk, who defeated Josh Gazdag 7-6, 6-4. The intermediate singles consolation was won by Easton Kurpjuweit, who beat Lydell Wenzel 6-2, 6-1. Dannan McElroy-O’Driscoll (1) defeated Kristen Wenzel (2) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to claim the women’s open singles championship. CoraLee Riehl took the women’s open singles consolation by defeating Irene Giesbrecht 6-2, 6-2. Calvin Heller and Jin Shin (1) defeated Brent and Richard Meyer (2) to capture the men’s open doubles title, winning in three sets, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. The men’s open doubles consolation went to Dave Reinheller and Jose Polit who defeated Jordan Schibler and Jess Ferris 7-6, 6-4. The intermediate men’s doubles title was won by Theoron Bensler and Easton Kurpjuweit, after defeating Rob Hazelaar and Lorne Pretzlaw 6-1, 6-1. David Schnare and Lyle Garrecht took the consolation, defeating Lincoln Bensler and Karter Kurpjuweit 6-0, 6-1. Kristen Wenzel and Dannan McElroy-O’Driscoll (1) defeated Tracy Heller and Linda Norris (2) to capture the Women’s open doubles championship, winning in two sets 6-3, 6-0. The consolation was won by Sheila Reinheller and Wai-Cheng Pretzlaw, who defeated Carla Thorogood and Lilly Laurent 4-6, 6-2, 6-1. The next event for the local tennis club is the Medicine Hat Open Mixed Doubles Tournament, scheduled to run Sept. 8-9. 15-14
