NEWS

CBS airs a feature about Little Mo Connolly after a match where Chris Evert ties Maureen Connolly’s record of 3 US Open crowns in a row with a win over Wendy ‘The Rabbit’ Turnbull in 1977. She went on to break the record, winning 4 in a row, and then a record 6 out of 8 years from 1975-1982. The match was gamely contested by Turnbull, who later became Evert’s most regular doubles partner in the 80s.   Fast forward to the 7:55 mark in the video to see the Little Mo Connolly feature.

Denis Kudla, former “Little Mo” champ defeated another “Little Mo” champ, Evan King, today in the U.S Open Juniors Draw. Congrats to both players for doings so well.  Good luck, Denis in your next round.

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Ryan Harrison who recently played in the Main Draw of the U.S. Open has been selected to play on the USA Davis Cup team to be played September 17-19 in Bogota, Columbia.  Congratulations Ryan! To read more about Ryan’s U.S. Open exciting 5 set tie-breaker, click here.

Ryan Harrison, former “Little Mo” champion in 2000, will be playing in the Main Draw of the U.S.Open! Go Ryan!

<><> August 27, 2010 (7:21 P.M.) Court 11 was packed Friday as American Ryan Harrison defeated Brazilian Ricardo Hocevar in qualifying to reach the main draw of the U.S. Open. Harrison, who is from Louisiana but trains at the Bollettieri academy, fed off the crowd to come back from a set down and had a timely break in the third to serve for the match. On match point, the children in the stands stood poised with jumbo balls and notebooks, and as soon as Harrison aced his opponent, they stormed toward the court to beg for signatures and swag. And oh, did Harrison oblige. He bent down toward his racquet bag to pack up, and the children, big-eyed, screamed for one of his racquets. So he held one up above the crowd (the tallest kid, naturally, walked away with it). Next he started signing tennis balls, notebooks, receipts and peoples’…

MCB announces a new event called the “Mini Mo” for ages 5-8 using the new shortened courts. The Texas “Mini Mo” is scheduled for Saturday, October 2 at Kiest Park in Dallas from 10 – 12:30 – anyone from USA can enter. Email Cartennis@aol.com for an entry form. Watch for details on the “Mini Mo” Internationals next summer. Play “Mo” Tennis!  Click here to read more about short court tennis for youngsters.

SIGN UP NOW !!! “Little Mo” Internationals for ages 7-12 online registation ready on www.mcbtennis.org. Open to any player from around the world including USA.

Dallas, Texas…Erin Larner (#4 seed) from Portland, Oregon won the 39th annual Maureen Connolly Brinker Girls’ 14 National Championships at T-Bar-M Racquet Club in Dallas, Texas. She defeated Alexis Pereira from San Gabriel, California 6-3, 6-2. The event was held from Friday, March 19 – Sunday, March 21, 2010. Alexandra Bourguignon (# 3 seed from Issaquah, WA) defeated Peggy Porter (#1 seed from Dallas, TX) for third Place and fourth Place: 6-3, 7-6 (8). Marie Norris (Burdett, KS) defeated Sydney Young (Austin, TX) for fifth and sixth place: 6-2, 6-1. In the consolation final, Madison Bourguignon (Issaquah, WA) defeated Macy Vonderschmidt (McKinney, TX) 5-7, 6-2, 10-4. The Sportsmanship Award was presented to Sydney Young (Austin, TX) Invitations were sent to the top players who are 14 & under from each section of the USTA. This singles-only event featured 32 of the top USA players in Girls’ 14 & under and…