Oh, what a night!
April 25 was the first annual Frontenac Pro Doubles Invitational, the brainchild of
Mateo Dalla Fontana and the product of a lot of work by a whole lot of people.
FRC manager Terry Ward relaxes with
featured sponsor Bill Bishop
before the big night gets underway.
The evening begins.
A bevy of ball-kids.
FRC's Mateo Dalla Fontana
created this event from scratch.
Altaf Merchant
from FRC.
Billy Gluck of the
Miller Tennis Academy
at Forest Lake.
Terry Ward made it
to the semifinals.
Steve Wall
of Creve Coeur.
Cameron Thomas coaches several
sectional, national and WTA players.
Daniel Adalberti and
Jalal Chafai went on to
win the night.
Mike Doyle, 2008 St. Louis
Adult Player of the Year.
Ken Flach, former
world-ranked
doubles
champ,
and Kevin Lackey
finished second.
FRC's Karim Madatali is also
Westborough's drector of tennis
Fontbonne's varsity coach.
FRC's Kevin Lackey,
runner-up with Ken Flach.
Mateo Dalla Fontana
created the tournament.
Stefan Kruger, FRC's
director of
tennis,
ranked #30 in the world
in doubles in 1990.
Jalal Chafai, of Frontenac,
won the evening
with Daniel Adalberti.
"...And the winners were . . ."