Success for TennisLeagueNetworks First USA Tennis tourney
Newton, MA- The first annual USA tourney of the Tennis League Network (TLN), which sponsors local web based tennis communities in 34 cities and metro areas, was a huge success, says TLN CEO Steve Chagnan. Held Nov. 6-8 at Crandon Tennis Center in Key Biscayne, FL, The event, played on hard courts, pulled 31 players of all tennis ablilites– all of them champions in their respective local TLN seasons.
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The tourney surpassed my wildest expectations. The Crandon Park and weather were perfect, and the tennis participants were sociable and avid, said Chagnan. Tennis participants who won their respective season playoffs local seasons received free entry into the tournament.
The TLN local communities drive to associate tennis players who are fervent about the game in either a Tennis Partner (non-competitive format) or Flex League format. Our system keeps that the tennis participants are getting tennis participants who are close to their ability so they are enjoying fun exciting tennis peers. In the past 5 years we have seen over 43,000 tennis matches played and growing at a rate of 50%+ a year.
TLN was inspired to produce this USA tourney as the complete conclusion for all the players who have won tournaments in their individual programs, said Chagnan. The 32 tennis participants most major cities, including Philly, Miami, OC, Washington DC, Metro Boston, St. Louie, Denver, Twin Cities and Los Angeles. players were grouped in mini-divisions of 5 tennis participants, and played in a round-robin employing a 10 pro set format (First to win10 games). The top 2 players from each mini-division advanced onto a single elimination tourney with other skill-level mini-division qualifiers.
Enrollment starts Jan. 1st for the 2010 spring season for TLNs 33 web based communities, which are dedicated to bringing together local tennis tennis participants of every skill level — from beginners to advanced– who want to participate in a lot of singles tennis matches and make new tennis friends. We make sure that both men and women are affiliated with tennis partners of similar skill levels, says Chagnan.