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Sunday, while Esther Vergeer clinched the women s singles title for a 14th successive year. Maikel Scheffers and world No.

1 The News Bulletin of the International Tennis Federation Houdet, Vergeer and Gershony prevail in Mechelen Stephane Houdet (FRA) and Noam Gershony (ISR) won their first NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters men s and quad singles titles in Mechelen, Belgium on Sunday, while Esther Vergeer clinched the women s singles title for a 14th successive year. Maikel Scheffers and world No. 3 Houdet completed the round-robin phase of the competition undefeated to progress to the semifinals where they faced Ronald Vink (NED) and Robin Ammerlaan (NED) respectively. Scheffers then overcame the world No , while Houdet fought back from a set down to defeat the six-time former champion Ammerlaam The Frenchman made a better start in the final, securing a straight sets victory over Scheffers 64 76(2). Vergeer expended little energy in extending her singles winning streak to 434 matches. She eased through her round-robin group for the loss of just six games before defeating compatriot and world No. 4 Marjolein Buis in the semifinals. Aniek van Koot upset world No. 2 Jiske Griffioen in the other all-dutch semifinal to reach her first NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters final, where she fell to the imperious Vergeer Stephane Houdet (FRA) (Photo: Imagellan) After winning 14 NEC Masters titles I really feel like this is my tournament as I ve won it so many times in the Netherlands so I m very happy to win the first one here in Belgium, said Vergeer. World No. 3 Gershony bounced back from a set down to take the title on his debut at the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters. Britain s Andrew Lapthorne made a sensational start to the final, claiming the first set 60, but couldn t maintain his high level, eventually falling to Gershony This is all new to me as it is my first win in a major final outside of the Super Series events and my first NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters, so to be champion feels quite strange, but I am very, very happy, said Gershony. For more information, results and photos, visit itftennis.com/wheelchair Davis Cup Zone Group III and IV venues The ITF has announced the list of venues for the 2012 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Zone Group III and IV events. Americas Zone Groups III and IV have been merged for 2012, with the venue still to be confirmed. For more information visit or Europe Zone Group III National Tennis Centre, Sofia, Bulgaria w/c 30 April Clay (O) Africa Zone Group III Cite Nationale Sportive, Tunis, Tunisia w/c 23 April Hard (O) Americas Zone Group III tbc tbc tbc Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Enghelab Sport Complex, Tehran, Iran w/c 23 April Hard (O) Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex w/c 16 April Hard (O) Doha, Qatar Inside Worldwide Coaches Conference News in Brief Rankings/Results This Week Next Week

Wayne Black to speak at Worldwide Coaches Conference The theme of this year s ITF Worldwide Coaches Conference by BNP Paribas is the long-term development of a high performance player and features

2 Wayne Black to speak at Worldwide Coaches Conference The theme of this year s ITF Worldwide Coaches Conference by BNP Paribas is the long-term development of a high performance player and features keynote speakers including two-time Grand Slam men s doubles champion Wayne Black and Andy Murray s former coach, Miles Maclagan. The five-day biennial event, which has been organised by the ITF in conjunction with the Egyptian Tennis Federation, takes place in Port Ghalib, Egypt from Sunday 20 November. The programme consists of lecture room and on-court presentations, as well as some shorter sessions, involving four presentations taking place simultaneously. Topics during the Conference include: Guiding principles for developing juniors; Tactical Planning; Long-term development of emotional control; and Working with top female players on tour. Other confirmed speakers include Bruce Elliott, world-renowned biomechanist; Carl Maes, former coach of Kim Clijsters and Mark Kovacs, Senior Manager of Sport Science/Strength and Conditioning and Coaching Education for the USTA. For more information on the Conference visit NEWS IN BRIEF National Association updates GER - Germany Deuts eutscher her Tenni ennis Bund nd EV New President: Dr. Karl Altenburg PHI - Philippines Philip lippine pine Tenni ennis Assoc sociation New ten_phil@yahoo.com Nov: ITF Worldwide Coaches Conference by BNP Paribas, Port Ghalib, Egypt 21 Nov-10 Dec: ITF East African 18&U Circuit, Burundi & Rwanda 24 Nov-15 Jan: ITF/Grand Slam International 18&U team to North, Central and South America, USA, Mexico, Costa Rica & Venezuela British Virgin Islands British Vir irgin Island ands LTA New General Secretary: Selina O Neal New bvilta@hotmail.com jeannette@surfbvi.com Page 2

3 South African Airways ATP Rankings WTA Rankings 1st DJOKOVIC, Novak (SRB) nd NADAL, Rafael (ESP) rd MURRAY, Andy (GBR) th FEDERER, Roger (SUI) th FERRER, David (ESP) th TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried (FRA) th BERDYCH, Tomas (CZE) th FISH, Mardy (USA) th TIPSAREVIC, Janko (SRB) th ALMAGRO, Nicolas (ESP) 2380 ITF Wheelchair Rankings (7 November 2011) MEN S SINGLES RANKING 1st KUNIEDA, Shingo (JPN) nd SCHEFFERS, Maikel (NED) rd HOUDET, Stephane (FRA) th OLSSON, Stefan (SWE) th PEIFER, Nicolas (FRA) th VINK, Ronald (NED) th AMMERLAAN, Robin (NED) th SAIDA, Satoshi (JPN) th CATTANEO, Frederic (FRA) th KRUSZELNICKI, Tadeusz (POL) 1472 WOMEN S SINGLES RANKING 1st VERGEER, Esther (NED) nd GRIFFIOEN, Jiske (NED) rd VAN KOOT, Aniek (NED) th BUIS, Marjolein (NED) th DI TORO, Daniela (AUS) th ELLERBROCK, Sabine (GER) th WALRAVEN, Sharon (NED) th SEVENANS, Annick (BEL) th KAMIJI, Yui (JPN) th SHUKER, Lucy (GBR) st WOZNIACKI, Caroline (DEN) nd KVITOVA, Petra (CZE) rd AZARENKA, Victoria (BLR) th SHARAPOVA, Maria (RUS) th LI, Na (CHN) th STOSUR, Samantha (AUS) th ZVONAREVA, Vera (RUS) th RADWANSKA, Agnieszka (POL) th BARTOLI, Marion (FRA) th PETKOVIC, Andrea (GER) 4580 ITF Junior Rankings JUNIOR BOYS RANKING 1st VESELY, Jiri (CZE) nd SAVILLE, Luke (AUS) rd GOLDING, Oliver (GBR) th FRATANGELO, Bjorn (USA) th DELLIEN, Hugo (BOL) th MONTEIRO, Thiago (BRA) th HORANSKY, Filip (SVK) th MORGAN, George (GBR) th THIEM, Dominic (AUT) th BROADY, Liam (GBR) JUNIOR GIRLS RANKING 1st KHROMACHEVA, Irina (RUS) nd MESTACH, An-Sophie (BEL) rd BARTY, Ashleigh (AUS) th MIN, Grace (USA) th BOUCHARD, Eugenie (CAN) th GARCIA, Caroline (FRA) th KOVINIC, Danka (MNE) th GONZALEZ, Montserrat (PAR) th PUIG, Monica (PUR) th DE VROOME, Indy (NED) QUAD SINGLES RANKING 1st WAGNER, David (USA) nd NORFOLK, Peter (GBR) rd GERSHONY, Noam (ISR) th LAPTHORNE, Andrew (GBR) th TAYLOR, Nicholas (USA) 1681 EDITOR: Emily Bevan THIS WEEK IS PRODUCED BY: ITF Communications Department Tel: ; 4; Fax: communications@itftennis.com Page 3

4 Results week commencing 7 November 2011 ITF MEN S CIRCUIT BRAZIL F38 FUTURES, SAL ALVADOR ADOR Thiago Monteiro (BRA) d. Alexandre Schnitman (BRA) 76(2) 64 Giammarco Micolani/Giorgio Portaluri (ITA) d. Raul Francisquiny/Pedro Sakamoto (BRA) CHILE F12 FUTURES, TEMUCO Cristobal Saavedra-Corvalan (CHI) d. Giulio Torroni (ITA) Federico Coria/Gabriel Alejandro Hidalgo (ARG) d. Filippo Leonardi/Giulio Torroni (ITA) CHINESE TAIPEI F3 FUTURES, TAINAN ($15,000) Victor Baluda (RUS) d. Dario Perez (ESP) Liang-Chi Huang/Chu-Huan Yi (TPE) d. Alexander Lazov (BUL)/Nikolaus Moser (AUT) INDIA F9 FUTURES, CHENNAI Saketh Myneni (IND) d. James Marsalek (GBR) Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash/Saketh Myneni (IND) d. Rohan Gajjar/Vijay Kannan (IND) IRAN F3 FUTURES, KISH ISLAND ($15,000) Boy Westerhof (NED) d. Marc Rath (AUT) Enrico Burzi (ITA)/Mikhail Vasiliev (RUS) d. Stephan Fransen (NED)/Julien Obry (FRA) RWANDA F1 FUTURES, KIGALI Mohamed Safwat (EGY) d. Karim- Mohamed Maamoun (EGY) Gerald Melzer (AUT)/Ruan Roelofse (RSA) d. Omar Hedayet/Karim-Mohamed Maamoun (EGY) 67(1) 76(4) [10-8] THAILAND F5 FUTURES, PHUKET Laurent Rochette (FRA) d. Jimmy Wang (TPE) 64 76(4) Zhe Li (CHN)/Kelsey Stevenson (CAN) d. Weerapat Doakmaiklee/Kirati Siributwong (THA) [10-3] TURKEY F31 FUTURES, ANTAL ALYA Stefan Seifert (GER) d. Dominic Thiem (AUT) Andrei Ciumac/Maxim Dubarenco (MDA) d. Alexander Lobkov (RUS)/Vaja Uzakov (UZB) USA F30 FUTURES, PENSACOLA, FL Benjamin Balleret (MON) d. Maverick Banes (AUS) 61 67(2) 64(4) Kamil Pajkowski (CAN)/Maciek Sykut (USA) d. Chris Letcher/Brendan Moore (AUS) ITF WOMEN S CIRCUIT $10,000 ANTAL ALYA, TURKEY Natalija Kostic (SRB) d. Laura-Ioana Andrei (ROU) Laura-Ioana Andrei/Raluca Elena Platon (ROU) d. Vaszilisza Bulgakova (HUN)/ Elena Kulikova (RUS) $10,000 ASUNCION, PARAGUAY Romana Caroline Tabak (SVK) d. Tina Schiechtl (AUT) 67(4) Mailen Auroux/Maria Irigoyen (ARG) d. Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR)/Andrea Gamiz (VEN) [10-5] $10,000 LOUGHBOROUGH, GREAT BRITAIN Tara Moore (GBR) d. Myrtille Georges (FRA) 76(5) Tara Moore/Francesca Stephenson (GBR) d. Malou Ejdesgaard (DEN)/ Amanda Elliott (GBR) [10-3] $10,000 MANILA, PHILIPPINES Peangtarn Plipuech (THA) d. Jia Xiang Lu (CHN) Luksika Kumkhum/Peangtarn Plipuech (THA) d. Yi-Jing Zhao/Jun-Yi Zheng (CHN) $10,000 MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA Lenka Broosova (SVK) d. Nadia Echeverria Alam (USA) Patricia Ku Flores/Katherine Gabriela Miranda-Chang (PER) d. Martina Frantova (SVK)/Libby Muma (USA) 64 76(4) $10,000 MONASTIR, TUNISIA Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) d. Klaudia Boczova (SVK) 3-1 ret. Anita Husaric (BIH)/Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) d. Anastasia Kharchenko (UKR)/ Nicole Melichar (USA) [10-5] $10,000 MONTEGO GO BAY,, JAMAICA Chalena Scholl (USA) d. Katerina Kramperova (CZE) Kelsey Laurente/Chanelle Van Nguyen (USA) d. Elizabeth Ferris/Chalena Scholl (USA) Page 4 Cont. over/...

5 Results (cont. from page 4) $10,000 SAL ALVADOR, ADOR, BRAZIL Domenica Gonzalez (ECU) d. Gabriela Ce (BRA) Marcela-Guimaraes Bueno/Flavia Guimaraes Bueno (BRA) d. Barbara Luz (POR)/Karina Venditti (BRA) 76(2) 3-1 ret. $25,000 BENICARLO, SPAIN Garbine Muguruza Blanco (ESP) d. Elitsa Kostova (BUL) 76(3) 67(4) 63 Ines Ferrer-Suarez (ESP)/Richel Hogenkamp (NED) d. Ekaterina Ivanova (RUS)/Aleksandrina Naydenova (BUL) 76(6) 64 $25,000 OPOLE, POLAND Ana Vrljic (CRO) d. Paula Kania (POL) (4) Naomi Broady (GBR)/Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) d. Paula Kania/Magda Linette (POL) 76(5) 64 $75,000 PHOENIX, AZ, USA Sessil Karatantcheva (KAZ) d. Michelle Larcher De Brito (POR) Jamie Hampton (USA)/Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) d. Maria Sanchez/Yasmin Schnack (USA) [10-6] ITF JUNIOR CIRCUIT BOCA RATON, FL, USA,, GRADE 4 Boys Austin Siegel (USA) d. Seong Chan Hong (KOR) Girls Samantha Crawford (USA) d. Jennifer Brady (USA) 76(4) 63 Boys Jordi Arconada (ARG)/Yifan Dang (CHN) d. Alp Horoz (TUR)/Florin Bogdan Radu (CAN) [10-8] Girls Olivia Hauger Hauger (USA)/Petra Uberalova (SVK) d. Tornado Ali Black/ Nicole Frenkel (USA) [11-9] ESCH/ALZETTE, LUXEMBOURG, GRADE 5 Boys Daniel Valent (SUI) d. Jan Porteset (GER) 76(9) 76(3) Girls Lena Lutzeier (GER) d. Lea Gasparovic (GER) Boys Andreas Moltke-Leth/Simon Friis Soendergaard (DEN) d. Fabian van der Lans/Robert Willekes Macdonald (NED) [10-4] Girls Katharina Hobgarski (GER)/Vendula Zovincova (CZE) d. Ulrikke Hoeyer/Julie Noe (DEN) SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA, GRADE 5 Boys Juan Manuel Benitez Chavarriaga (COL) d. Franco Viu (ARG) Girls Maria Fernanda Herazo Gonzalez (COL) d. Belen Rivera (BOL) Boys Gustavo Castro (BRA)/Emiliano Franco Vecchia (ARG) d. Matias Franco Descotte/Cristian Nicolas Luque (ARG) 76(3) 36 [10-7] SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE, GRADE 5 Boys Nam Hoang Ly (VIE) d. Kuang-Yu Cheng (TPE) Girls Parminder Kaur (IND) d. Magdalena Stoilkovska (MKD) Boys Li-Lun Lee (TPE)/Sean Lee (SIN) d. Aoran Wang (CHN)/Colin Wei Ming Wong (MAS) Girls Bhuvana Kalva/Parminder Kaur (IND) d. Efriliya Herlina/Vita Taher (INA) ITF WHEELCHAIR CIRCUIT MECHELEN, BELGIUM, ITF MASTERS SERIES Men s Stephane Houdet (FRA) d. Maikel Scheffers (NED) 64 76(2) Women s Esther Vergeer (NED) d. Aniek van Koot (NED) Quad Noam Gershony (ISR) d. Andrew Lapthorne (GBR) Page 5

6 This Week Next Week Events - week commencing 14 November 2011 MEN Brazil F39 Futures Juiz de Fora $10,000 Chile F13 Futures Osorno $10,000 Kazakhstan F6 Futures Astana $10,000 Rwanda F2 Futures Kigali $10,000 USA F31 Futures Amelia Island, FL $10,000 Australia F12 Futures Traralgon $15,000 Chinese Taipei F4 Futures Tainan $15,000 Czech Republic F4 Futures Roznov pod Radhostem $15,000 India F10 Futures Pune $15,000 Iran F4 Futures Kish Island $15,000 WOMEN Chile Concepcion $10,000 France Equerdreville $10,000 Philippines Manila $10,000 Spain Vinaros $10,000 Tunisia Monastir $10,000 Australia Traralgon $25,000 Paraguay Asuncion $25,000 Slovak Republic Bratislava $25,000 SENIORS Brazil Porto Alegre Grade 1 Canada Toronto Grade 3 Hungary Budapest Grade 3 JUNIORS Bangladesh Dhaka Grade 5 Peru Lima Grade 5 WHEELCHAIR Mexico Guadalajara ITF 2 Series Israel Eilat ITF Futures Series Visit for full contact details for all forthcoming events Page 6

7 This Week Next Week Events - week commencing 21 November 2011 MEN Brazil F40 Futures Foz Do Iguacu $10,000 Chile F14 Futures Villa Alemana $10,000 Kazakhstan F7 Futures Almaty $10,000 Turkey F32 Futures Antalya $10,000 Australia F13 Futures Bendigo $15,000 Czech Republic F5 Futures Opava $15,000 India F11 Futures New Delhi $15,000 WOMEN Chile Rancagua $10,000 Spain Vallduxo $10,000 Tunisia La Marsa $10,000 Turkey Antalya $10,000 Australia Bendigo $25,000 Brazil CANCELLED $25,000 Finland Helsinki $25,000 Japan Toyota $75,000+H SENIORS Argentina Buenos Aires Grade 1 Mexico Mexico City Grade 2 Cyprus Larnaca Grade 4 India Dehli Grade 4 Pakistan Karachi Grade 4 Spain Marbella Don Carlos Grade 4 JUNIORS Mexico Merida Grade 1 Philippines Manila Grade 4 Bahamas Nassau Grade 5 Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Grade 5 Burundi Bujumbura Grade 5 Ecuador Guayaquil Grade 5 India Guwahati Grade 5 Visit for full contact details for all forthcoming events Page 7

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Total points. Nation Men kayak Women kayak Men canoe Women canoe Total 600 BELARUS KAZAKHSTAN 54. Page 1 of 4. powered by memórias Total points Nation Men kayak Women kayak Men canoe Women canoe Total HUN HUNGARY 80 4 37 6 803 RUS RUSSIA 5 7 03 8 77 3 GER GERMANY 5 9 8 09 644 4 ESP SPAIN 06 76 0 98 600 5 BLR BELARUS 5 30 6 70 587