1999 USA Nationals Las Vegas

1999 USA Nationals
Las Vegas, Nevada
December 15-19, 1999
By Larry Hodges

For this Nationals, I decided to do something different: cover every event, all 67 of them! This doesn't mean you have to read them all - each event is marked, so you can skip to those events you want to read. The write-ups were done at the Nationals, the very night of each event, so they should be fresh and vivid. Helping out with the coverage was Sharon Brooks, who covered the twelve disabled events. A record 709 players competed on 78 tables over five days.

MEN'S SINGLES
Cheng completely dominated the event, from start to finish. Except for a slight "hiccup," when he blew a 20-16 lead, he didn't lose a game in the event. Here's how it happened....

32nds: The only upset was 38th seed Lee McCool of Georgia (rated 2132) upsetting 18th seed Terrence Lee of California (rated 2340). Of interest was the return of former U.S. Team Member Brandon Olson of Minnesota to the Nationals after an absence of a decade. He defeated Donald Hayes of New Hampshire in the first round, 17, -18, 11, 16.

16ths: In the 16ths, there was only one major upset: 14-year-old Mark Hazinski (IN), the 33^rdseed, rated 2185, over Brian Masters (MD), the 11^th seed, rated 2493. Hazinski, however, had already shown that rating to be way out of date, having won the Under 2400 event. In the fifth game, Masters took a 9-1 lead - and then Hazinski was up, 17-10! A 16-1 run for the two-winged looper. Masters, who seemed exhausted by this time, staged a small comeback that came up just short. Match to Hazinski, 22-20, 18-21, 21-16, 18-21, 21-18.

8ths: The only closely contested eighths match again involved Hazinski, this time up against 5^th seed Brian Pace, rated 2545. Again Hazinski pushed the match to five games (and led 2-1 in games), but this time he came up short, as Pace advanced to the quarters, 20, -18, 16, -18, 18.

The top eight seeds all advanced to the quarterfinals:
Cheng Yinghua d. Peter Zajac, 8,8,7
Keith Alban d. T.J. Beebe, 8,17,-19,15
Sean Lonergan d. Freddie Gabriel, 17,18,17
Eric Owens d. Randy Cohen, 19,15,10
Todd Sweeris d. Barney J. Reed, 17,19,20
Khoa Nguyen d. Derek May, 15,19,10
Brian Pace d. Mark Hazinski, 14,-17,-18,15,16
David Zhuang d. Shashin Shodhan, 13,10,18

Quarterfinals
Cheng Yinghua (MD) d. Keith Alban (FL), 15, 22, 9. Under pressure, U.S. #1 junior Keith pulled off several spectacular counterloops, but Cheng simply had too many weapons. After winning the second game at deuce, Cheng took a 16-4 third game lead, and the match was over.

Eric Owens (TX) d. Sean Lonergan (MD), 16, -18, 16, 15. After Eric won the first game, Sean (leading 20-18) pulled off a rare "ace" push return of serve to the wide forehand against the too-soon-stepping-around Eric to win the second game. Spurred on by this, Sean took a 4-1 lead in the third game. It was his last hurrah, as Eric scored the next ten in a row, and won the last two games by holding onto early leads. Eric dominated with his forehand loop - once he got his forehand on a ball, it was usually just a matter of whether his first loop or second one would win the point. Eric also kept loop-killing Sean's serves, which probably were long too often.

David Zhuang (NJ) d. Brian Pace (FL), 6, 15, 15. Although Brian has great looping power and fast footwork, David worked him side-to-side throughout the match, forcing Brian to either go for off-balance forehands or use his more erratic backhand. Although Brian would sometimes challenge in the last two games, David was in command from start to finish.

Todd Sweeris (MD) d. Khoa Nguyen (CA), -18, 14, 18, 19. This was a match of Khoa's physical athleticism and swooping loops versus Todd's quickness and serve & receive game. After losing the first game, Todd mostly dominated the rest of the way, mostly because he took away much of Khoa's game with his receive game - flips, loops, and short & long pushes. In games three and four, Todd led 12-6 and 11-5, respectively, and each time Khoa made late comebacks that fell short, including tying the last game at 19-all after falling behind 17-13. Up 20-19 in the fourth, Todd flip-killed Khoa's serve about as hard as a ball can be flipped to end the match.

Semifinals
Cheng Yinghua d. Eric Owens, 13,16,14. Despite a large cheering section, there wasn't a whole lot Eric could do in this match. Eric's fast footwork and looping power scored a number of points, but Cheng controlled most rallies from the start with his serve, receive, and a mixture of blocking and two-winged looping. Often Eric seemed somewhat frozen, not sure of what Cheng would be doing next, and so would get locked up on his backhand, taking his point-winning forehand out of the equation. Afterwards, Cheng told me that Eric had a good game, but didn't yet know how to use it tactically at the higher levels.

David Zhuang d. Todd Sweeris, 19, -16, 15, 16. Todd led the first 17-15, and seemed to be controlling the rallies with his steady pips-out backhand and forehand looping. But at the end, with David suddenly serving all backhand serves, he got careless in the rallies, and lost. Down 14-8 in the second, David came back to tie it up at 15-all, but Todd ran it out, 21-16. In the last two games, Todd's controlling, side-to-side backhand became erratic, especially when going down the line. Often Todd would catch David flat-footed with a down-the-line backhand that just missed, and Todd could only stare at the missed opportunities.

Final
Cheng Yinghua d. David Zhuang, 10, -20, 10, 10. The final was played about an hour after Cheng had given the exhibition with Chen Xinhua, and so the question many wondered was whether he would be too tired. But Cheng dominated all four games, except for the "hiccup." Cheng often plays David straight backhand-to-backhand counterdriving, but this time he almost exclusively looped the backhand. In game two, Cheng led 20-16, and for a few points looks slow and flat-footed - tired? - while David was at his most energetic, winning six in a row. But Cheng came right back, winning the last two at ten (as he had the first).
During the match, there was an ongoing joke about Cheng being tired. David would yell (after Cheng would make a great shot), "He's tired?", and Cheng would respond, "I'm tired!" At one point, when Cheng missed an easy shot (but with a big lead after scoring 8 in a row), David, clowning around, yelled, "He's tired!", and ran around the court showing off his own energy! Cheng responded by faking exhaustion with heavy breathing, hand at stomach, etc. The crowd enjoyed the clowning around almost as much as the great play.

MEN'S DOUBLES
David Zhuang (NJ) and Todd Sweeris (MD), seeded #1, proved to be a potent doubles team, probably the dominant team for the foreseeable future. No team scored more than 13 points in a game against them as they won $250 each. Both play close to the table, Zhuang as a pips-out penholder, Sweeris as a shakehander with pips on the backhand and a close-to-the-table forehand loop. Both are receive specialists, and dominated the start of most rallies, no matter who served. In one semifinal, they defeated defeated Eric Owens/Barney J. Reed (TX/TN), 8, 13. In the other semifinal, the second-seeded team of Cheng Yinghua and Sean Lonergan of Maryland defeated Randy Cohen and Shashin Shodhan (LA/CA), 14, 19. In the final, Zhuang/Sweeris defeated Cheng Yinghua/Lonergan rather easily, 11, 12.

WOMEN'S SINGLES
Gao Jun dominated women's singles even more than Cheng had the men's play in winning her fourth straight women's title - in fact, the fourth straight year she's swept Women's Singles & Doubles and Mixed Doubles. A player can often challenge a player who is a level stronger, but Gao is two levels stronger than the next best USA woman, and her results showed this. How dominant is Gao? She won women's singles, but only gained one rating point - her 2653 rating was 215 points higher than her next best competitor, Tawny's 2438, so the best she could do in a match was gain one point against Banh - while a loss would cost her 45 points! (All others in the event - she would gain zero or lose 50!)

Women's Singles Semifinalists Jackie Lee and Lily Yip. Photos by John Oro, Copyright 1999.

Quarterfinals
There were no surprises up to the quarterfinals, with the top eight seeds all advancing to that round. In the quarters, top seed Gao Jun defeated her doubles partner, Michelle Do, with Michelle playing well enough to win one game - something few USA women have done. Second-seed Tawny Banh defeated Simone Yang in straight games. The two other quarterfinal matches were more closely contested. Lily Yip just edged out fellow-U.S. team member Virginia Sung, 19-in-the-fifth, in a classic confrontation between pips-out penholder Yip and chopper Sung. (Earlier, the two had played the Under 2300 final with Yip easily winning at 9, 11!) 15-year-old Jackie Lee pulled off the first major upset of the event, defeating third seed Diana Gee.

Quarterfinal results:
Gao Jun d. Michelle Do, 8,8,-18,13
Lily Yip d. Virginia Sung, -21,9,-20,14,19
Jackie Lee d. Diana Gee, -13,19,18,18
Tawny Banh d. Simone Yang, 14,6,11

Semifinals
Gao Jun (MD) d. Lily Yip (NJ), 9, 14, 6. In this match-up of pips-out penholders, Gao's better controlling backhand blocking and steady forehand hitting were too strong for Lily's more aggressive, but less consistent game. Gao rarely gave Lily a chance to attack easily, and even when Lily's shots landed, Gao seemed able to counter-block back anything.

Tawny Banh (CA) d. Jackie Lee (CA), 14, 7, 16. Tawny's strong two-winged game - forehand looping, backhand hitting with pips - was simply too much for Jackie Lee's two-winged looping and hitting game. 14-year-old Jackie showed hints of brilliant play at times, but Tawny controlled the match from the beginning.

Final
Gao Jun d. Tawny Banh, 11, 13, 18. Tawny had several brief but shining moments - up 9-6 in the first, and almost coming back from down 19-14 in the third - but Gao could pretty much lock Tawny up on her backhand side, and pick-hit with her forehand. Gao controlled play with her serve, receive, backhand block, forehand quick-hit, and general placement. Placement is her greatest weapon - plus the fact that ***she never misses***! Afterwards, Tawny admitted that her goal was simply to get a game from Gao - something few women have done. Tawny came relatively close in the third game, scoring four in a row from down 19-14, but Gao won the next two.

WOMEN'S DOUBLES
The top-seeded team of Gao Jun (MD) and Michelle Do (CA), playing together for the first time, easily won the event and $100 each, defeating Tawny Banh (CA) and Lily Yip (NJ) ($75 each) in the final, 15, 15. Gao, the overwhelming favorite in women's singles, had been Michelle's coach in a recent training and tournament trip to Taiwan. Although Tawny and Lily were ranked considerably higher than Michelle, she more than held her own. In fact, since Gao played a mostly control game, Michelle was often the point-scoring force for the team. However, it was Gao's ball placement and control that dominated the match, just as it does in her singles matches.

MIXED DOUBLES
The final between Cheng Yinghua/Simone Yang (MD/OR) and David Zhuang/Gao Jun (NJ/MD) was scheduled for 9:45 AM Saturday morning. Whether by previous arrangement, or simply because he lost track of his schedule, Cheng didn't arrive in time for the final, and so his team was defaulted in the final.
The event's best match, however, was the quarterfinal match between Eric Owens/Diana Gee (TX/PA) and choppers Derek May/Virginia Sung (GA/NY). There was lots of looping and lots of chopping, and when the smoke cleared (after a loooong match, with hundreds of cheering spectators), the choppers had come out on top, 20, -11, 20.

UNDER 22 MEN'S SINGLES
Barney J. Reed of Tennessee just edged out Shashin Shodhan of California in an exciting, nail-biting final, 22, 21. Shodhan, the 1997 champion, had upset defending champion and top-seeded Keith Alban of Florida in the semifinals, 20, 8. In the first game, Alban led 20-17, but Shodhan came back to win. In the other semifinal, Reed defeated Freddie Gabriel of California, 15, 13.

UNDER 22 WOMEN'S SINGLES
Top-seeded Michelle Do defeated fellow Californian Jackie Lee in an all-junior final, -18, 15, 6. Do, a member of the 1999 World Team, got better and better as the match went on, while Lee, after playing very well early on, made too many mistakes as the match went on, especially in the third.

OVER 30 SINGLES
When Cheng Yinghua defaulted in the first round to save himself for other events, Barry Dattel's trip to the final passed a major roadblock. The other seeded players in Barry's bracket - James Therriault (2169) and Al Martz (2207) - also didn't show. When fellow New Jersey player Rey Domingo (2368) defaulted the semifinals, Barry, seeded fifth with a 2342 rating, was in the final without playing a single player rated over 1900 or seeded in the top 35! However, in the final he faced David Zhuang (also of New Jersey, who had defeated Derek May (GA) in the semifinal at 12 & 8), one last major roadblock. The hour was late on Saturday, just after the Men's final ... so what the heck, the two decided to be "co-champions," and didn't play.

OVER 40 MEN'S SINGLES
As expected, top-seeded Cheng Yinghua of Maryland met second-seeded Rey Domingo of New Jersey in the final. Also as expected, the 2781-rated Cheng (top seed in Men's Singles as well) won easily over the 2368-rated Domingo, 8 & 3. The scores of Cheng's matches, from first round through the final, tells the story: 12, 8, 6, 7, 12, 7, 10, 6, 8, 3. (This is with Cheng only playing half-seriously, often lobbing and laughing from the barriers.) Domingo had a battle to get into the final, falling behind 14-11 in the third in the semifinal to chopper Richard Hicks of Indiana before coming back strong to win the third, 21-15. In the other semifinal, Cheng defeated Barry Dattel of New Jersey.

Over 40 Women's Singles Champion Xiaoying Liu. Photo by John Oros, Copyright 1999.

OVER 40 WOMEN'S SINGLES
Xiaoying (pronounced "Shy Ying") Liu of Maryland defeated Sharlene Wilson of Indiana in the final, 18, 13. Liu said she had difficulty with Wilson's style - long pips on the forehand, antispin on the backhand - since she was more of a counter-driver, and Wilson gave her nothing to counter against. However, Liu said she sent to light topspin serves, and got light backspin returns which she either looped or smashed for winners. Wilson had defeated second-seeded Donna Sakai of Maryland in the semifinals, 13, 20. In the other semifinals, Liu had defeated fellow Marylander Barbara Kaminsky, 19, 16.

Over 50 and Over 60 Men's Singles Finalist and Over 50 Men's Doubles Champion George Brathwaite.
Photo by Mal Anderson, Copyright 1999.

OVER 50 MEN'S SINGLES
Rey Domingo (NJ) and George Brathwaite (NY), long-time east coast adversaries who have dominated their age groups nationally for many years, played one of the best finals of the tournament. Playing one long topspin rally after another, the two elder players often counterlooped, lobbed and smashed in rallies that seemed more suited to players half their age. The scores tell the story: Domingo over Brathwaite, 11, -21, 20.

OVER 50 WOMEN' SINGLES
Barbara Kaminsky defeated sister and fellow Marylander Donna Sakai in another saga of a long, 35+ years rivalry of the former Chaimson sisters. Neither lost a game on the way to the finals, but in the final, Kaminsky's hitting was too strong for Sakai's blocking, 16, 14.

OVER 60 SINGLES
In a marathon between George Brathwaite's (NY) steady looping and Richard Hicks' (IN) steady chopping, chopping won out at 17 & 12 in this match of long-time rivals. Hicks had defeated fellow chopper Bohdan Dawidowicz (CO) in the semifinal at 16 & 6, while Brathwaite defeated Nick Mintsiveris (CA), 16 & 14.

OVER 70 SINGLES
Grady Gordon of Waco ("We Ain't Coming Out" as Gordon put it) Texas won the Over 70's for the second straight nationals, to go with winning Over 70 at three straight U.S. Opens. He defeated Leon Ruderman of California in the final, 19, 9. Gordon said that he really wants to play George Hendry, 78, the last title-holder in this event that wasn't Gordon. Gordon lost to Hendry 24-22 in the third in the finals in 1997, but Hendry hasn't competed since. Look for the profile of Gordon in the March/April issue of USA Table Tennis Magazine entitled, "Chasing George Hendry."

OVER 75 SINGLES
Frank Dwelly (MA) defeated Fred Borges (CA) in the final, at 16 & 16, to add to his list of previous age championships. Dwelly had defeated just-inducted Table Tennis Hall of Famer Dr. Michael Scott (WA) in the semifinals, at 15 & 14, while Borges received a default from Harry Deschamps (IN).

OVER 80 SINGLES
Top-seeded Arthur Chase of Texas defeated second-seeded Henry Rubin of Florida in another nail-biting final, 21, 20.

OVER 40 DOUBLES
Cheng Yinghua (MD) and Dave Sakai (MD) easily outdistanced the competition for $100 each without coming close to losing a game - the most scored against them was 15. In the final, they defeated Barry Dattel (NJ) and Masaru Hashimoto (CA), 9, 14. With Sakai playing his steady countering, pushing and blocking game, Cheng, the top seed in the tournament, was able to dominate the rallies almost at will.

OVER 50 DOUBLES
George Brathwaite (NY) and Dave Sakai (MD) had an unexpected struggle in the final against Joe Cummings (TX) and Nick Mintsiveris (CA), but won out, 21, -19, 13.

OVER 60 DOUBLES
Over 60 doubles was the first championship event to complete at the 1999 Nationals. Winning the event was the top-seeded team of Richard Hicks of Indiana and Nick Mintsiveris of California over Jack "Buddy" Melamed and Grady Gordon of Texas. Melamed and Gordon had upset the second-seeded team of George Brathwaite and Marty Reisman of New York in the semifinals, 21-12, 21-18. Mintsiveris and Hicks had defeated Bohdan Dawidowicz of Colorado and Houshang Bozorgzadeh of Iowa in the semifinals, 18, 12.

OVER 70 DOUBLES
Long-time USATT official and Tournament Chairman Y.C. Lee (CA), just inducted into the hall of fame, teamed up with fellow-Californian Leon Ruderman to upset the top-seeded Texas team of Grady Gordon and Buddy Melamed. The Texans had already gotten another second in Over 60 Doubles (by upsetting the team of George Brathwaite and Marty Reisman on Wednesday in the semifinals).

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' SINGLES & DOUBLES
Top-seeded Keith Alban (FL) defeated second-seeded T.J. Beebe (GA) in the High School Boys' final, 9, -14, 10. It was the third time the two would play in this tournament; the third time T.J. would get a game; and the third time Keith would win. T.J. defeated John Beaumont in the semifinals, 10 & 16. Beaumont had upset third-seeded Peter Zajac in the quarterfinals, 18, -20, 16. On the other half, Keith defeated Terrence Lee, 14 & 16. Keith and Terrence then teamed up to win High School Doubles over Floridians Clement Chan and Kar Ho, 10 & 18.

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' SINGLES
Michelle Do (CA), seeded #1 by over 300 rating points, 2209 to second-seeded Stacy Schoenberg's 1880, defeated the New Yorker in the final at 8 & 12. Stacy had defeated Huikai Luu (FL) in the semifinals, 6 & 13. Michelle had a bye in the semifinals ... because there were no other players, just the three of them in the event.

BOYS' JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SINGLES & DOUBLES
Mark Hazinski (IN) added still another notch to his tournament winnings, defeating Auria Malek (CA) in the final, 15 & 17. Hazinski already had won Under 2400 and Under 2200. His rating of 2185 has now officially been launched into cyberspace, never to be seen again.
Hazinski added title #4 by winning Junior High School Doubles with Terrence Lee (CA), defeating Auria Malek (CA) and Vadim Sherman (CA) in the final, 9 & 17.

GIRLS' JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SINGLES
Only top-seeded Jackie Lee's (CA) win over Whitney Ping (OR), 15 & 13, in the semifinals stopped an all-Ping final of Pong. In the final, Emily Ping (OR) defeated Jackie in a long battle, 18, -19, 18. Emily had defeated Allison Seibel (CA) in the other semifinal, 10 & 16.

BOYS' PRIMARY SCHOOL SINGLES
Adam Hugh (NJ), already the Under 2100 winner and top seed here, won the final over John Leach (CO), at 8 & 12. Rated about 400 points higher than the next highest rated competitor in the event, Adam wasn't really pushed, although Jimmy Viet (CA) gave him a good second game in the semifinals before losing at 9 & 15. Leach, namesake of the 2-time world men's singles champion, had defeated Gordon Cochran (IN) in a well-contested semifinal, 8, -20, 16.

GIRLS' PRIMARY SCHOOL SINGLES
Until the last game in the final, Laura Xiao (KS) was not challenged, with no one getting more than 14 points against her. After winning the first game in the final against Judy Hugh (NJ), Laura found herself down 17-16. Said Laura, "The first game was easy. But in the second game, she surprised me. I led all the way until she went up 17-16. My heart was beating too fast - I had to calm down. I scored the next two points to go up 18-17. Then I told myself to relax and just win the next three points, and I did." Laura scored the last five points to win the final at 10 & 17. "I was taught by my dad to treat all players like they were very good players, so I would play my best. So even when I played lower-rated players early on, I played them like they were 1700 players," said the 1489-rated Laura.

BOYS' ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SINGLES
Top-seeded Andrew Lin (FL) defeated Brian Lam (FL) in the final, 15, -19, 14. Brian had upset third-seeded Anders Truelson (MN) in the quarters by huge scores, and then upset second-seeded James Cole (SC) in the semifinals at, 16, 10.

HARDBAT SINGLES
The Hardbat singles was, next to Men's Singles, the single most watched event in the tournament. There was so much excitement and spectating for these matches, that it's getting extra coverage.
The 8ths of hardbat singles featured one huge upset: chopper Steve Berger's win over Jim Butler, 14, -20, 16. Butler, who has retired from sponge play, was competing in the hardbat event only. Said Berger, "I had to play a brick-wall defense, vary the spin, keep the ball low, and not let him go through me. When I pick-hit, I had to go after his body, since his counter-driving is strong from the corners."

A number of former hardbat champions all lost in the 8ths. Brandon Olson, a hardbat national champion from the 1980s, lost to Freddie Gabriel, 18, 18. Marty Reisman, 1997 National Champion, lost to Dean Doyle, another champion from the early 1980s making a comeback, -19, 19, 16. Larry Hodges, former National and Open champion from 1991-92, lost to Barry Dattel, -11, 15, 17. Defending Champion Ty Hoff won his match, -15, 18, 13, but it was a struggle against Loc Ngo, who won the first against him and led much of the second.

Quarterfinals
Steve Berger (NY) d. Freddie Gabriel (CA), -20, 12, 18, 16. Freddie was the only "elite" junior playing in the tournament, and to many who have seen him play, was the pre-tournament favorite, along with Butler. However, as good as players like Gabriel and Butler were against attackers, where fast reflexes were key, they seemed to have more difficulty against a chopper like Berger - and so both were taken out of the event, to the relief of many.

Derek May (GA) d. Dean Doyle (OR), 17, 4, 16. Derek, who plays hardbat regularly with Ty Hoff and others, was simply too strong for Dean, who is coming back after retiring in the middle 1980s. Dean can still do a lot of things well, but he doesn't do them as well as he used to, at least not yet. Many eyes are watching to see if he will regain the form he once had. Meanwhile, Derek showed the best balance of attack and defense in the tournament, equally comfortable attacking or chopping.

Ty Hoff (GA) d. Barry Dattel (NJ), 11, 17, 13. Ty's two-winged steady attack was too much for Barry, who has a steady backhand, but not much power, and a suspect forehand. Barry can keep the ball going, but Ty could too, and he could put the ball away almost at will after a shot or two in most rallies. Barry recently made the switch from chopping to blocking, and seems better with his new style. Ty's game, with a family contingent of about 10 people watching, began to play better and better - a hint of what was to come.

Brian Masters (MD) d. Lily Yip (NJ), 15, 18, 16. This match surprised a lot of people. Lily had made the finals of three straight national hardbat tournaments - the U.S. Nationals last year, and the U.S. Open and North American Championships this year. Brian, although steady, had not seemed a great threat in doubles, although he and Derek May had won the event. However, his steady blocking backhand and topspinning forehand worked wonders in this match, and like Berger's "upsets" of Butler and Gabriel, led to sighs of relief from some of those still left in the event.

Semifinals
Derek May d. Steve Berger, 13, -15, 13, -18, 17. In a nutshell ... wow! This may have been the match of the tournament. Although Berger is primarily a chopper, while Derek usually plays about 50% offense, 50% defense, in this match the roles were somewhat reversed. Berger attacked more, but his attacks were not as strong or effective as Derek's. However, although Derek could make unbelievable returns, his returns were generally not as low as Berger's, so Berger would continue to tee off on them, leading to spectacular rallies - especially since Berger, with a very slow blade, didn't smash as hard as Derek, and so took more shots to score. However, after half the tournament stopped to watch the match, it finally ended when, from 12-all in the fifth, Derek began to pull away, and went up 17-13 and finally 20-15. At that point, Berger went on an all-out forehand attack binge, and overpowered an at-the-barriers chopping Derek two straight points. However, at 17-20, Berger served off the end, and the match was over.

Ty Hoff d. Brian Masters, 17, 13, 9. Ty plays hardbat full-time, while Brian was just trying it out, and it showed. Brian could keep the ball in play, but Ty attacked relentlessly, and although the rallies were often long and furious, Ty controlled play throughout. Brian, although still living in Maryland, is about to move to Georgia and join Ty, Derek & Pete May, and Xin Peng in their daily hardbat practices.

Final
Ty Hoff d. Derek May, 14, 15, 15. The scores do not tell the tale of this match between the two Augusta practice partners - Derek spent most of the match chopping, and he was bringing back Ty's best smashes (and hardbat loops!) over and over - but Ty rarely missed. Ty's attack was overpowering and unstoppable - Ty's many hours of practice with both Derek and Derek's father, Pete, both primarily choppers, showed. This is the second straight year that Ty has been National Hardbat Champion. He is also the U.S. Open Hardbat Champion.

HARD BAT DOUBLES
The top-seeded team of Derek May (GA) and Brian Masters (MD) defeated the defending champions, Ty Hoff (GA) and Larry Hodges (MD), in straight games in the final, 15, 10. While May and Masters cruised through the event, Hoff and Hodges came back from down match point in the semifinals against Steve Berger and 69-year-old legend Marty Reisman, 16, -18, 21. In the first game, Berger and Reisman led 14-11; in the third, they led 9-4 and 21-20. At 20-20, one of the longest, most spectacular points of the tournament took place, with Hoff and Hodges forced to the barriers lobbing over and over before losing the point and going down match point.

UNDER 2000 HARDBAT SINGLES
Ralph Stadelman (NV) won the nail-biting match over Tim Boggan (NY), -15, 17, 21, but it was Boggan's action at 17-all in the third that will be remembered. Stadelman got an edge ball, and Boggan let out a loud cry of disgust. However, he simultaneously managed to make a reflex return of the ball. Stadelman returned the shot, but Boggan caught the ball, awarding the point to Stadelman for so distracting his opponent. For Boggan, it was the third nail-biter in a row. In the quarterfinals, he had defeated Allen McDermott (CO), -22, 15, 18; in the semifinals he had defeated Bernard Savitz (CA), -19, 21, 19. In the other semifinal, Stadelman had defeated Pete May, 18, 14.

UNDER 1400 HARDBAT
Larry Garland (MI) came back from a bad first game to win the next two games easily in the final over Tim Wright (AZ), -12, 12, 9. This was the first hardbat rating event ever held in the U.S. Nationals. (There was also an Under 2000 event, but that wouldn't start until Thursday.) Larry & Tim - you made history!

UNDER 2400 SINGLES
14-year-old Mark Hazinski of Indiana, scowling down at his opponents from his imposing 6'1" frame, upset a long array of opponents to win the event with his powerful two-winged topspinning game. Seeded 16th in the event and rated just 2185, Hazinski upset seventh-seeded Avishy Schmidt of California in the eighths, third-seeded Barry Dattel of New Jersey in the quarters, second-seeded Peter Zajac of California in the semifinals, and sixth-seeded Lily Yip of New Jersey, a member of the USA National Team, in the final, 17, 11. Mark had led 9-3 in the third against Yip in a match at the North American Team Championships three weeks before, but had lost the match. According to Coach Dan Seemiller, Hazinski handled Yip's serve better, and was able to mix up the speed and spin on his loop, looping steadily until he had the right one to loop at full power. He also used a sidespin forehand loop effectively. Top-seeded Rey Domingo, while he would win Over 50 Singles later on, went down in the quarterfinals to Maryland's Richard Lee, -15, 19, 13, but Richard's mind was perhaps on the six or seven 4-star tournaments (plus the teams) that he'll be running in 2000, and went down easily to Lily in the semifinals.

UNDER 2300 SINGLES
After losing the Under 2400 final, Lily Yip of New Jersey came back to dominate the Under 2300 event, not losing a game in the event, and defeating Virginia Sung of New York in the final, 9, 11 in a classic match of pips-out penholder hitting (Yip) versus a chopper. The experienced Yip, however, rarely loses to defensive players, having played them regularly as a province team member in China.

UNDER 2200 SINGLES
Mark Hazinski ... are we getting tired of hearing about this 14-year-old's exploits? He's already won Under 2400, defeated Brian Masters (MD, rated 2493) in men's singles, and pushed Brian Pace (GA, 2545) to five games ... and now here he is, in the Under 2200 event? (And later on, he'll be winning two school events....) But his rating is legitimate. Just three weeks ago, he played in the Baltimore Teams, and since he was on my team, I can attest to the fact that although he showed signs of brilliance at times, overall he was a 2250 player at that time. A lot can happen in three weeks (especially when your coach is USA Men's Coach Dan Seemiller), and Mark won the Under 2200's without losing a game, defeating Shuja Jafar-Ali (CA) in the final at 15 & 15. Shuja had barely gotten by David Sakai (MD) in the semifinals, winning 18, - 18, 19, while Hazinski had won out over Lee McCool (GA), 13 & 19, in an all-out power-looping duel.

UNDER 2100 SINGLES
11-year-old Adam Hugh (NJ), son of Lily Yip and Barry Dattel and already the #1 player under 12 in the U.S., won the event despite going in seeded #24 with a rating of 2028 (which shows you the depth of the event!). In more recent ratings (not used at the Nationals), he had already gone over 2100. He upheld that rating, winning the final over Randall Ly (WA), 17, -18, 16.

UNDER 2000 SINGLES
13-year-old Whitney Ping of Oregon, recently back from Taiwan where she'd played on the U.S. Junior Team, won the final over James Chan of California, 10, 14. All of Ping's matches were relatively easy, except for her 18, -18, 18 win over Renjie Liu of California in the quarterfinals. She had upset top-seeded Ernest De Los Reyes in the eighths, 18, 14. The fact that Reyes was top seeded with a 1998 rating, while Ping was seeded ninth with a 1976 rating shows the depth of this draw.

UNDER 1900 SINGLES
Seishi Onishi (CA) defeated Thangavelu Dhinaker (AZ) in the final at 15 & 17. Both finalists escaped deuce-in-the-third matches early on. Seishi defeated Mark Adelman (AZ) in the first round (16ths) at -19, 16, 25! Dhinaker had defeated 11-year-old Mikhail Kazantsev (CA) in the 8ths at 14, -23, 22!

UNDER 1800 SINGLES
Alex Vizelman (CO) defeated top-seeded Sam Ignazzitto (OR) in the final, -18, 11, 10. In the semifinal, Vizelman had defeated junior Allison Seibel (CA), 15, 18. (However, Seibel would get her rating event - see Under 1900 Women.)

UNDER 1700 SINGLES
16-year-old Yukio Kamizuru (IN) defeated hardbat player Jim Raymond in the final at 12 & 12. Said Yukio, a part of Dan Seemiller's junior program in South Bend, Indiana, "I struggled in the semifinal - I didn't fight well. In the final, I'm surprised how well I played against the hardbat." Until the final, Jim hadn't lost a game despite the "handicap" of using no sponge.

UNDER 1600 SINGLES
Simon Gendler (CA) defeated John Dart (CA) in the final, 11, 7. It probably was a great match - but they got out of there before our ace reporters could talk to them!

UNDER 1500 SINGLES
Bruce Liu (CA), who had already won Under 1300 (with a 1226 rating), started out "slow," having to win three-gamers in the eighths (-10, 14, 16 over top-seeded Ly Hien Le), and in the quarters (-14, 13, 10 over Rodney Lock). But from the semifinals on, the event was his, as he defeated 10-year-old sensation Sergey Gutkin (CA) in one semifinals, 14 & 16, and Nazih Elhayek in the final, 10 & 19. Nazih had defeated Gary Alcares (CA) in the semifinals, 12 & 20.

UNDER 1400 SINGLES
Gary T. Alcares of California defeated Ly Hien Le of Oregon in the final, 16, -15, 20. In the quarterfinals, Le had defeated Kenton Keading of California after being down match point several times, -21, 27 (!), 14.

UNDER 1300 SINGLES
Bruce Liu (CA) won Under 1300 over Gordon Cochran (IN), 10, -8, 13. Bruce would soon show that his rating was, how shall we put this, "out-of-date," by winning the Under 1500 event as well. He had a number of three-game battles in both events, but won them all.

UNDER 1200 SINGLES
10-year-old Sergey Gutkin (CA), a student of Bill Lui and Avishy Schmidt, defeated Henry Han (CA) in the final, 16 & 16. Gutkin, who would be wealthy if his energy could be bottled and sold, attacked all-out throughout the match. Said Gutkin of the final, "I looped spinny to set up the shot, then smashed." Henry, who after a bye and two consecutive defaults, found himself in the semifinals against Lewis Chan, winning at 18 & 13. Gutkin had barely defeated Gene C. Pool (MI) in the semifinals, -19, 21, 6.

UNDER 1100 SINGLES
Gene C. Pool (MI), after losing so close in the Under 1200's, mostly dominated the U1100's, not losing a game. In the final, he won two straight close games against Levy Klots (CA), 19 & 18.

UNDER 1000 SINGLES
Minh Nguyen (CA) defeated Kevin Phung (CA) in the final, 19 & 15. Minh had upset top-seeded Joanne Miller (WA) in the semifinals, 19 & 11, while Kevin, after a 19, -17, 18 struggle in the first round with Jeff Seibel (CA), had coasted to the final.

UNDER 1900 WOMEN
Allison Seibel defeated Priscilla Umel (CA) in the final, 16, 8.

OVER 40/UNDER 1600
David De May (WA) got stronger as the competition went on, and won the final over Jose Bulatao (CA) at 11 & 12. He'd had a relatively close 20 & 18 semifinal match against Steffen Plistermann (WA), who had taken out second-seeded Alex Bisso (MT) in the quarterfinals at 18 & 11.

UNDER 4200 DOUBLES
U.S. Team Member Lily Yip (NJ) joined forces with New York junior girl's star Stacy Schoenberg to defeat Masaru Hashimoto (CA) and John Schneider (CA) in the final, 21-18, 21-12, with both Yip and Schoenberg hitting or looping winners at will. In the semifinals, they had had a harder time, upsetting the topspinning team of George Brathwaite (NY) and Wally Green (NY), 21, 18.

UNDER 3700 DOUBLES
Texans John Dorn and Rick Mueller, seeded #1, escaped one close game after another to win the event, 19, 19 in the final over Dana Jeffries (CO) and Tulio Wolford (CO).

UNDER 3200 DOUBLES
Jesus Sanchez (CA) and Dennis Shapiro (CA), after pulling out early round struggles, romped through the last two rounds to win the event. In the final, they defeated Yukio Kamizuru (IN) and Andrew Cochran (IN), 15, 15. In the semifinals, they defeated Ramon Giron (CA) and Corazon Valenzuela (CA), 3, 13. However, it was their match back in the 8ths that was the key match, when they survived against the team of John Curd (MI) and Joseph Cochran (IN), -19, 16, 24.

THE AFTERMATH
While everyone else goes home, the work goes on - it'll take all day and all night, with hordes of workers, to take everything down and packed (and it took even longer to set up). The paperwork for the tournament needs to be done. For some ... the work has just begun. For 709 of us - five days of paradise.

Results:
Men's Singles - Final: Cheng Yinghua d. David Zhuang, 10,-20,10,10; SF: Cheng d. Eric Owens, 13,16,13; Zhuang d. Todd Sweeris, 19,-16,15,16; QF: Cheng d. Keith Alban, 15,22,9; Owens d. Sean Lonergan, 16,-18,16,15; Sweeris d. Khoa Nguyen, -18,15,18,19; Zhuang d. Brian Pace, 6,15,15; 8ths: Cheng Yinghua d. Peter Zajac, 8,8,7; Keith Alban d. T.J. Beebe, 8,17,-19,15; Sean Lonergan d. Freddie Gabriel, 17,18,17; Eric Owens d. Randy Cohen, 19,15,10; Todd Sweeris d. Barney J. Reed, 17,19,20; Khoa Nguyen d. Derek May, 15,19,10; Brian Pace d. Mark Hazinski, 14,-17,-18,15,16; David Zhuang d. Shashin Shodhan, 13,10,18

Women's Singles - Final: Gao Jun d. Tawny Banh, 11, 13, 18; SF: Gao d. Lily Yip, 9, 14, 6; Banh d. Jackie Lee, 14,7,16; QF: Gao Jun d. Michelle Do, 8,8,-18,13; Lily Yip d. Virginia Sung, -21,9,-20,14,19; Jackie Lee d. Diana Gee, -13,19,18,18; Tawny Banh d. Simone Yang, 14,6,11; 8ths: Gao-Bye; Michelle Do d. Barbara Kaminsky, 9,17,7; Sung d. Donna Sakai, def.; Yip d. Emily Ping, 17,13,13; Gee d. Xiaoying Liu, 12,19,9; Lee d. Whitney Ping, 16,17,10; Yang d. Stacy Schoenberg, 12,17,15; Bany-Bye.

Men's Doubles - Final: David Zhuang/Todd Sweeris d. Cheng Yinghua/Sean Lonergan, 11,12; SF: Zhuang/Sweeris d. Eric Owens/Barney J. Reed, 8,13; Cheng/Lonergan d. Randy Cohen/Shashin Shodhan, 13,14.

Women's Doubles - Final: Gao Jun/Michelle Do d. Tawny Banh/Lily Yip, 15,15; SF: Gao/Do - bye; Banh/Yip d. Diana Gee/Virginia Sung, 14,20.

Mixed Doubles - Final: David Zhuang/Gao Jun d. Cheng Yinghua/Simone Yang, def.; SF: Zhuang/Gao d. Barny J. Reed/Tawny Banh, 13,14; Cheng/Yang d. Derek May/Virginia Sung, 22,15.

Over 30 Singles - Final: David Zhuang & Barry Dattel split; SF: Zhuang d. Derek May, 13,18; Dattel d. Rey Domingo, def.; QF: Dattel d. Scott Kressner, 9,4; Domingo d. Duc Au, 19,12; May d. Christian Solomon, 12,8; Zhuang d. Robert Powell, def.

Over 40 Men's Singles - Final: Cheng Yinghua d. Rey Domingo, 8,3; SF: Cheng d. Barry Dattel, 10,6; Domingo d. Richard Hicks, 15,-10,15; QF: Cheng d. Steve Berger, 12,7; Dattel d. Bohdan Dawidowicz, 12,4; Hicks d. James Ritz, 12,7; Domingo d. Masaru Hashimoto, -17,9,13.

Over 40 Women's Singles - Final: Xiaoying Liu d. Sharlene Krizman, 18,13; SF: Liu d. Barbara Kaminsky, 19,16; Krizman d. Shelly Hardy, 18,8.

Over 50 Men's Singles - Final: Rey Domingo d. George Brathwaite, 11,-21,20; SF: Domingo d. Richard Hicks, 17,20; Brathwaite d. Jiri Hlava, 17,15.

Over 50 Women's Singles - Final: Barbara Kaminsky d. Donna Sakai, 16,14; SF: Kaminsky d. Suzanna Sanders, 9,10; Sakai d. Sharlene Wilson, 12,14.

Over 60 - Final: Richard Hicks d. George Brathwaite, 17,12; SF: Hicks d. Bohdan Dawidowicz, 16,6; Brathwaite d. Nick Mintsiveris, 16,14.

Over 70 - Final: Grady Gordon d. Leon Ruderman, 19,9; SF: Gordon d. Harry Deschamps, 12,13; Ruderman d. Frank Dwelly, 10,18.

Over 75 - Final: Frank Dwelly d. Fred Borges, 16,16; SF: Dwelly d. Michael Scott, 15,14; Borges d. Harry Deschamps, def.

Over 80 - Final: Arthur Chase d. Henry Rubin, 21,20; SF: Chase - bye; Rubin d. William Walsh, -16,20,14.

Over 40 Men's Doubles - Final: Cheng Yinghua/Dave Sakai d. Barry Dattel/Masaru Hashimoto, 9,14; SF: Cheng/Sakai d. Rey Domingo/Hank McCoullum, 15,15; Dattel/Hashimoto d. Richard Hicks/Bohdan Dawidowicz, 18,18.

Over 50 Men's Doubles - Final: George Brathwaite/Dave Sakai d. Joe Cummings/Nick Mintsiveris, 21-19,13; SF: Brathwaite/Sakai d. Hamid Hayat/Houshang Bozorgzadeh, 10,13; Cummings/Mintsiveris d. Richard Hicks/Bohdan Dawidowicz, 16,11.

Over 60 Doubles - Final: Richard Hicks/Nick Mintsiveris d. Grady Gordon/Jack Melamed, 15,13; SF: Hicks/Minsiveris d. Bohdan Dawidowicz/Houshang Bozorgzadeh, 18,12; Gordon/Melamed d. George Brathwaite/Marty Reisman, 12,18.

Over 70 Doubles - Final: Leon Ruderman/Y.C. Lee d. Grady Gordon/Jack Melamed, 22,16; SF: Gordon/Melamed d. Don Larson/Karol Skrbec, def.

Under 22 Men's Singles - Final: Barney J. Reed d. Shashin Shodhan, 22,21; SF: Reed d. Freddie Gabriel, 15,13; Shodhan d. Keith Alban, 20,8; QF: Reed d. Peter Zajac, 14,13; Gabriel d. Richard Lee, 15,20; Shodhan d. Adam Hugh, 15,6; Alban d. T.J. Beebe, 18,-16,4.

Under 22 Women's Singles - Final: Michelle Do d. Jackie Lee, -18,15,6; SF: Do d. Stacy Schoenberg, 10,14; Lee d. Whitney Ping, 16,18.

Boys' High School Singles - Final: Keith Alban d. T.J. Beebe, 9,-14,10; SF: Alban d. Terrence Lee, 14,16; Beebe d. John Beaumont, 10,16.

Girls' High School Singles - Final: Michelle Do d. Stacy Schoenberg, 8,12; SF: Do-Bye; Schoenberg d. Huikai Luu, 6,13.

Boys' Junior High School Singles - Final: Mark Hazinski d. Auria Malek, 15,17; SF: Hazinski d. Vadim Sherman, 14,10; Malek d. Vincent Cheng, 18,8.

Girls' Junior High School Singles - Final: Emily Ping d. Jackie Lee, 18,-19,18; SF: E. Ping d. Allison Seibel, 10,16; Lee d. Whitney Ping, 15,13.

Boys' Primary School Singles - Final: Adam Hugh d. John Leach, 8,12; SF: Hugh d. Jimmy Viet, 9,15; Leach d. Gordon Cochran, 8,-20,16.

Girls' Primary School Singles - Final: Laura Xiao d. Judy Hugh, 10,17; SF: Xiao d. Atha Fong, 14,11; Hugh d. Diana Viet, 21,16.

Boys' Elementary School Singles - Final: Andrew Lin d. Brian Lam, 15,-19,14; SF: Lin d. Tony Titrud, 18,-16,7; Lam d. James Cole, 16,10.

Boy's High School Doubles - Final: Keith Alban/Terrence Lee d. Clement Chan/Kar Ho, 10,18.

Junior High School Doubles - Final: Mark Hazinski/Terrence Lee d. Auria Malek/ Vadim Sherman, 9, 17.

Hardbat Singles - Final: Ty Hoff d. Derek May, 14,15,15; SF: Hoff d. Brian Masters, 17,13,9; May d. Steve Berger, 13,-15,13,-18,17; QF: Berger d. Freddie Gabriel, -20,12,18,16; May d. Dean Doyle, 17,4,16; Hoff d. Barry Dattel, 11,17,13; Masters d. Lily Yip, 15,18,16; 8ths: Berger d. Jim Butler, 14,-20,16; Gabriel d. Brandon Olson, 18,18; Doyle d. Marty Reisman, -19,19,16; May d. Nick Mintsiveris, 13,15; Hoff d. Loc Ngo, -15,18,13; Dattel d. Larry Hodges, -11,15,17; Masters d. Ralph Stadelman, 16,14; Yip d. Mitch Seidenfeld, 7,13.

Hardbat Doubles - Final: Derek May/Brian Masters d. Ty Hoff/Larry Hodges, 15,10; SF: May/Masters d. Houshang Bozorgzadeh/Tim Boggan, 9,7; Hoff/Hodges d. Marty Reisman/Steve Berger, 16,-18,21.

U2000 Hardbat Singles - Final: Ralph Stadelman d. Tim Boggan, -15,17,21; SF: Stadelman d. Pete May, 18,14; Boggan d. Bernard Savitz, -19,21,19.

Under 1400 Hardbat Singles - Final: Larry Garland d. Tim Wright, -12,12,9.

Under 2400 - Final: Mark Hazinski d. Lily Yip, 17,11; SF: Hazinski d. Peter Zajac, 12,-19,13; Yip d. Richard Lee, 11,11; QF: Zajac d. Virginia Sung, 17,15; Hazinski d. Barry Dattel, 16,15; Yip d. Loc Ngo, 14,16; Lee d. Rey Domingo, -15,19,13.

Under 2300 - Final: Lily Yip d. Virginia Sung, 9,11; SF: Yip d. Avishy Schmidt, 17,18; Sung d. Jacob DeLeon, 17,10.

Under 2200 - Final: Mark Hazinski d. Shuja Jafar-Ali, 15,15; SF: Hazinski d. Lee McCool, 13,19; Jafar-Ali d. Dave Sakai, 18,-18,19.

Under 2100 - Final: Adam Hugh d. Randall Ly, 17,-18,16; SF: Hugh d. George Fang, 15,15; Ly d. Emily Ping, 21,11.

Under 2000 - Final: Whitney Ping d. James Chan, 10,14; SF: Ping d. Valentino Avergonzado, 15,20; Chan d. Kamran Azimzadeh, -19,11,14.

Under 1900 - Final: Seishi Onishi d. Thangavelu Dhinaker, 15,17; SF: Onishi d. Thanh Nguyen, 17,14; Dhinaker d. Robert Trudell, 18,10.

Under 1800 - Final: Alex Vizelman d. Sam Ignazzitto, -18,11,10; SF: Vizelman d. Allison Seibel, 15,18; Ignazzitto d. Greg DiMarco, 16,16.

Under 1700 - Final: Yukio Kamizuru d. Jim Raymond, 12,12; SF: Kamizuru d. David De May, 14,-11,17; Raymond d. Ted Zelms, 13,9.

Under 1600 - Final: Simon Gendler d. John Dart, 11,7; SF: Gendler d. Nazih Elhayek, 11,10; Dart d. Michael Amren, 17,11.

Under 1500 - Final: Bruce Liu d. Nazih Elhayek, 10,19; SF: Liu d. Sergey Gutkin, 14,16; Elhayek d. Gary Alcares, 12,20.

Under 1400 - Final: Gary Alcares d. Ly Hien Le, 16,-15,20; SF: Alcares d. Greory Turner, 17,10; Le d. Jerry Ciesielski, 16,11.

Under 1300 - Final: Bruce Liu d. Gordon Cochran, 10,-8,13; SF: Liu d. Michael Amren, 12,19; Cochran d. Levy Klots, -19,14,17.

Under 1200 - Final: Sergey Gutkin d. Henry Han, 16,16; SF: Gutkin d. Gene C. Poole, -19,21,6; Han d. Lewis Chan, 18,13.

Under 1100 - Final: Gene C. Poole d. Levy Klots, 19,18; SF: Poole d. Sarah Zheng, 6,11; Klots d. Atha Fong, 10,-18,16.

Under 1000 - Final: Miny Nguyen d. Kevin Phung, 19,15; SF: Nguyen d. Joanne Miller, 19,11; Phung d. James Sears, 13,18.

Under 1900 Women: Allison Seibel d. Priscilla Umel, 16,8.

Under 1600 Seniors (Over 40) - Final: David De May d. Jose Bulatao, 11,12; SF: De May d. Steffen Plistermann, 20,18; Bulatao d. David Kendall, 9,19.

U4200 Doubles: Lily Yip/Stacy Schoenberg d. Masaru Hashimoto/John Schneider, 8,12.

U3700 Doubles: John Dorn/Rick Mueller d. Dana Jeffries/Tulio Wolford, 19,19.

U3200 Doubles: Jesus Sanchez/Dennis Shapiro d. Kamran Khairzad/Paul Intagliata, 15,15.

Disabled Events

Men's Class Singles - Classes 1-2: 1st Brett Weymouth; 2nd David Wagner; 3rd Raul Pernites.

Men's Class Singles - Class 3: 1st Michael LoRusso; 2nd Tony Lara; 3rd James Hall.

Men's Class Singles - Classes 4-5: 1st Mike Dempsey; 2nd Andre Scott; 3rd Charles Focht.

Men's Class Singles - Classes 7-9: 1st Joshua Bartel; 2nd Norman Bass; 3rd Les Sayre.

Women's Class Singles - Classes 1-2: 1st Jackie Dilorenzo; 2nd Ruth Rosenbaum; 3rd Janet Swert.

Women's Class Singles - Classes 3-5: 1st Jennifer Johnson; 2nd Terese Terranova; 3rd Caroline Bothka.

Men's Wheelchair Singles - Classes 1-5: 1st Andre Scott; 2nd Mike Dempsey; 3rd Tony Lara.

Standing Disabled - Classes 6-10: 1st Joshua Bartel; 2nd Norman Bass.

Tetraplegic Singles - Classes 1-2: 1st David Wagner; 2nd Brett Weymouth; 3rd Ruth Rosenbaum.

Junior Wheelchair Singles - Classes 1-5: 1st Michael Appelgate; 2nd Joshua George.

USA Table Tennis - Putting a New Spin on an Old Favorite!