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Doubles victories push Quincy tennis team to USTA men’s 3.5 state championship
GLENVIEW, Ill. — The situation was cut and dry. For the Quincy Men’s 3.5 USTA tennis team to win the state championship, it had to beat the Chicago Midtown Athletic Club. Lose the match, lose the tiebreaker and lose the title. None of those three things happened. Rob Hernandez and Troy Fox won their No.…
Read MoreQuincy tennis squad qualifies for USTA state championships after winning doubles tiebreaker
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — A group of Quincy tennis players is headed to the USTA state championships in the men’s 3.5 division. The group won the Mid-South District championship last weekend, first going 6-0 against teams from Peoria and Bloomington to win the Western Division and then knocking off the Spin Doctors, a team from the…
Read MorePair of Quincy doubles teams excel during 55-and-over national tournament in Arizona
QUINCY — A pair of Quincy doubles teams recently placed in the top four in their respective division at the United States Tennis Association’s NTRP Nationals at the Surprise Tennis and Racquet Complex in Surprise, Ariz. Gerry Korb and Rick Crider placed third in the 55-and-over men’s 3.5 tournament, beating fellow Quincyans Joe Laws and…
Read MoreQuincy men’s 3.5 tennis team battles to bitter end at USTA state tournament
AURORA, Ill. — The Quincy men’s 3.5 tennis team put up quite a fight. Playing in the three-team United States Tennis Association team state tournament at the Vaughan Athletic Center last weekend, Quincy lost both of its duals 3-2 with the winner of each being decided by the final match. Quincy, which won the Mid-South…
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