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Shenay Perry Wins USTA Movie Gallery Pro Classic
Monday, April 27, 2009
Shenay Perry
Shenay Perry’s road to recovery from knee surgery in late 2007 took a big step Sunday.
Perry of Coral Springs, Fla., defeated Carly Gullickson of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., in Sunday’s USTA Movie Gallery Pro Classic final at Westgate Tennis Center, winning in three sets (4-6, 6-1, 6-3).
The two are close friends and roomed together this week. Perry, who is unseeded, knocked off the eighth-seeded Gullickson for her third straight win over a seeded player. She beat No. 1 Patricia Mayr in the semifinals and No. 7 Angela Haynes in the prior round.
The 24-year-old Perry was ranked No. 40 in the world in 2006, but had right knee surgery in August 2007 and missed a full year of singles play.
In 2006, she was the only American to make the round of 16 at the prestigious Wimbledon tournament.
“It’s great,” Perry said. “It gives me a lot of motivation to know that I can still go out and play at a high level of tennis. I’m pretty happy about that.”
Perry won three doubles titles last year — two with Gullickson — and a 50K singles title in Lawrenceville, Ga., last October.
Her title Sunday was in a tournament with a purse of $75,000. She pocketed $11,400 and 110 ranking points for winning the tournament and Gullickson won $6,080 with 78 ranking points.
But she started off slow, falling 6-4 in the first set as Gullickson won the last three games. Perry dominated the second set with a 6-1 win and didn’t have much trouble in the third with a 6-3 win.
“It was just really tough,” Perry said. “We were both pretty nervous. I don’t think either one of us played our game. I got some opportunities at good times and I think that’s what helped me out.”
Shenay Perry/Carly Gullickson Match Live Streaming Now!
Sunday, April 26, 2009
The Shenay Perry vs. Carly Gullickson championship match at the Movie Gallery Pro Classic in Dothan, Alabama can be seen in live streaming between 1-5 pm today - right now.
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Shenay Perry And Donald Young Into USTA Pro Circuit Finals
Americans Shenay Perry and Carly GullicksonAt the Movie Gallery Pro Classic tennis tournament in Dothan, Alabama at the Westgate Tennis Center on Saturday, American Shenay Perry advanced to the event's final when her opponent Austrian Patricia Mayr retired at 6-3, 2-1, Perry leading.
When asked about the win Perry said, “I will take anything , I felt like I was playing pretty good.”
In the other semifinal American Carly Gullickson defeated Russian Evgeniya Rodina 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. Gullickson and Perry are good friends and have played together on occasion as doubles partners. The two have played each other in singles competition twice — each winning once.
“Playing each other in the finals would be fun,” Gullickson said before the second semifinal match began.
Sunday's final will be the first championship match of the year for both players.
“I’ve never done well here before,” Perry said. “I always hate to play a friend, but playing against Gullickson will be fun.”
Americans Donald Young and John IsnerAt the USTA Tallahassee Tennis Challenger Presented by Comcast at Forestmeadows in Tallahassee, Florida on Saturday, Donald Young, who defeated Robert Kendrick 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 in the semifinals, met John Isner in the championship match.
The first set went back and forth, with both players holding serve until 5-5. On Young’s serve, Isner was able to capitalize on his second break chance to take the lead 6-5. Young was able to save one set point, but Isner’s serve proved to be too much, as the former Bulldog pulled out the set 7-5.
“Donald had some chances to break me because I started off a little slow,” Isner said. “I was fortunate to get out of some jams on my serve, and that helped me gain momentum. Once I got a look at a break point, I played a pretty good point and converted.”
Young was defeated by the former Georgia Bulldog 7-5, 6-4.
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