Kathy Bolstad (left) of Grand Marais and Sarah Ismail of Midland, Michigan were the 2014 Fisherman’s Picnic Tournament women’s Open Doubles champions.
Players from across Minnesota, six other states and Thunder Bay, Canada joined local players last weekend to compete in the four-day Fisherman’s Picnic Tennis Tournament on the Grand Marais courts. This was the 38th year for the tournament hosted by the Cook County Tennis Association.
The turnout was strong enough to hold 16 different tennis events ranging from seniors to juniors. Play was very competitive in all events with many matches being determined by a third tiebreak set. The weather was nearly perfect which helped boost the quality of play and also attracted a large number of spectators. Of course the ice cream social on Saturday was a big hit as well. Many of the players commented on the excellent tennis facilities and promised to return again next year.
The Junior events started Friday afternoon. The Boys’ 10 Singles is always fun to watch and this year was no different. All 3 round robin matches were very competitive with Maximillian Leduc (Thunder Bay) claiming the championship over Karina Elvestrom (Wayzata, MN) and Michael Sipahimalani (Saint Paul, MN).
Above: David and Lee Bergstrom teamed up to win the Mixed Open Doubles championship. Far left: Annika Elvestrom of Wayzata, Minnesota, was the girls’ 16 Singles champion. Left: Giovanni Mascarin of Thunder Bay was the boys’ 14 Singles champion.
The Boys’ 14 Singles final was all Thunder Bay with Giovanni Mascarin winning in 3 sets over Bryce Bodak.
The Girls’ 16 Singles was played in a round robin format and won by Annika Elvestrom (Wayzata, MN) over Sarah Hoffman (St. Paul, MN) and Kaelyn McCallum (Thunder Bay).
The Boys’ 18 Singles was a big draw with Brendan Boudreau from Thunder Bay (last year’s 16 Singles winner) claiming the championship over Pete Summers (Grand Marais).
The only Junior doubles event was the Boys’ 18 Doubles which was played in a round robin format and won by Pete Summers and his partner Ryan Ortega (Winona, MN) over the Thunder Bay team of Connor and Jordan MacIntosh and a Duluth team of Max Bartell and Elliot Schneider.
The Adult (non-senior) matches also started Friday night. There was no Men’s Open Singles event this year but the Women’s Open Singles was held and the winner in a round robin format was Leeann Ryder (Thunder Bay) over Linda Haller (Minneapolis) and Lisa Topp (Silver Bay).
The NTRP Men’s 3.5 Singles was won by Chad Isaacs (Champlin, MN) over Bill Thomas (Johns Island, SC).
In the doubles events, Nikolai Johansen (St. Paul) and his partner Bob Skenzich (Duluth) won the Men’s Open Doubles championship over Dominik Kraemer (Brainerd, MN) and Jared Vignen (Grand Forks, ND).
The Women’s Open Doubles final was tightly contested with Kathy Bolstad and her partner Sarah Ismail (Midland, MI) winning over sisters Alexis and Taylor Gunderson from Virginia, MN.
The Mixed Open Doubles final was also a close match with the Grand Marais team of David and Lee Bergstrom claiming the championship over Alexis Gunderson and Roger Johnson (Hibbing, MN).
The NTRP Women’s Combined 7.0 Doubles was won by partners Marlene Doak (Wayzata, MN) and Mary Gillette (Mound, MN) against the Grand Marais team of Kathy Bolstad and Marsha Cushmore.
Finally, the NTRP Combined 7.0 Mixed Doubles was won by Ronald Brandon (Golden Valley. MN) and his partner Galena Rosenberg (Edina, MN) over Robert and Marie Reed (Plymouth, MN).
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