Singles Semifinal Saturday finished with Patrick Kypson (USA) taking on Antoine Ghibaudo (FRA). It was a good match with the American ultimately prevailing over the Frenchman by the score of 6-3 6-1. Since I wasn’t there for Championship Sunday (Spoiler Alert), I’ll give away the ending and say that Kypson beat Johannus Monday in the…

Singles Semifinals Saturday began with Johannus Monday (GBR) taking Mats Rosenkranz (GER). JoMo took the match 6-4 7-6. The good news is that there were a lot of pictures that I liked out of this set, the bad news is that I’ll be posting a lot of pictures out of this set. Let’s begin…. Monday…

Saturday in Sioux Falls was upon us! We had traveled, eaten at my favorite Chinese restaurant, made our plans for departure and were ready for some tennis action! Super Duper Saturday began with the Doubles Finals match of Juan Jose Bianchi (VEN) and Andrew Fenty (USA) taking on Rinky Hijikata (AUS) and Mac Kiger (USA).…

It had been a few years since I’d been to Sioux Falls, SD. The trip, overall, was fantastic. Along the way, I had time to take some non-tennis related pictures. Some were at the house of our relatives, who were kind enough to let us stay at their house, and some were at Falls Park.…

This was the last match of the day on Friday. Antoine Ghibaudo (FRA) beat Martin Damm (USA) in straight sets by a score of 7-6 6-4. This was a great match to watch, lots of good pictures. Hopefully. Ghibaudo stretches out to make the return. Ghibaudo serves. Damm with a serve of his own. Damm…

Rinky Hijikata (AUS) is a staple on main ATP Tour, he has won a Grand Slam in Doubles. He’s a pretty solid player. I’ll be honest, I’d never heard of Patrick Kypson (USA) before the match but he is a good player in his own right. Kypson defeated Hijikata in straight sets 6-4 6-4. Let’s…

I was excited to see this match begin and was also glad when it ended. I have seen Jordan Thompson play several matches on the main ATP Tour and was psyched that we were going to get to see him play. Thompson was apparently on the brink of not participating in the tournament due to…

This was the first match of the day. Joannus “Jo Mo” Monday (GBR) taking on Andres Martin (USA). Jo Mo is victorious in straight sets by the score of 6-3 6-3. Martin shows how we serve in the USA! Monday getting ready to serve. Swing…. and follow through. Some closeups of Martin A couple of…

In this match we had Juan Jose Bianchi (VEN) and Andrew Fenty (USA) defeating Justin Boulais (CAN) and Mitchell Krueger (USA) with a score of 6-3 7-6. I don’t have a lot of pictures of this match as I wandered into it during a set change of the singles match I was watching but let’s…

The MarketBeat Open Challenger event in Sioux Falls, South Dakota was a good time. My youngest and I skipped a day of school and work and headed West until just inside the South Dakota border. Here we have some pictures from the first Doubles Semifinal match that we saw which was Rinky Hijikata (AUS) and…