Marvin Watkins

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Stacey Darling 9th Annual Charity Classic

There were some great three set matches, notably the sisters in red and Blue  Holly  Bland and Kim Springer (sisters)  who fought back to win the third set of a very close match. Kim's husband Michael was also in play and won his doubles match. But the girls who lost this 3 set match were satisfied having played in their first tournament since moving up to the 3.5 level, and giving these girls such a run for their money. Last night Nancy Hsu and Gale beat the number three seed. And tonight they made their opponents work for the win. Gale's husband and son, both named Frankiln Starnes, also played doubles in the men's 4.5.  They did not win but "Earned their (opponents) respect" out there. Handling the courts and details of play was Douglass Verhaalen and his wife, the Nevada Tennis associations Frankie Verhaalen, and her two children who made sure the data was entered into Tennisinformation.com so you and I can see the results up to the minute. This tournament has been stellar in having this information online almost immediately, which means the entering of every score then uploading it to the net. Click here to see the draw and results. Also there was her husband Douglas Verhaalen who was playing in the 4.0 doubles with partner Marvin Watkins. Mathew Mullin, her son is also the tournament Chairman, along with being an open doubles player, who , with his partner and tournament volunteer Dean Doria, beat the dream team combination of Nationally ranked Junior player Cameron Parker and Red Rock Country club's tennis pro Benjamin Coates in a three set , excellent match.