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Story archive (click on headline to open): Austin, Andrews win Teen Tennis dubs (1-24-10) Chappell exits Loy Yang after loss (1-19-10) Austin competing in European events (1-17-10) Wayne Bryan to address conference (1-15-10) Helen Petersen wins Eve Kraft Award (1-13-10) Oz Fest: Ram, Chappell prepping for Aussie Opens (1-9-10) Midwest Section honored as 'best' by RSI Magazine ATP board awards former Indy tour date to Southern Section (12-10-09) Tennis Championships sells sanction back to ATP Tour (12-4-09) Rajeev Ram wrapping up successful 2009 (11-19-09) Indy NJTL gala marks '40 Years of Love' (11-16-09) Zionsville wins IHSAA doubles title; Barnard claims singles (10-24-09) Park Tudor wins boys' IHSAA championship (10-17-09)
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There were a lot of messages delivered by Wayne Bryan to those gathered at the annual Indiana High School Tennis Coaches Association
(IHSTeCA) conference at the Indianapolis Racquet Club, but the key one was to make the game simple and fun for high school
players. The father of the top-ranked American doubles team of Mike and Bob Bryan shared several of their successful
drills and games. Although he wouldn't directly credit it to his sons' success, he shared one story saying the boys
weren't allowed to have a TV or videogames growing up. By concentrating on their tennis and studies, they not only got
scholarships to Stanford, but also went on to greater accomplishments on the tennis court. Also at the conference, it
was announced that Carmel girls' coach Sharon Rosenburgh and Jim Clark of Homestead were named the 2009 State Coaches of the
Year. Later, Rick Witsken, Steve Makurat and Jenny Stephens Berger were inducted into the Indiana High School Tennis
Hall of Fame during a dinner and ceremonies held at the Barbara Wynne Tennis Center
Americans Brooke Austin and Gabrielle Andrews made it a clean sweep in doubles by winning the finals of Les Petits As in Tarbes,
France. The pair had previously won the doubles title in Bolton, England's Teen Tennis. Both tournaments, considered
the premier events for players 14 and under in Europe, are sanctioned by the European Tennis Association. As they did
in Bolton, Austin and Andrews again had to beat teammates Alexandria Stiteler and Taylor Townsend in the final. Austin
lost in the first round in singles, where she was seeded first. (2-1-10)
Rajeev Ram and partner Eric Butorac took the top-seeded team of Mike & Bob Bryan to a third-set tiebreaker in the doubles
quarterfinals of the Australian Open before falling, 7-2. The Bryans won the first set, 7-5, but Ram and Butorac came
back to take the second, 6-4. With both sides holding serve throughout the deciding third set, both were again on
serve at 3-2 in the tiebreak before the Bryans won the final four points to advance to the semis. Meanwhile, Nick
Chappell lost in the first round in both singles and doubles of the Australian Junior Open. Aussie Ben Wagland defeated
Chappell in singles, 6-3, 6-1, while Chappell and partner Vladislav Dubinsky of Russia lost to the Czech Republic pair
of Robert Rumler and Jiri Vesely, 2-6, 6-3, 13-11. (1-26-10) 
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