PRO BEACH ACTION CONTINUES AS TOP SEEDS ADVANCE
AT THE PAUL MITCHELL FT. LAUDERDALE OPEN
 
Ft. Lauderdale, FL (April 5, 2003) - Pro beach action continues with the men's and women's top seeds advancing at the Paul Mitchell Ft. Lauderdale Open. Top-seeded men's duo Eric Fonoimoana (Hermosa Beach, CA) and Dax Holdren (Goleta, CA) breezed through quarterfinals and advance to Sunday's semi-final with a two set victory over Paul Baxter (Venice, CA) and Carl Henkel (Redondo Beach, CA) 21-10, 21-13.

Fonoimoana and Holdren will face Matt Fuerbringer (Hermosa Beach, CA) and Casey Jennings (Manhattan Beach, CA) who defeated number four-seeds Eduardo Bacil (Redondo Beach, CA) and partner Fred Souza (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 21-17, 14-21, 15-13 in an earlier match and then outlasted Dain Blanton (Laguna Beach, CA) and Jeff Nygard (Los Angeles, CA) 21-17, 15-21,21-19.

The other men's semi will feature number two-seeds Brent Doble (Dana Point, CA) and Karch Kiraly (San Clemente, CA) who defeated Ian Clark (Pacific Palisades, CA) and Scott Davenport (Hermosa Beach, CA) 21-11, 21-17. Doble and Kiraly will battle number three-seeds Canyon Ceman (Los Angeles, CA) and

Mike Whitmarsh (San Diego, CA). Ceman and Whitmarsh knocked out the sixth-seeded team Stein Metzger (Honolulu, CA), and partner Kevin Wong (Hermosa Beach, CA) 21-17, 22-20.

Advancing to the women's semi-finals was the top-seeded team Holly McPeak (Manhattan Beach, CA) and Elaine Youngs (Durango, CO) who triumphed through quarterfinal action by defeating Linda Hanley (Pacific Palisades, CA) and Liz Masakayan (Los Angeles, CA) 21-14, 21-19. They will face Lisa Arce (Redondo Beach, CA) and Rachel Wacholder (El Segundo, CA) who advanced by defeating fourth-seeds Carrie Busch (El Segundo, CA) and Leanne Schuster-McSorley (Manhattan Beach, CA) 18-21, 21-17, 16-14.

Other women's semi will match up second-seeded Misty May (Long Beach, CA) and Kerri Walsh (Manhattan Beach, CA) against third-seeds Annett Davis (Valencia, CA) and Jenny Johnson Jordan (Tarzana, CA). May and Walsh advanced with a solid victory over Heather Lowe (Redondo Beach, CA) and Jenny Pavley (Augora Hills, CA) 23-21, 21-7, while Davis and Johnson Jordan outdueled Dianne DeNechochea (San Diego, CA) and Nancy Mason (Redondo Beach) 18-21,22-20,15-12.

Sunday's play begins at the Sheraton Yankee Clipper with both the men and women's semi-finals at 8:30 a.m. The women's championship match is set for 1:30 p.m. followed by the men's final match at 3 p.m. The Paul Mitchell Ft.

Lauderdale Open is the first stop on the AVP Nissan Series.