Last night’s broadcast of the 2007 US OPEN Racquetball Championships on The Tennis Channel featured a quarterfinal match between 2006 US OPEN Champion Jason Mannino and 2007 US National Champion Mitch Williams. Both players had a ton of great gets, and it was a fun match to watch. Part way through the second game, Shawn Royster and Mike Ceresia were joined in the announcers’ booth by none other than three-time US OPEN Champion, Kane Waselenchuk. Kane stated that he has been training hard, and will be ready to play at the first IRT stop of the 2008-2009 season. He likened his comeback to his first years on the tour, where he will have to battle his way through the qualifiers and into the main draw. Has anyone done the math to figure out if Kane can capture the year-end number ranking in his first year back? The draws are going to be VERY interesting with Kane coming in as a low seed for the first several events .. can’t wait!
February 28th, 2008
by Geoff Thomsen
Shawn Royster takes a moment to pose for a shot at the 2008 US OPEN Racquetball Championships:
Shawn is an avid racquetball enthusiast, and also heads up Royster Productions – who is responsible for the majority of racquetball related video coverage around today. He produces the US OPEN broadcasts for The Tennis Channel, DVDs for USA Racquetball, and a variety of other content for Ektelon, World Outdoor Racquetball, and others. When not filming on the court, Shawn is busy with everything from music videos to event hosting (speaking of which, you can check him out MC’ing the USA Racquetball banquet in Houston this year).
February 27th, 2008
by Geoff Thomsen
Kane Waselenchuk joins Shawn Royster and Woody Clouse behind the Tennis Channel announcers’ table at the 2007 US OPEN Racquetball Championships:
November 17th, 2007
by Geoff Thomsen
Cliff Swain gets some interview time with Shawn Royster during the production for the Tennis Channel at the 2005 US Open Racquetball Championships.
August 10th, 2006
by Geoff Thomsen
Here’s a flashback from the 2005 US Open - Rocky Carson backstage being interviewed by Shawn Royster for the Tennis Channel Production of the event. Rocky would go on to what many would call the best match of the event; with his incredible game 5 comeback against Kane Waselenchuk in the semifinals (that Kane would go on to win).
July 29th, 2006
by Geoff Thomsen
