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Wntodoo's Carol Cullk roach“ the ttiNtmeetu “no“. 'tnat of the Mutual Uh Wutom Open. “new” Top seeds scattered at Open Richard O'Brien Chronicle Staff Being rated number one or two on paper wasn't much of a help on the court for players competing in the Mutual Life Western Open tennis tour- nament over the weekend at the Waterloo Tennis Club. The top two seeds in both the men's and women's singles were gone before the finals Monday after- noon. Men's champion Alan Trivett of Bramalea was unseeded, much to his chagrin, and Patti Hender- son, the fourth and final women's seed, took the women's championship. Trivett beat No. 3 seed Rob Horwood 6-2, 6-3 in the men's final and Henderson had an easy time with Waterloo's Carol Culik, the No. 3 women's seed, as she need just 40 minutes to claim a 6-1, (H win For Trivett, the weekend was one in which he was to beat four dlayers for the first time, including Horwood. The other three were Ivan Srut, the sixth seed, whom he handled 7-5, 4-6, (H in the semis, Charles Wright and Rob Cartwright. The Louisiana Tech University student beat Cartwright, another unseeded player. in his opening match. He had lost to Cartwright in all of their four previous matches. Trivett felt he should have been seeded and that Cartwright should have been seeded ahead of him. But the two players got no such recognition from the Ontario Tennis Association which supplies rankings to tournament ofNiais. "I tea I should have been seeded," said Trivett, who turns 21 Friday. “When I called up for the WATERLOO CW. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, ‘98 times I asked who the seeds were and I was furious I wasn't seeded." - But if Trivett couldn't get any respect before the tournament, he certainly got some along the way. He played every shot in the book with considerable accuracy as he disposed of Horwood in 55 min- utes. The win over Horwood was his first in 12 years. The two players met for the first time in an under-10 tournament. - Culik, 17, showed the effects of a long day of tennis with a listless performance in the finals. That morning she had played Claudia Steffen for nearly three hours in a semi-final matchup before Steffen dropped out with the flu. After that, she was in a doubles match before the singles finals. Henderson said she knew Culik had taken medication for a bad headache before their match but that was something Culik, offering no excuses. preferred not to discuss. . "My whole game was gone the whole time," said Culik. “I can play better than that." _ - __ Culik had Beaten Henderson at the Canadian national championships a month ago. but that was another day. - A _ ._ u _ _ "in the Nationals I didn't play as well," said Henderson. ,“1 was hitting evrything out and l was getting upset. I have a tendency to get upset when I get down." U Henderson and 'roroetto's Cynthia Mitchell won the women's doubles " (93). 6-2 over Cull]: and Julie Staples of Torontp. _ - _ - J Horwoid and Gary Meanchos of Toronto won the men’s doubles, " " over Toronto‘s Robin Walker and Trivett.