GTA Friday Night Tennis took place at both Robin Hood Park in Clifton (with "The S Bomber" Genalin Capan acting as host while also playing her GTA Women's Championship Semifinal Match against Laura "The Aura" Gawley) and at The Cedar Grove Courts (with scores being sent in by "Super Mario" Marijus Kuzavas, "Dominant" Dawn Peterson, "Bravo" Brenda Jordan and "Spin Doctor" Dan Martinelli).
We will first go to the RHP recap from Gen and then to the combined report from Marijus, Dawn, Brenda and Spin up at C.G.
Laura and I agreed to play our Semifinal Match at 6pm. I arrived at RHP around 5:40 and walked over to Championship Court. Raj Shah and Mike Mole were already playing their One-Setter on the Entrance Court. Then five minutes later Laura Gawley arrived at RHP. We hit for 10 to 15 minutes then got our match started by 6pm.
The RHP Results:
Raj Shah over Mike Mole, 6-3! No Aces.
Raj Shah over Vinnie De Benedetto, 6-3! Vinnie: 2 Aces!
GTA Women's Championship Semifinal Match:
Laura Gawley over Genalin Capan, 6-1, 6-2, to successfully defend her # 1 Rank in the Women's Division plus advance to the Finals of the GTA Women's Championship Tournament! Laura: 1 Ace in the 1st Set.
Commentary: In the 1st Set, we had a few of the games go to multi-Deuces. It went mostly in Laura's favor. The pace of the games was quick as we didn't waste time…especially playing under the sun with relatively no shade on the courts except for a small patch towards the back fence. Laura took a commanding lead at 5-0 before I finally got on the board by holding my serve. Then Laura closed out the 1st Set on her serve. Duration of the set was from 6pm to 6:30.
In the 2nd Set, Laura took an early lead at 2-0. Then I held for 1-2. Laura took next 3 games for 5-1. Then I held my serve for 2-5. Laura served it out for the match. Duration of the set was from 6:30 to 7pm.
Both sets took about 30 minutes each. We got this match done in one hour. We had faced each other in a Women's Doubles Match last year. This was our first time playing each other in Singles.
This match was basically "The Laura Gawley Show". She played really well and didn't miss much. Unfortunately for me, I never really found any sense of rhythm to my game. There were times where I hit some good shots which were then followed by unforced errors. We did have some nice rallies in the mix and a couple of exciting points especially when we both found each other at the net. It was still a pretty good match…I just didn't have my "A" game on this day.
Congrats to Laura on her win and advancing to the Finals. She now awaits the winner of the Sally Pillay versus Mindy Zhang match. Good luck to the remaining ladies in the tournament.
Samara's Notes: I thank Gen for providing us with such a comprehensive report…and also in a very timely manner. I also congratulate Laura on a very impressive victory. We now go back to the other scores sent in by Gen.
Raj Shah/Vinnie De Benedetto over Rob Ryan/Sally Pillay, 6-4! Raj: 1 Ace on Rob. It ended by 8pm.
We had a couple of cameos as well. During the 1st Set, Marijus and Sally came by to watch some of our match. They arrived towards the last 2 games of the 1st Set and stayed until the conclusion of the match.
Afterwards, Marijus headed up to Cedar Grove. Sally stayed around to play one set of Doubles. Laura waited to drive back with Sally to CG. Rob Ryan caught the last 2 games of our 2nd Set. Then he was needed to play in the last Doubles One-Setter of the evening at RHP.
Samara's Notes: Again, much thanks to Gen. We now head up to Cedar Grove.
The Cedar Grove Results:
Santosh Reddy/Dawn Peterson over Jose Gonzales/Marie Salamon, 6-2! No Aces (apparently).
Jose Gonzales/Dawn Peterson over Santosh Reddy/Marie Salamon, 6-2! No Aces (apparently).
Santosh Reddy/Dawn Peterson over Jose Gonzales/Marie Salamon, 7-5! No Aces (apparently).
Dawn's Notes: It was the first time I ever played with Marie. She's a nice lady and good player.
2 out of 3 Sets Challenge Match:
Marijus Kuzavas over Mike Kazlauskas, 6-3, 6-3, to successfully defend his # 4 Rank in the Advanced Division! No Aces.
2 out of 3 Sets Doubles Match:
Marijus Kuzavas/Mike Kazlauskas over Norman Taclob/Edwin Ortega, 6-1, 6-3, to successfully defend their # 5 Rank in the Doubles Division! In the process, Taclob/Ortega enter the division as the New # 41 Ranked Team!Mike: 1 Ace on Norm; and Norm: 1 Ace on Mike!
Marijus Kuzavas/Mike Kazlauskas over Norman Taclob/Edwin Ortega, 6-1, 6-3, to successfully defend their # 5 Rank in the Doubles Division! In the process, Taclob/Ortega enter the division as the New # 41 Ranked Team!Mike: 1 Ace on Norm; and Norm: 1 Ace on Mike!
Kevin Doyle/Brenda Jordan over Marie Salamon/Dawn Peterson, 6-4! No Aces (apparently).
Laura Gawley/Sally Pillay over Kevin Doyle/Brenda Jordan, 6-1! No Aces (apparently).
Dan Martinelli/Felix Castolo over Rob Gawley/Sally Pillay, 6-2! Spin: 1 Ace on Sally.
Dan Martinelli/Tito Castolo over Michel Encarnacion/Felix Castolo, 6-2! No Aces.
Samara's Notes: I thank everyone for reporting in such a timely manner. The feedback for this night of GTA activity was tremendous.
Sincerely,
Frank Samara
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