Friday, August 18, 2017

8/17 Results.

8/17/17:

"2 play at NTC, Marijus-Kris part of 14 at C.G. as Kris hosts!":

There were two sessions of GTA Thursday Night Tennis and both got started around the same time: "The Riz" John Rizzo hosted a session at The Nutley Tennis Club that featured two and a half One-Setters (not men…LOL!) against "The AM Rush" Anish Mehta; and the usual evening one at The Cedar Grove Courts hosted by "The K Man" Kris Srinivasan with the Main Event being the Grove Cup XX Round of 16 Match where Kris had to face "Super Mario" Marijus Kuzavas (who also sent in details and commentary).

So we will first go to NTC for The Riz Report and then we will turn this report over to Kris with a contribution from Marijus along the way.

The NTC Results:

John Rizzo over Anish Mehta, 6-4!  No Aces. 

John Rizzo over Anish Mehta, 6-4!  No Aces.

John Rizzo leading Anish Mehta, 4-1 (Incomplete - stopped due to darkness)!  No Aces.

Samara's Notes: I thank John for submitting those scores in a very timely manner.  We now turn this report over to Kris.

It was another beautiful day for GTA Tennis and the evening started with my match against Marijus. There were other matches, but we also saw plenty of hitting sessions…most notably the lengthy one between Mike Mole and Guy Dupoux who didn't get to play any matches.

The Cedar Grove Results:

Grove Cup XX Round of 16 Match:

Marijus Kuzavas over Kris Srinivasan, 6-2, 6-2, to successfully defend his # 6 Rank in the Advanced Division while also advancing to the Quarterfinals of the 20th Annual Grove Cup Tournament!  Marijus: 3 Aces (1 in the 1st Set and 2 in the 2nd Set)!

The Super Mario Memo: It was a good match.  I know that Kris is adjusting some elements of his game, so he was not very confident in his strokes today.  Nevertheless, he was fighting hard and I had to work for this win.

The K has his say: Marijus was solid, relentless and thumped me up good with his booming serves and his attacking shots, especially to the short balls.  He had his share of errors to let me win a few games.  It is probably an understatement to say that I got a good shellacking, but I sure seemed to be in a shell.  Fair to say that I underperformed badly, but congratulations to Marijus on a clinical performance!  Objectively looking, it was a pleasure to see his lovely serves and power-packed shots.  What a contrast it was…his sweetly-timed shots to my mishits and misses!

Samara's Notes: I thank both Marijus and Kris for their very prompt reporting.  I also congratulate Super Mario on his very impressive victory.  He is now the third player to advance to the Quarters of the Cup.

We now go back to Kris for the balance of this report.

Marijus Kuzavas/Kris Srinivasan over Nathan Fernandes/Syed Rashid, 6-0!  Marijus: 2 Aces on Syed!

Levy Lorenzo/Janice Wang over Moka Pathan/Herb Reiner, 6-4!  No Aces.

Kris Srinivasan/Dan Martinelli over Kevin Doyle/Syed Rashid, 6-2!  Spin: 1 Ace on Kevin!

3 out of 5 Sets:

Don Moya/Janice Wang over Edwin Ortega/Levy Lorenzo, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3!  No Aces.

Nathan Fernandes/Moka Pathan over Marijus Kuzavas/Dennis Cabanatan, 7-6 (8-6)!  No Aces.

Good stuff indeed!  First Nathan and Moka saved 4 Match Points!  They managed to tie the score 5-All.  Marijus and Dennis, after leading 6-5, couldn't close the set.  It was a downward spiral for Marijus and Dennis in the TB as they faced 3 Match Points against them.  Great serves from Marijus and smart net play by Dennis helped them erase the deficit to keep it tight at 6-All at the second changeover.  A casual chat with folks on the sidelines during that changeover saw a loss of focus and the set/match.

Samara's Notes: Despite the somewhat anticlimactic ending, this still may have a shot a being a Nominee for One-Set Doubles Match of The Year at season's end.  We now go back to Kris for just a little bit more.

Nathan Fernandes over Dennis Cabanatan, 6-0!  No Aces.

Nathan Fernandes/Edwin Ortega over Dan Martinelli/Doinks Srinivasan, 6-0!  No Aces.

There was an active hitting of the balls…first Kris against Spin and Doinks, then Doinks against Nate and lastly Doinks and Janice against Nate and Don.  Back to work as Dino Celis did get to see some action in the fading night, but would exit with Spin early just as the lights went out.

All in all, it was an evening packed with action.  Cheers!

Samara's Notes: As always, I thank Kris for hosting up at Cedar Grove and always submitting these results in such a timely manner.    

Sincerely,

Frank Samara

Gtasamara5@gmail.com

862-596-3354

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