9/20/18:
"Mole-Doran, Albion Final and more at PAC, Toker-Sout, Scott-Jordan and more at C.G.!":
There were just two sessions of GTA Thursday Night Tennis, but each one featured big matches and multiple sources. At The Park Ave. Courts in Nutley, it got started with the EWC Singles Match between "Del Brotro" Mike Mole and "Ravishing" Randy Doran (as reported by both) and then there was also the Monk Memorial Semifinal/Albion Final (now being played at Park Ave.) featuring William "Bombs Away" Bobila/"Macho Man" Tom La versus "The Great Wall" Muhammad Haque/"Vin Diesel" Vinnie Puglisi (as reported by William and Tom). "SWAT" Rich Liu reported the balance of what took place at this session.
The other session was at The Cedar Grove Courts and it featured two Singles Challenges Matches. The first was between "The Argentine Machine" Fernanda Toker and Natalia "Nitro" Sout (with Fernanda reporting) and the second was between "Ice Berg" Scott Bergenfeld and "The Bulgarian Bull" Jordan Bachvaroff (with Scott reporting). "The Riz" John Rizzo reported the balance of what occurred at this sesssion.
So now we start at Nutley with the dual report from Mike and Randy, then the dual report from William and Tom and then to Rich for how everything else unfolded there.
The Park Ave. Courts Results:
EWC Singles Match (2 out of 3 Sets):
Randy Doran over Mike Mole, 6-4, 6-1, to become the New # 12 Ranked Player in the Advanced Division while earning a point for Team East in the East-West Challenge series! No Aces.
The Mole Memo: Randy is a very good player, very consistent. I made too many errors. It was a fun match.
Feeling Randy: We started playing around 7:00pm and snagged the first court at Park ave courts on a cool night. Mike has a great serve and a sweet forehand- had a fun match. Afterwards, we played in 2 sets of competitive doubles matches which left us both exhausted.
Samara's Notes: I thank Mike for his very timely report...much appreciated. And I congratulate Randy on a highly impressive victory! Team East now takes a 4-3 lead over Team West!
Monk Memorial Semifinal/Albion Final:
William Bobila/Tom La over Muhammad Haque/Vinnie Puglisi, 4-6, 6-4, 10-8 (STB), but Puglisi forfeited while his team was up 8-5 in the STB due to disputed calls, to successfully defend their # 54 Rank in the Doubles Division while advancing to the Finals of the Monk Memorial Men's Doubles Tournament! No Aces.
The La Lowdown: In the 1st Set, Vinnie hit a shot to me that I called out and he insisted it was in, but it was not his call to make. In the 2nd Set, there were a couple of times where the kids on the next court hit balls onto our court. He wanted to replay them after the point was over, but I told him he has to stop it during the point...not after. The last straw was in the STB when we had done the first changeover when it totaled six points...but forgot to do the second one after the 12th point. We remembered after the 13th point and were going to do it then. He said we must replay the point, but we said we won that point fair and square and should just change sides now. He walked off and quit the match!
In William's Words: Middle of the 1st Set, they made a shot and Vinnie thought it was IN and Tom called it OUT…Vinnie argued and got pissed off! We started the 2nd Set and Mr. Puglisi was not seriously playing enough…just like throwing the games. There were some shots we made and Tom and I taught it was way IN and Vinnie called them OUT! When we contested the call, he said, "You cheated, too!"
Then, there was a point where I called a timeout because there was a stray ball crossing over our side. So we replayed the point and he argued about that. Then another stray ball came in again on their side and they did not call a timeout. Then he accused us and asked why we did not call a timeout. I said to him that it was on their side which I can't see because I was hitting the ball. They should call the timeout. I then told him it's only a game. He got more pissed off!
Here was the last thing that happened before he quit. We were playing the Super Tiebreak and the score was 4-8, and then we were in the 13th point which we won to make the score 5-8. Then all of us realized that we should switch or change court sides after every six points which would have been at 4-8. Vinnie was arguing that the score should go back to 4-8. Tom and I said we won the 13 point, so we continue to play at 5-8 and we can switch court sides now. Then he just walked away and forfeited the match!
Samara's Notes: I must say that Vinnie disputed one of my calls this past Sunday, but I stood my ground and he didn't give me a hard time about it. He also wanted to replay a point after it was done and I had told him the same thing...you have to stop and call "Let!" as soon as it happens. On another point, he expected us to call a "Let" but since the ball was behind us...it didn't bother us and we played the point out (and won it). People can't wait to see how the point will turn out and then once it goes their opponent's way decided to play it over. Furthermore, Puglisi did not seem to have genuine interest in being part of the tournament or the league itself...so maybe this is for the best. He can remain on the ranks just in case he mixes in again with any of the players at The Park Ave. Courts, but his taking this loss is no loss as far as I'm concerned.
The Consequences: The Monk Memorial Final will now feature Bobila/La going up against William's buddy, "Eddie Money" Edgar Valencia and Arunraj "Air" Nair. The winning team becomes the new Top Contenders and # 2 Ranked Team in the Doubles Division.
2 out of 3 Set Doubles Match:
Randy Doran/Rich Liu over Mike Mole/Edgar Inclan, 6-2, 6-3, to successfully defend their # 29 Rank in the Doubles Division! In the process, Mole/Inclan entered the division as the New # 60 Ranked Team. It was the official GTA Return of Edgar Inclan. No Aces.
The Rich Recap: The Ravishing One and I beat Mike and Edwin. It was a fun match as they won the first two games and then we came back to win the next nine games. It was a good match for us as we needed the Doubles practice for the EWC.
Rich Liu/Fausto Murg over Randy Doran/Muhammad Haque, 6-3! No Aces.
The Rich Recap: Fausto was a monster!
Samara's Notes: I thank all the above contributors for their very timely and comprehensive reporting…awesome job!
Let's now go to Cedar Grove session starting with the reports from Fernanda and Scott and then John will bat "clean-up."
The Cedar Grove Results:
2 out of 3 Sets Challenge Match:
Fernanda Toker over Natalia Sout, 6-0, 6-1, to successfully defend her # 2 Rank in the Women's Division! No Aces.
Toker's Take: We started at 6:55 and ended at 8:05. It was fun playing with her. She played her usual consistent game which is very similar to mine, so I had to be more aggressive to not let her play her game and I'm very lucky that it worked out.
3 out of 5 Sets Challenge Match:
Scott Bergenfeld over Jordan Bachvaroff, 6-4, 7-5, 6-2, (Jordan resigned at 3-2 in the 3rd Set after losing serve), to successfully defend his # 10 Rank in the Advanced Division! Scott: 3 Aces in the 2nd Set!
The Skinny from Scott: Good match…a lot of running, a lot of unforced errors, like usual. All in all, a solid match. The match lasted over two and a half hours as we started at 6:15 and it didn't end until almost 9pm!
We now go to John for the balance of this report.
The vibe was great at Cedar Grove with many matches featuring high quality players.
Senthil Kumar/Christian Danku over John Rizzo/Janice Wang, 7-6 (9-7)! No Aces.
2 out of 3 Sets Mixed Doubles Match:
John Rizzo/Janice Wang over Senthil Kumar/Doinks Srinivasan, 6-2, 6-2, to become the New # 8 Ranked Team in the Mixed Doubles Division! No Aces.
2 out of 3 Sets Doubles Match:
Frank Hohorst/R.J. Laxamana over Dan Hwang/Tito Castolo, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-2), as both teams entered the Doubles Division as the New # 61 and # 62 Ranked Teams respectively! It was the official GTA Debut of R.J. Laxamana. No Aces.
The Riz Report: Frank and R.J. were down 0-4 in the 3rd Set.
Nathan Fernandes/Natalia Sout over Scott Bergenfeld/Christian Danku, 6-3! No Aces.
Scott Bergenfeld/Fernanda Sout leading Nathan Fernandes/Natalia Sout, 4-2 (Incomplete when the lights went out at 10pm)! No Aces.
Samara's Notes: Just as I said for Nutley earlier, I thank all the above contributors for their very timely and comprehensive reporting…awesome job! It ended up being yet another epic night of GTA action!
Sincerely,
Frank Samara
gtasamara5@gmail.com
"Mole-Doran, Albion Final and more at PAC, Toker-Sout, Scott-Jordan and more at C.G.!":
There were just two sessions of GTA Thursday Night Tennis, but each one featured big matches and multiple sources. At The Park Ave. Courts in Nutley, it got started with the EWC Singles Match between "Del Brotro" Mike Mole and "Ravishing" Randy Doran (as reported by both) and then there was also the Monk Memorial Semifinal/Albion Final (now being played at Park Ave.) featuring William "Bombs Away" Bobila/"Macho Man" Tom La versus "The Great Wall" Muhammad Haque/"Vin Diesel" Vinnie Puglisi (as reported by William and Tom). "SWAT" Rich Liu reported the balance of what took place at this session.
The other session was at The Cedar Grove Courts and it featured two Singles Challenges Matches. The first was between "The Argentine Machine" Fernanda Toker and Natalia "Nitro" Sout (with Fernanda reporting) and the second was between "Ice Berg" Scott Bergenfeld and "The Bulgarian Bull" Jordan Bachvaroff (with Scott reporting). "The Riz" John Rizzo reported the balance of what occurred at this sesssion.
So now we start at Nutley with the dual report from Mike and Randy, then the dual report from William and Tom and then to Rich for how everything else unfolded there.
The Park Ave. Courts Results:
EWC Singles Match (2 out of 3 Sets):
Randy Doran over Mike Mole, 6-4, 6-1, to become the New # 12 Ranked Player in the Advanced Division while earning a point for Team East in the East-West Challenge series! No Aces.
The Mole Memo: Randy is a very good player, very consistent. I made too many errors. It was a fun match.
Feeling Randy: We started playing around 7:00pm and snagged the first court at Park ave courts on a cool night. Mike has a great serve and a sweet forehand- had a fun match. Afterwards, we played in 2 sets of competitive doubles matches which left us both exhausted.
Samara's Notes: I thank Mike for his very timely report...much appreciated. And I congratulate Randy on a highly impressive victory! Team East now takes a 4-3 lead over Team West!
Monk Memorial Semifinal/Albion Final:
William Bobila/Tom La over Muhammad Haque/Vinnie Puglisi, 4-6, 6-4, 10-8 (STB), but Puglisi forfeited while his team was up 8-5 in the STB due to disputed calls, to successfully defend their # 54 Rank in the Doubles Division while advancing to the Finals of the Monk Memorial Men's Doubles Tournament! No Aces.
The La Lowdown: In the 1st Set, Vinnie hit a shot to me that I called out and he insisted it was in, but it was not his call to make. In the 2nd Set, there were a couple of times where the kids on the next court hit balls onto our court. He wanted to replay them after the point was over, but I told him he has to stop it during the point...not after. The last straw was in the STB when we had done the first changeover when it totaled six points...but forgot to do the second one after the 12th point. We remembered after the 13th point and were going to do it then. He said we must replay the point, but we said we won that point fair and square and should just change sides now. He walked off and quit the match!
In William's Words: Middle of the 1st Set, they made a shot and Vinnie thought it was IN and Tom called it OUT…Vinnie argued and got pissed off! We started the 2nd Set and Mr. Puglisi was not seriously playing enough…just like throwing the games. There were some shots we made and Tom and I taught it was way IN and Vinnie called them OUT! When we contested the call, he said, "You cheated, too!"
Then, there was a point where I called a timeout because there was a stray ball crossing over our side. So we replayed the point and he argued about that. Then another stray ball came in again on their side and they did not call a timeout. Then he accused us and asked why we did not call a timeout. I said to him that it was on their side which I can't see because I was hitting the ball. They should call the timeout. I then told him it's only a game. He got more pissed off!
Here was the last thing that happened before he quit. We were playing the Super Tiebreak and the score was 4-8, and then we were in the 13th point which we won to make the score 5-8. Then all of us realized that we should switch or change court sides after every six points which would have been at 4-8. Vinnie was arguing that the score should go back to 4-8. Tom and I said we won the 13 point, so we continue to play at 5-8 and we can switch court sides now. Then he just walked away and forfeited the match!
Samara's Notes: I must say that Vinnie disputed one of my calls this past Sunday, but I stood my ground and he didn't give me a hard time about it. He also wanted to replay a point after it was done and I had told him the same thing...you have to stop and call "Let!" as soon as it happens. On another point, he expected us to call a "Let" but since the ball was behind us...it didn't bother us and we played the point out (and won it). People can't wait to see how the point will turn out and then once it goes their opponent's way decided to play it over. Furthermore, Puglisi did not seem to have genuine interest in being part of the tournament or the league itself...so maybe this is for the best. He can remain on the ranks just in case he mixes in again with any of the players at The Park Ave. Courts, but his taking this loss is no loss as far as I'm concerned.
The Consequences: The Monk Memorial Final will now feature Bobila/La going up against William's buddy, "Eddie Money" Edgar Valencia and Arunraj "Air" Nair. The winning team becomes the new Top Contenders and # 2 Ranked Team in the Doubles Division.
2 out of 3 Set Doubles Match:
Randy Doran/Rich Liu over Mike Mole/Edgar Inclan, 6-2, 6-3, to successfully defend their # 29 Rank in the Doubles Division! In the process, Mole/Inclan entered the division as the New # 60 Ranked Team. It was the official GTA Return of Edgar Inclan. No Aces.
The Rich Recap: The Ravishing One and I beat Mike and Edwin. It was a fun match as they won the first two games and then we came back to win the next nine games. It was a good match for us as we needed the Doubles practice for the EWC.
Rich Liu/Fausto Murg over Randy Doran/Muhammad Haque, 6-3! No Aces.
The Rich Recap: Fausto was a monster!
Samara's Notes: I thank all the above contributors for their very timely and comprehensive reporting…awesome job!
Let's now go to Cedar Grove session starting with the reports from Fernanda and Scott and then John will bat "clean-up."
The Cedar Grove Results:
2 out of 3 Sets Challenge Match:
Fernanda Toker over Natalia Sout, 6-0, 6-1, to successfully defend her # 2 Rank in the Women's Division! No Aces.
Toker's Take: We started at 6:55 and ended at 8:05. It was fun playing with her. She played her usual consistent game which is very similar to mine, so I had to be more aggressive to not let her play her game and I'm very lucky that it worked out.
3 out of 5 Sets Challenge Match:
Scott Bergenfeld over Jordan Bachvaroff, 6-4, 7-5, 6-2, (Jordan resigned at 3-2 in the 3rd Set after losing serve), to successfully defend his # 10 Rank in the Advanced Division! Scott: 3 Aces in the 2nd Set!
The Skinny from Scott: Good match…a lot of running, a lot of unforced errors, like usual. All in all, a solid match. The match lasted over two and a half hours as we started at 6:15 and it didn't end until almost 9pm!
We now go to John for the balance of this report.
The vibe was great at Cedar Grove with many matches featuring high quality players.
Senthil Kumar/Christian Danku over John Rizzo/Janice Wang, 7-6 (9-7)! No Aces.
2 out of 3 Sets Mixed Doubles Match:
John Rizzo/Janice Wang over Senthil Kumar/Doinks Srinivasan, 6-2, 6-2, to become the New # 8 Ranked Team in the Mixed Doubles Division! No Aces.
2 out of 3 Sets Doubles Match:
Frank Hohorst/R.J. Laxamana over Dan Hwang/Tito Castolo, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-2), as both teams entered the Doubles Division as the New # 61 and # 62 Ranked Teams respectively! It was the official GTA Debut of R.J. Laxamana. No Aces.
The Riz Report: Frank and R.J. were down 0-4 in the 3rd Set.
Nathan Fernandes/Natalia Sout over Scott Bergenfeld/Christian Danku, 6-3! No Aces.
Scott Bergenfeld/Fernanda Sout leading Nathan Fernandes/Natalia Sout, 4-2 (Incomplete when the lights went out at 10pm)! No Aces.
Samara's Notes: Just as I said for Nutley earlier, I thank all the above contributors for their very timely and comprehensive reporting…awesome job! It ended up being yet another epic night of GTA action!
Sincerely,
Frank Samara
gtasamara5@gmail.com
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