10/26/18:
"M-Dub action in Maywood, 14 play (2 New, 1 Return) at The Bubble!":
GTA Friday Night Tennis took place at two locations: The Maywood Tennis Club as the teams of Patrick Hsu/Juliet Wallace and "SWAT" Rich Liu/"K.O." Kazumi Otake got together to continue and conclude their in-progress M-Dub match which served as the "Final" for the Nutley portion of the tourney, but was to determine one of four Semifinal teams in the overall event (as reported by Rich); and The Wayne Bubble (as reported and organized by "The Riz" John Rizzo as "Hollywood" Frank Samara had to pull out of the event due to the continuing and developing situation with his mom's health). We will first get the recap from Rich in Maywood and then we'll get the full report from John at The Bubble.
The MTC Result:
2 out of 3 Sets Mixed Doubles Match (M-Dub Nutley "Final"):
Patrick Hsu/Juliet Wallace over Rich Liu/Kazumi Otake, 6-4, 6-2, to successfully defend their # 33 Rank in the Mixed Doubles Division while advancing to the overall Semifinals of the M-Dub Mixed Doubles Tournament! Patrick: 1 Ace on Rich in the 1st Set!
Samara's Notes: As always, I thank Rich for his very timely reporting…it is much appreciated! And I congratulate Patrick and Juliet on their impressive victory. And I thank all four of them for taking the time and making the effort to get this match done (including taking on the expense of playing the balance of the match indoors…the 1st Set had taken place at the Park Ave. Courts in Nutley when we had the second Sunday of M-Dub action simultaneously in Nutley and in Cedar Grove).
The Consequences: Hsu/Wallace is now the first of the four Semifinalist teams with two pending matches left to be played. One is the still-pending match from the Cedar Grove, Part One portion of the tournament – "The Apex Predator" Adam Pienciak/"NCIS" Nicole Caputo versus "NC-17" Nick Caputo/"Dominant" Dawn Peterson. And then the other match is from the Cedar Grove, Part Two portion of the tourney – Samara/"Killer Kat" Kathy Sheldon vs. "Ice Berg" Scott Bergenfeld/"The Olympian" Marie Salamon.
The winning teams that emerge from both of those matches will be two more of the four Semifinalist teams overall. The fourth team will be the tandem that lost their match prior to the Semis by the closest margin (i.e. The Lucky Losers). They will face the team that won their match prior to the Semis by the widest margin…leaving the other two teams to face one another in the other Semi.
The team that eventually wins the entire M-Dub Tournament will be the next Top Contenders (and New # 2 Ranked Team in the Mixed Doubles Division) to challenge the reigning GTA Mixed Doubles Champions: "King Crush" Chris Chiaro/Laura "The Aura" Gawley. There is a very solid chance that the eventual Title Match will not take place until the 2019 Season at the rate this tourney (the M-Dub) is currently advancing.
We now head west to The Wayne Bubble.
The Wayne Bubble Results:
2 out of 3 Sets Doubles Match:
Senthil Kumar/Nick Inciong over Ryan Pienciak/Fred Crespo, 6-0, 6-1, to successfully defend their # 36 Rank in the Doubles Division! In the process, Pienciak/Crespo entered the division as the New # 63 Ranked Team. It was the official GTA Debut of Fred Crespo.
Ryan Pienciak/Doinks Srinivisian over Senthil Kumar/Janice Wang, 7-6 (8-6)! No Aces.
The Riz Report: Ryan/Doinks led 5-2 in the set before Senthil/Janice came back to force the Tiebreak and then have a 6-3 lead in the TB with 3 Match Points! Ryan/Doinks then won the final five points and the match.
Samara's Notes: Sounds like this one could be a possible Nominee for One-Set Mixed Doubles Match of The Year at season's end.
Don Moya/Laurie Boughton over Tom Heidt/Denise Savino, 7-5! No Aces.
Don Moya/Denise Savino over Tom Heidt/Laurie Boughton, 6-2! No Aces.
2 out of 3 Sets Doubles Match:
Paul Mallick/Arindam Mukherjee over Frank Hohorst/Matt Aery, 6-4, 6-3, as both teams entered the Doubles Division as the New # 64 and # 65 Ranked Teams respectively! It was the official GTA Return of Paul Mallick and the official GTA Debut of Arindam Mukherjee. No Aces.
Samara's Notes: Much like Umang Jain prefers to be called "Ash," Arindam likes to be called "Buba."
2 out of 3 Sets Doubles Match:
Nick Inciong/Paul Mallick over Frank Hohorst/Matt Aery, 6-3, 6-4, to become the New # 65 Ranked Team in the Doubles Division! No Aces.
Arindam Mukherjee over Fred Crespo, 6-0! No Aces.
Samara's Notes: I thank John for his very timely and comprehensive report…and also for having to run the entire session without my help.
Sincerely,
Frank Samara
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