7/14

Washout at HP, Kris hosts 15 at C.G.!":

               

GTA Thursday Night Tennis ended up being one ill-fated session followed by one successful session.  The washout was at Holster Park in Clifton as "The S Bomber" Genalin Capan attempted to host a session there, but Mother Nature had other plans.  Still, Gen provided a brief report of how it all went down.

 

The successful session was at The Cedar Grove Courts (hosted by "Papa K" Kris Srinivasan with scores also sent in by "Dominant" Dawn Peterson and "Nate the Great" Nathan Fernandes). 

 

Let's first go to the recap from Gen and then Kris will finish the balance of this report.

 

We tried to get a session in at Holster Park in the afternoon…hoping the rain would hold off until later.  Mike Mole and Tony Shiao got there by 3:30 and then I joined them.

 

We got to hit until 4pm when dark clouds, wind, thunder and lightning rolled in and we had to leave.  Norman Taclob was also going to attend the session and I think he got there just as I was driving away.

 

Samara's Notes: I thank Gen for that recap.

 

And now we head up to Cedar Grove to let Papa K take it away!

 

It turned out to be a brisk and active night of GTA Tennis here despite the availability of just two courts as Sairaj was pushed out of one court (he was holding one waiting for me).

 

I did come late after 7:45 pm.  There was a match going from the early evening between Joe Rodrigues/Dawn Peterson and Jay Phoenix/Natalie Guzman on Court Three.

 

Samara's Notes: Dawn sent in that result directly and we will go to it right now.

 

The Cedar Grove Results:

 

Joe Rodrigues/Dawn Peterson over Jay Phoenix/Natalie Guzman, 7-5!  No Aces (apparently).

 

Samara's Notes: I thank Dawn for sending in that result in a very timely fashion.  We now turn this report back over to Kris.

 

Nathan Fernandes and Dan Martinelli (aka Spin) were pitted against Dino Celis and Levy Lorenzo on Court Four.

 

With Marijus Kuzavas, Sally Pillay and Sairaj all waiting on the sidelines and soon to be joined by Lou La Forgia, Moka Pathan and Doinks…it took some patience before they could express themselves out on the tennis courts.

 

Nathan Fernandes/Dan Martinelli over Dino Celis/Levy Lorenzo, 6-4!  No Aces (apparently).

 

It was a well-contested match with Spin making the most noise...:-)  Boy was he enjoying himself!

 

On the adjacent court, Phoenix was the man to make the noise over there…:-)

 

Kris Srinivasan/Lou La Forgia over Marijus Kuzavas/Sally Pillay, 7-5!  No Aces.

 

It was an exciting and close match that saw brilliant plays by Sally, Marijus and Lou.  The stand out was the exquisite backhand slices by Lou that were literally un-gettable.  Sally had an outstanding night playing her best tennis at the moment.  Marijus loaded up on his serves and his ground strokes were top notch.  It was some of his misses at the net that marred his aggressive play.  With Lou playing an attacking game, I had only to give a steady hand to keep the pressure on the opponents.

 

Dino Celis/Tito Castolo over Moka Pathan/Nathan Fernandes, 7-6 (7-4)!  No Aces.

 

It was a rollicking start for Nate and Moka as they were cruising 4-1 at one time before we saw the resilient Tito and Dino displaying a superb comeback to keep the match competitive and then to be decided in the Tiebreak.  It was a solid match that went down to the wire and wrapped up on time.

 

Nate's Notes: We actually were up 4-0.  Kudos to Dino and Tito for clawing their way back into it!

 

Lou La Forgia/Sairaj Srinivasan over Marijus Kuzavas/Levy Lorenzo, 6-4!  No Aces (apparently).

 

It was a terrific win for Lou and Sairaj, coming from behind 1-4 when Lou had a great chat with kiddo to be focused for the ultimate fight back!  They went on to win the next five games, but it wasn't an easy finish as the last game stretched an eternity going to multiple Deuces (8 maybe).  To kiddo's credit, he kept cool and got his first serves in for the most part, to stay in the hunt for the finish line.  It was a commendable win indeed.

 

Dan Martinelli/Sally Pillay over Kris Srinivasan/Doinks Srinivasan, 6-4!  No Aces.

 

It was almost one-sided for the most part as both Spin and Sally were firing on all cylinders.  Sally was one fiery player all night and played some exciting and aggressive tennis.  Spin was serving superbly for the first part of the match with his team leading 5-2 and they were ready to brush us off in quick time. Doinks started to get back some of her lost "mojo" to get us back on track before we succumbed on her serve. 

 

It turned out to be a fun night as all the players played their heart out in humid conditions.  Cheers!

 

Samara's Notes: As always, thanks to Kris for being the host with the most up at Cedar Grove. 

 

Sincerely,

Frank Samara