7/18

Kris hosts 8 at C.G.!”:

               

Despite the storms that rolled through our area in the late afternoon/early evening, GTA Monday Night Tennis took place at The Cedar Grove Courts (hosted by “Papa K” Kris Srinivasan). 

 

Let’s now go to Kris.

 

It was a relatively quiet night in terms of number of players, but GTA Tennis was in full swing.  We needed only two courts that were put to good use.

 

The Cedar Grove Results:

 

Nathan Fernandes/Tito Castolo over Greg Swierczek/Sairaj Srinivasan, 6-3!  Sairaj: 1 Ace on Tito!

 

As we had 5 players at the start of the game, I sat out. We did hit a bit earlier. While the first Doubles One-Setter of the day already in progress, Jay Phoenix turned up to play a singles One-Setter with me.

 

Kris Srinivasan over Jay Phoenix, 6-2!  No Aces.

 

It was a question of who was making the most Unforced Errors...:-) 

 

Greg Swierczek/Tito Castolo over Nathan Fernandes/Sairaj Srinivasan, 6-1!  No Aces.

 

Apparently, it was an off-day for the kiddo and it looked like it put his partner under pressure...:-)

 

2 out of 3 Sets Doubles Match:

Kris Srinivasan/Lou La Forgia over Norman Taclob/Jay Phoenix, 6-4, 7-6 (7-1), as both teams entered the Doubles Division as the New # 37 and # 38 Ranked Teams respectively!  No Aces.

 

Jay wanted the lefties against the righties, but I thought it may not be balanced.  It was a bit unusual for

Norman to face a left handed player, but it turned out to be great for all.

 

This was an excellent match with all the players doing fantastically well. One could say that Lou stole the show with his superb serves and brutal shots.  To Jay's credit, he handled Lou's serves very well and had a few nice points at the net.  Norman served well and displayed exquisite shots.  It was good for me to face Norman, but I need to work on getting his serves more effectively.

 

It was a very competitive match. With our nose out in front in the 1st Set, we were under relatively less pressure.  In the 2nd Set, it was a different ball game.  A renewed Norman and Jay upped their game and we were down 1-4.  Lou was the rescuer for us time and again as we leveled the scores, but from then it was Norman and Jay in the lead until the Tiebreak where we swept them aside comfortably.  It was a good match that lasted an hour and a half!

 

A thunderstorm in the early evening had potentially kept the bulk of players off the tennis courts.  Tuesday looks like it will be a great day for plenty of action on the tennis courts in the evening.  Cheers!

 

Samara’s Notes: As always, thanks to Kris for being the catalyst for GTA Tennis up at Cedar Grove. 

 

Sincerely,

Frank Samara