7/6

18 play (1 New, 1 Return) at C.G.!:

               

GTA Wednesday Night Tennis only took place at The Cedar Grove Courts.  Results came in from various sources and also by various means.  Since this initial report went out, Laura “The Aura” Gawley came in with a missing result.

 

Let’s get to those results now.

 

The Cedar Grove Results:

 

Joe Rodrigues over Jay Phoenix, 7-6 (7-5)!  No Aces.

 

The J-Rod Report: We played this at the older courts down the street from the usual Cedar Grove Courts as they were all full at the time.  It was a very good One-Setter with some great points.  The conditions were very humid…comparable to Federer’s match earlier in the day at Wimbledon. 

 

2 out of 3 Sets Mixed Doubles Match:

Tommy Reszkowski/Fernanda Toker over Kevin Doyle/Brenda Jordan, 6-2, 6-3, to become the New # 10 Ranked Team in the Mixed Doubles Division!  No Aces (apparently).  It was the official GTA Return of Tommy Reszkowski.

 

2 out of 3 Sets Women’s Doubles Match:

Laura Gawley/Sally Pillay over Kathy Sheldon/Dawn Peterson, 6-4, 6-2, to become the New # 4 Ranked Team in the Women’s Division!  Laura: 2 Aces on Dawn!

 

Nathan Fernandes/Sally Pillay over Laura Gawley/Dawn Peterson, 6-3!  No Aces.

 

Tommy Reszkowski/Fernanda Toker over Dan Martinelli/Doinks Srinivasan, 6-1!  No Aces.

 

The Spin Zone:  I was beat from pulling weeds in the hot sun all day and I was terrible.  Doinks played well and kept us in it since most (if not all games) went to multiple Deuces.  Fernanda made some beautiful gets and Tommy hit several nice volleys to take this One-Setter.

 

Kris Srinivasan/Doinks Srinivasan over Tommy Reszkowski/Fernanda Toker, 6-4!  No Aces (apparently).

 

Toker’s Take: We were winning 3-0 and then I don’t know what happened, but we lost…LOL!

 

Dan Martinelli/Sally Pillay over Doinks Srinivasan/Genalin Capan, 6-1!  No Aces.

 

The Spin Zone: I played better this time around, but the victory goes to Sally who was showing up all of us hitting hard winners all night long.  Except for Sally double faulting in one game 3 times, she was nearly perfect.  

 

Kris Srinivasan/Tito Castolo over Edwin Ortega/Michael Chang, 7-6 (8-6)!  No Aces.  It was the official GTA Debut of Michael Chang.

 

The Say from Papa K: Michael, who is South Korean, has a solid game indeed.  He was well supported by Edwin.  Tito worked his magic as I am still playing crappy.  It was a good match overall that seemed to consume the entire night!  Cheers!

 

Dan Martinelli/Sally Pillay leading Doinks Srinivasan/Genalin Capan, 4-2 (Incomplete when the lights went out at 10pm)!  No Aces.

 

Samara’s Notes: I thank Joe, Fernanda, Spin, Doinks, Kris, Sally, Kat and Laura for their contributions to this report. 

 

Sincerely,

Frank Samara