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Ortega-Santos in Wayne, Gen hosts 2 at HP, Kris hosts 4 at C.G.!”:

There were three sessions of GTA Saturday Tennis: The Nellis Drive Courts in Wayne (featuring a full 2 out of 3 Sets Rematch between “Eddie O” Edwin Ortega and “Stealth” Omar Santos), Holster Park in Clifton ("The S Bomber" Genalin Capan had initially only planned on having a hitting session with "Holy Moly" Mike Mole at the new courts at Holster Park, but it led to an official One-Setter) and The Cedar Grove Courts (hosted by “Papa K” Kris Srinivasan).

Let’s first go to the report provided by Edwin.

The Nellis Drive Result:

2 out of 3 Sets Rematch:
Edwin Ortega over Omar Santos, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), to successfully defend both his # 21 Rank in the Advanced Division and his # 11 Rank in the Intermediate Division!  Edwin: 3 Aces (though Omar thought it was four)!

The “O” Memo: The 2nd Set was more competitive than the 1st Set as I had to overcome a 0-3 deficit to eventually force a Tiebreak.

Samara’s Notes: I thank Edwin for reporting in such a timely manner. 

Let's go to that Saturday score sent in by Gen.

The HP Result:

Mike Mole over Genalin Capan, 6-3!  No Aces.

Gen's Notes: We started with just a hitting session at 3pm and that lasted for 30 minutes.  We then played this One-Setter from 3:30 to 4:10. 

Samara's Notes: I thank Gen for reporting that score.

We now head up to Cedar Grove where we let “Papa K” take it away. 

There was repair work being done at The Cedar Grove Courts on Saturday.  Basically, it was just fixing the cracks and painting those spots.

In the process, the guys mentioned that we could resume playing on Monday to give enough time to allow the paint to dry…but I'd like to think it should be ready by Sunday.  So we ended up playing a bit down at the old tennis courts down the road.

The Cedar Grove Results:

Kris Srinivasan/Senthil Kumar over Sairaj Srinivasan/Doinks Srinivasan, 6-4!  No Aces.

3 out of 5 Sets:
Senthil Kumar/Sairaj Srinivasan over Kris Srinivasan/Doinks Srinivasan, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2!  No Aces.

Both Senthil and Sairaj played solid tennis and were sure of their shots, unlike us.  Sairaj indeed was brilliant with attacking shots while Senthil showed his finesse.  There were a few close games that we couldn’t close, but it might not have been enough for our inadequate play anyway.  Cheers!

Samara’s Notes: Now that Kris has been back from vacation for a bit, the Cedar Grove scene is coming back to life in a big way.  Kudos to Papa K for always being so willing to host up there.

All the best,
Frank Samara