GTA Monday Night Tennis only took place at The Cedar Grove Courts (hosted by "Papa K" Kris Srinivasan, but GTA Champion: "King Crush" Chris Chiaro also sent in the same results in which he was involved and "Dominant" Dawn Peterson sent in a score that Kris was unable to retrieve). We thank all of them for their efforts.
So we will now go to the report from Kris, but start with the score from Dawn (all that Chris had sent in, Kris had already).
The Cedar Grove Results:
Chazz Weldon/Dawn Peterson over Jose Gonzales/Kathy Sheldon, 6-3! No Aces (apparently).
2 out of 3 Set Doubles Match:
Kris Srinivasan/Raj Boddu over Jordan Bachvaroff/Joe Rodrigues, 6-3, 6-4, as both teams entered the Doubles Division as the New # 43 and # 44 Ranked Teams respectively! Raj: 1 Ace on Joe in the 1st Set; and Joe: 1 Ace on Raj in the 2nd Set!
Raj was playing the hero for us, serving superbly, making full-blooded shots and great gets. Joe was exceptional with great hands, mixing fast-paced shots with finesse. Jordan had great topspin shots, save for the few mishits and one of his service games he was on fire serving incredibly well, but couldn't keep that level consistently. The 2nd Set was more competitive and J&J had the edge for the most part.
Nathan Fernandes/Doinks Srinivasan over Chris Chiaro/Natalia Sout, 6-2! No Aces.
Ryan Pienciak/Natalia Sout over Michel Encarnacion/Doinks Srinivasan, 6-3! No Aces (apparently).
Michel Encarnacion/Doinks Srinivasan over Ryan Pienciak/Natalia Sout, 7-5! No Aces (apparently).
Chris Chiaro over Lou La Forgia, 6-3! No Aces.
Lou La Forgia over Chris Chiaro, 6-4! No Aces.
Chris Chiaro over Lou La Forgia, 6-4! No Aces.
Levy Lorenzo over Jorge Solano, 6-4! No Aces (apparently).
Chris Chiaro/Nathan Fernandes over Lou La Forgia/Jorge Solano, 6-1! No Aces.
Ryan Pienciak/Natalia Sout over Rick Pienciak/Fernanda Toker, 7-5! No Aces (apparently).
Nathan Fernandes/Jordan Bachvaroff over Kris Srinivasan/Raj Boddu, 7-6 (7-4)! Nate: 1 Ace on Kris!
This was a well-contested, close match and looked to be so right from the get-go. In the first game where Nate served, we took it to Deuce after Nate was up 40-Love. We managed to break after a few Deuces. There were breaks and critical holds that kept the match on a tight mesh. With most games going for many points, it turned to be a marathon match as was evidenced in the eleventh game that Jordan was serving. This game must have seen a dozen Deuces and thanks to a great serve and an attractive overhead smash by Nate, Jordan was able to hold to go up 6-5! Finally, I got to serve well to hold the critical game to take it to the Tiebreaker. Down 2-5, we did well to come back to 4-5…but then I blew one of the sitters to put it away to make it 5-All. I just missed the smash, but a good back-up by Raj kept us in the rally only to have Nate do well to smoke us with an overhead. It was a great match that lasted an hour and 20 minutes in a good solid fight! We missed quite a few Break Point opportunities, but credit for the slimmest edge goes to Nate. Boddu played amazingly and Jordan was great, too, for most parts.
Overall, it turned out to be a buzzing night of GTA Tennis action. Cheers!
Samara's Notes: Thanks to Kris for all he does on behalf of the league up at Cedar Grove. And that last result sound like it could be a possible Nominee for One-Set Doubles Match of The Year at season's end. Good stuff!
Sincerely,
Frank Samara
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