GTA Wednesday Night Tennis only took place at The Cedar Grove Courts (hosted by "Papa K" Kris Srinivasan along with "The S Bomber" Genalin Capan sending in her own result directly).
So we will now go to Kris with a little assistance from Gen along the way.
It was a night of invasion by non-GTA players occupying three of the courts, but then we didn't have enough players in the lone court that we occupied.
First off, it was my son Sairaj hitting the ball with Scott Bergenfeld and I joined them shortly thereafter. When Nathan Fernandes hit the courts, we could have a Doubles match.
The Cedar Grove Results:
Scott Bergenfeld/Kris Srinivasan over Nathan Fernandes/Sairaj Srinivasan, 7-5! Scott: 1 Ace on Nate!
It was a humid evening and both Nate and Sairaj started off well. It didn't help that we made quite a few unforced errors so that we were down 1-5 in no time. We should have been taken out in the next game, but we started digging in and combined with a steady flow of errors from Sairaj, we were able to win the next 6 games and the set.
2 out of 3 Set Doubles Match:
Nathan Fernandes/Scott Bergenfeld over Lou La Forgia/Kris Srinivasan, 6-1, 6-2, to become the New #37 Ranked Team in the Doubles Division! No Aces.
It was a forgettable night for me and Lou as we were prone to making errors consistently. A disgusted Lou stepped off, feeling that it was not his day. I felt similarly, but was needed for one last stint...:-).
Samara's Notes: This was a very impressive win for The Great Ones. Nate has truly been on a roll as of late. I believe he said the other night that he had went on a 56-0 run in sets just in Singles alone. If so, I would think that to be unprecedented in the entire history of the GTA. We now go back to Kris.
Ryan Pienciak/Doinks Srinivasan over Rick Pienciak/Genalin Capan, 6-4! No Aces.
Gen's Notes: We played this from 8:25 to 8:55.
Dino Celis/Ryan Pienciak over Rob Gawley/Laura Gawley, 6-4! No Aces (apparently).
Nathan Fernandes/Kris Srinivasan over Scott Bergenfeld/Doinks Srinivasan, 6-1! No Aces.
The last game took forever and it looked like one of those nights when you see someone can never lose. It was a winning night for Scott until that streak would at 9:59 and 55 seconds as the lights went out just after we got the winning point to secure the match!
Rob Gawley/Laura Gawley leading Ryan Pienciak/Rick Pienciak, 4-2 (Incomplete when the lights went out at 10pm)!
Overall, Nate was the steady hand throughout the night while it was a mixed bag for the others. Doinks did well playing deep shots, but some of Nate's drop shots tested both Scott and Doinks.
We had relatively fewer players, but still it turned out to be busy as the night progressed. Cheers!
Samara's Notes: As always, I thank Kris for all he does on behalf of the GTA up at Cedar Grove.
Sincerely,
Frank Samara
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