"Anish-Rob TBC at HP, Kris hosts 9 at C.G.!":
GTA Saturday Tennis took place at two locations: a morning session at Holster Park in Clifton (featuring the beginning of the Grove Cup Quarterfinal Match between "Steppin' to the AM" Anish Mehta and "Double R" Rob Ryan, as reported by "The Riz" John Rizzo via Anish) and an evening session at The Cedar Grove Courts (hosted by "Papa K" Kris Srinivasan).
So we will first go to the score from John (via Anish) and then go up to C.G. for the word from Kris.
The Holster Park Result:
Grove Cup Quarterfinal Match:
Anish Mehta leading Rob Ryan, 6-3! At that time, due to heat exhaustion, Rob asked to play the balance of the match sometime next week.
Samara's Notes: I thank John for keeping me informed. We now head up to Cedar Grove to let Papa K take it away!
On a sizzling hot, humid and somewhat suffocating Saturday night, we still got some GTA players in action. It wasn't exactly a night to go for some valiant shots that otherwise we may try...:-). Still, the enthusiastic ones went for it.
The Cedar Grove Results:
Chris Chiaro/Sairaj Srinivasan over Kris Srinivasan/Senthil Kumar, 7-5! Sairaj: 1 Ace on Senthil!
We were leading comfortably at 5-2, but a little casual play combined with aggressive plays from both Chris and Sairaj saw a great comeback for a commendable win. Sairaj's Ace was a classic one near the T where Senthil's feet simply refused to move. It was a good match in the end.
Senthil Kumar/Levy Lorenzo over Chris Chiaro/Sairaj Srinivasan, 6-3! No Aces (apparently).
It was so muggy that Chris was ready to go home as his sinuses were affecting him. I probably shouldn't have pushed him to play one more set before he called it a day. Levy was more diligent than me and that helped Senthil get the better of the opposition.
It was nice to see Spin (aka Dan Martinelli) as he always livens up the proceedings. To spice it up, Genalin Capan came as well…but not to play. She brought more home-grown vegetables for Doinks and got to chill out with us in the hot weather…:-).
Rob Gawley/Laura Gawley over Kris Srinivasan/Dan Martinelli, 6-2! Rob: 1 Ace on Kris!
Spin was all over the court despite the conditions, and with some help from me, could have made it closer. Rob had a super Ace on me, a fast-paced one down the T after mixing it up with a bunch of drop spin serves. Laura was solid as usual.
Kris Srinivasan/Laura Gawley leading Rob Gawley/Doinks Srinivasan, 4-3 (Incomplete when drizzle made everyone decide to stop)! No Aces.
A steady drizzle stopped our match which was fairly close and tight. It looked ominous or so we thought. But once we called it a night, the drizzle had stopped completely. Well, we had decided to close up shop...:-). We did have some hitting sessions between our matches. So, we had somewhat of an active session with a skeleton crew, you might say...:-). Cheers!
Samara's Notes: As always, thanks to Kris for all he does for the GTA up at Cedar Grove.
Sincerely,
Frank Samara
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