"WD from W2, Kris/Doinks host 15 at C.G.!":
GTA Thursday Night Tennis only took place at The Cedar Grove Courts (co-hosted by "Papa K" Kris Srinivasan and "The Marathon Woman" Doinks Srinivasan). But most of the drama occurred earlier in the day via e-mails (some read too late) which led to a miscommunication situation (reminds me of "Communication Breakdown" by Led Zeppelin).
Early in the day, "Automatic" Anna Mazur informed those in the as scheduled W2 Women's Doubles Quarterfinal Match with her that her proposed partner, Teresa Peski, was being uncooperative in the negotiations for setting a time and place for said match.
At this point, she said she would be willing to forfeit the match (actually, it would simply be a withdrawal from the tournament) due to the delays that this situation had caused.
"Hollywood" Frank Samara tried to save the match by finding a new partner for Mazur. He put out feelers to two players, Natalia "Nitro" Sout and "The Natural" Natalie Guzman. Both replied, but Natalia was the first to respond by just a bit (about half an hour or so).
So Samara was now trying to schedule Mazur/Sout against "C.A.T." Christine Toth and "Dominant" Dawn Peterson via a Reply to All e-mail type situation.
The problem was that along the way, some were replying to all while others were just replying to Samara. Dawn showed up twice at Cedar Grove thinking the match was scheduled. Meanwhile, Natalia wasn't sure if it was at 7pm. Anna wasn't even ready for a match to be scheduled yet.
The bottom line is that Mazur already offered up the withdrawal and that is what we will have to run with at this point…especially given the fact that the first of the two W2 Semifinal Matches is set to be played on Friday night. That would leave this side of the draw woefully behind schedule-wise.
So now Toth/Peterson will advance via a bye to face GTA Women's Champion: Laura "The Aura" Gawley and "Spicy" Sally Pillay in the other W2 Semi.
We now take this report up to Cedar Grove where we will first get the results reported by Doinks (it should be noted that Christine sent in the same…the ones that she was involved in, of course) and then have Kris take it from there.
The Cedar Grove Results:
Doinks Srinivasan/Brenda Jordan over Christine Toth/Natalia Sout, 6-1! No Aces (apparently).
Doinks Srinivasan/Brenda Jordan over Christine Toth/Natalia Sout, 6-0! No Aces (apparently).
Samara's Notes: They had played this as if it were a full match, but since Doinks and Brenda are still an active team in the W2 Tournament…it had to be split into two One-Setters. It seems that Srinivasan and Jordan wanted to get some time together as a team before they face "The S Bomber" Genalin Capan and "The Argentine Machine" Fernanda Toker in the W2 Semi on Friday night.
Brenda Jordan/Christine Toth over Doinks Srinivasan/Natalia Sout, 6-2! No Aces (apparently).
Dan Martinelli/Doinks Srinivasan over Rick Pienciak/Natalia Sout, 6-1! No Aces (apparently).
Rick Pienciak/Doinks Srinivasan leading Dan Martinelli/Natalia Sout, 5-4 (Incomplete with Doinks serving up at 15-Love when the lights went out at 10pm)! No Aces (apparently).
Samara's Notes: I thank Doinks for sending in those scores and also thank Christine for doing the same.
We now let Papa K take it away!
It was a beautiful night for tennis and our GTA players took advantage of both the weather and the availability of the courts. It was good to see Greg Swierczek back in action as he has been busy on some exotic fishing expeditions this summer.
It was also great to see Christine Toth who thought she may be playing the W2 Women's Doubles Quarterfinal Match against Anna Mazur and her new partner, but it never came to fruition. She did get to play couple of sets with Natalia, Doinks and Brenda.
My son Sairaj went ahead to hit a bit with Greg, followed by Jordan Bachvaroff, myself, Senthil Kumar, Mike Kazlauskas, Marijus Kuzavas and Levy Lorenzo. Later, we got to see Spin (aka Dan Martinelli), Rick Pienciak and Dino Celis who all got the chance to play on this night.
Greg Swierczek/Jordan Bachvaroff over Kris Srinivasan/Sairaj Srinivasan, 6-2! Sairaj: 1 Ace on Greg!
The highlight of the match was the lovely serving by Sairaj. I also got to play with a heavy racquet of Greg's that he personally had strung and maintained superbly. It was a joy to play the rallies with this racquet, but serving and the return of serves were the tough part. Greg had some amazing shots that gave us very little time to react. It was a warm-up session for Jordan.
Kris Srinivasan/Levy Lorenzo over Greg Swierczek/Sairaj Srinivasan, 6-4! No Aces.
Sairaj did very well as he got very encouraging support from Greg except for the last game where he completely lost it. That made the difference for what could have been a set that went the distance. Levy was brilliant in his efforts and he is enjoying his tennis playing with us. Full credit goes to him for running around to get every ball and his net play was quite aggressive. Greg's serving is a pleasure to watch, especially the kick serves.
2 out of 3 Sets Doubles Match:
Marijus Kuzavas/Mike Kazlauskas over Senthil Kumar/Jordan Bachvaroff, 6-2, 6-2, to successfully defend their # 5 Rank in the Doubles Division! In the process, Kumar/Bachvaroff enters the division as the New # 47 Ranked Team. No Aces (apparently).
M&M were playing so freely that they appeared to be bombarding the other side. Senthil was pretty calm and efficient in handling the barrage of shots coming his way, but Jordan was having a torrid time. With attacking shots coming in at jet speed, he couldn't react quickly and ended up with a bunch of mishits and forced errors. Both the big men were serving superbly and completed the proceedings with aggressive net play as well. If Mike had played at this level against Moka, he could have seriously posed Moka some tough questions! Well, that's what happens when a tournament match gets under our skin sometimes. Needless to say, M&M were dominant the entire match brandishing their knives…I mean their racquets…to a helpless Senthil and Jordan.
Senthil Kumar/Mike Kazlauskas over Marijus Kuzavas/Jordan Bachvaroff, 6-2! No Aces (apparently).
With Mike serving hot and playing attacking shots, Senthil was a happy camper as he was able to play his shots freely. Jordan continued to have an off-day and put pressure on Marijus. One of those days!
Kris Srinivasan/Senthil Kumar over Dino Celis/Levy Lorenzo, 6-1! No Aces.
It was a good match…especially for me to keep the rallies engaged against Dino. It was good to express myself freely against Dino who plays lovely shots without worrying about the result.
Kris Srinivasan/Jordan Bachvaroff leading Senthil Kumar/Levy Lorenzo, 4-3 (Incomplete when the lights went off at 10pm)! Jordan: 2 Aces (one on each)!
After the initial hiccups, it was good to see Jordan get back some of his confidence and play more to his potential. His serves started coming in and he began to believe in his game more. There were nice overheads by Senthil who made very few errors and Levy kept the lid tight as well.
Spin was all action even though he came late and a constant bellowing of the scores kept the atmosphere electric and enthusiastic. It was a great night for M&M playing their best in tandem. Rick has started getting back his game and enjoying the sessions here.
All in all, we sure can say that we all had fun ensuring a lively atmosphere. Cheers!
Samara's Notes: As always, thanks to Kris for all he does on behalf of the GTA up at Cedar Grove.
Sincerely,
Frank Samara
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