"Moka's WD from Grove Cup! Kris hosts 20 at C.G.!":
GTA Monday Night Tennis only took place at The Cedar Grove Courts (hosted by "Papa K" Kris Srinivasan, but with other results being sent in by both "Bravo" Brenda Jordan and "Latino Heat" Jose Gonzales).
Earlier in the day, "Hollywood" Frank Samara had indicated he would be hosting the session at Cedar Grove starting around 7pm. But around 6pm, he started not feeling well (very similar symptoms to the heat stroke he suffered just over a week ago). At 6:55, Frank sent a text message to Kris stating that he would not be able to make it up there after all.
And the biggest news actually occurred via e-mail that afternoon as "Instant" Moka Pathan informed Samara with a copy to his would-be Grove Cup Quarterfinal opponent "Nate the Great" Nathan Fernandes that he would now have to withdraw from the match and the tourney.
The two had worked hard to find a mutually convenient time and place to play for the past week, but could never get together. Now Moka will embark on a two week vacation.
We have been able to work around one week vacations, but two weeks vacations are just a bit too long and unfair to the rest of those remaining in the competition.
This is not considered a match forfeit, so Fernandes will not take the rank of Pathan. Nathan just gets the chance to advance to the Semifinals via a bye.
It is a very unfortunate set of circumstances as many were looking forward to the would-be encounter between Moka and Nate.
Fernandes now finds himself in the Semis waiting for the winner of the upcoming Quarterfinal Match between "The Legendary" Chazz Weldon and Tony "Sure Shot" Shiao.
On the other side of the draw, "Double R" Rob Ryan is also waiting in the Semifinals as there is still a remaining Quarterfinal to be played as "Super Mario" Marijus Kuzavas will face "The Sultan of Swing" Raj Shah.
We now turn this report over to Kris, but first go to the scores from Brenda and Jose in that order.
The Cedar Grove Results:
2 out of 3 Sets Mixed Doubles Match:
Raj Shah/Dawn Peterson over Jordan Bachvaroff/Brenda Jordan, 6-4, 7-5, to successfully defend the # 9 Rank in the Mixed Doubles Division! In the process, Bachvaroff/Jordan enters division as the New # 25 Ranked Team. No Aces (apparently).
Chris Chiaro/Natalia Sout over Jose Gonzales/Marie Salamon, 6-4! No Aces.
Mike Kazlauskas/Matt Meillon over Jose Gonzales/Jorge Solano, 7-5! Jose: 1 Ace on Matt (up the T)!
Samara's Notes: Thanks to both Brenda and Jose. And now we let Papa K take it away!
It was almost perfect weather for tennis with the right temps and no humidity. Quite a few of our players took full advantage of the great weather as all four courts were put to good use. Matches were happening all over the place.
Mike Kazlauskas/Matt Meillon over Kris Srinivasan/Jorge Solano, 6-3! No Aces.
After a great start leading 3-Love, we dropped our game as Mike got aggressive at the net and was supported well by Matt.
Sairaj Srinivasan/Rob Gawley over Jay Srinivasan/Doinks Srinivasan, 6-1! No Aces (apparently).
It was good to see Jay in action. While his ground strokes were pretty good, he was wanting in the "serves" department.
Chris Chiaro/Natalia Sout over Kris Srinivasan/Laura Gawley, 6-4! No Aces.
Kris Srinivasan/Laura Gawley over Chris Chiaro/Natalia Sout, 7-5! No Aces.
Chris Chiaro/Natalia Sout tied with Kris Srinivasan/Laura Gawley, 4-4 (Incomplete when the lights went out at 10pm)! No Aces.
We tired to make it a full match but couldn't complete. In what would have been the deciding set, we were leading 4-2 and on Break Point to go up 5-2, but it was an amazing night for Chris as he had some of the best "gets" running all over the place and covering for Natalia. We all had our moments of brilliance and sloppiness. Overall, Chris played a key role in the score being where it was.
Samara's Notes: Kris had reported this to me as if it were an incomplete 2 out of 3 Sets Mixed Doubles Match. It is better to have it broken down into two complete One-Setters and one incomplete one so as not to have the entire thing go to waste…officially. We now go back to Kris.
Dino Celis didn't get to play, but did get to hit with Senthil Kumar and coach a bit with Brenda.
2 out of 3 Sets:
Senthil Kumar/Ryan Pienciak over Dennis Cabanatan/Marie Salamon, 6-3, 6-0! No Aces (apparently).
The 1st Set looked tight as Dennis was playing freely and showing great finesse along with Marie attacking at the net, but still the Senthil-Ryan combo was a bit too much. Instead of mixing up the teams for a better balance, they continued with the same sides and ended with a similar result.
Overall, there was plenty of action exclusively by GTA players on all the courts. 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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