"Kaz-Greg in Mt.clair, Gen hosts 4 at HP, Kris hosts 18 at C.G.!":
GTA Thursday Night Tennis took place at three locations: The Mountainside Park Courts in Upper Montclair (featuring the Grove Cup Round of 32 Match between "Big Kaz" Mike Kazlauskas and "The Pilot" Greg Swierczek, with Mike sending in the report), Holster Park in Clifton ("The S Bomber" Genalin Capan was the host) and The Cedar Grove Courts (hosted by "Papa K" Kris Srinivasan).
We will first go to the comprehensive recap from Big Kaz, then the rundown of scores from Gen and then Kris will close out this report (with some additional details/scores also coming in from "Coach" Dino Celis and "J-Rod" Joe Rodrigues).
The Mountainside Park Result:
Grove Cup Round of 32 Match:
Mike Kazlauskas over Greg Swierczek, 6-0, 7-6 (7-4), to successfully defend his # 17 Rank in the Advanced Division while advancing to The Round of 16 of The Grove Cup Tournament! Mike: 1 Ace in the 2nd Set.
The Big Kaz Memo: We met at the Upper Montclair tennis courts at 4pm. We started the match about 4:20 and we ended the match at 6pm. I won the "toss" and started serving the 1st Set. I ended up holding my serve three times and I broke Greg the first three times. Even though the result of the first set was in my favor, Greg had a few Break Points. However, I was able to prevail.
At the start of the 2nd Set is when my serve abandoned me. I could not get any first serves in and Greg was great at attacking my second serves. I was broken for 0-1, Greg held his serve and then he broke me again for 0-3. After that, I got on board at 1-3 and 2-5, but that's where the real match began. Greg had a couple of Set Points on his serve, but I was able to break his service game and also hold mine for 5-5. After evening the score, my serve was broken again for 5-6. Fortunately, I was able to break Greg's serve also for 6-6 to force the Tiebreaker. In the Breaker, I was at 0-1, 1-2, 3-2, 4-3, 5-3 and that is when I was able to hit the only Ace of the match for a 6-3 lead and Match Point. Greg was on serve and held his first one to make it 6-4 (my favor and the second M.P.), but then Greg double faulted on his second service for a 7-4 TB score.
The 2nd Set score reflects the actual skill level of Greg as a player. We had quite a few great rallies and Greg had more winners than I did.
Samara's Notes: I thank Mike for his comprehensive and timely report. I also congratulate him on a very hard-fought victory. And I offer kudos to Greg who made in interesting…especially late in the match.
Now we go to Gen.
Mike and I started hitting around 4:30. We then played a quick One-Setter. We hit for another 15 minutes while waiting for Tony Shiao and Ryan Pienciak to finish their hitting session.
The HP Results:
Mike Mole over Genalin Capan, 6-0! Mike: 1 Ace. We started it at 5pm and it was over at 5:16. It was all due to Mike's serves. I barely got 1 to 2 points per game. Then, in the last game, I was serving down 30-40 and then it went to Deuce, Game Point, 2nd Deuce, Break/Match Point and the break!
Mike Mole/Ryan Pienciak leading Tony Shiao/Genalin Capan, 4-2 (Incomplete, when both Tony and Ryan had to leave to pick up their kids)! Ryan: 2 Aces on Gen. Started it around 5:20 and it had to be stopped by 5:50.
Samara's Notes: Thanks to Gen for those scores. And now we will let Papa K take it away (but the first and third scores were sent in by Joe…and Dino sent additional commentary for the one in which he was involved)!
The Cedar Grove Results:
Joe Rodrigues over Scott Bergenfeld, 6-4! No Aces (apparently).
Scott Bergenfeld/Christine Toth over Joe Rodrigues/Dawn Peterson, 6-1! No Aces (apparently).
Michel Encarnacion/Jorge Solano over Joe Rodrigues/Lorenzo Levy, 6-3! No Aces (apparently).
Scott Bergenfeld/Christine Toth over Dan Martinelli/Dawn Peterson, 6-4! No Aces (apparently).
Nathan Fernandes/Natalie Guzman over Kris Srinivasan/Doinks Srinivasan, 6-4! No Aces.
Nathan Fernandes/Doinks Srinivasan over Scott Bergenfeld/Kris Srinivasan, 7-6 (7-4)! No Aces.
Dino Celis/Natalie Guzman over Joe Rodrigues/Fernanda Toker, 6-3! No Aces.
From The Coach's Clipboard: There were multiple Deuce games, great rallies both from the baseline and at the net. Natalie played extremely well and steady as she kept pace with Fernanda forehand to forehand cross-court and finishing the point with an aggressive volley up at the net.
Nathan Fernandes/Kris Srinivasan over Lou La Forgia/Dan Martinelli, 6-3! No Aces.
Rob Gawley/Fernanda Toker leading Laura Gawley/Doinks Srinivasan, 5-4 (Incomplete when the lights went out at 10pm…the leaders were serving, but down Triple Break Point when it went dark)! No Aces (apparently).
The shot of the day was Lou's 360 degree turnaround shot to a ball that was hit well behind him by Nate. Super shot! Nate was the most consistent throughout the session...no surprise there! Doinks picked up her game as the night progressed. Laura and Rob were solid. So was Spin with plenty of energy and enthusiasm. Natalie did very well after the first few games. Scott had amazing shots, mixed up with misses. Overall, it was a very brisk night of GTA Tennis and quite an enjoyable one. Cheers!
Samara's Notes: I thank Kris, Joe and Dino for their contributions to this report.
Samara signing off!
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