11/22/16:
"Frank/John host 17 (1 New) at The Bubble!:"
There was just one session of GTA Tuesday Night Tennis: the Night Owls session up at The Wayne Bubble. Co-hosts and cohorts "Hollywood" Frank Samara and "Mr. Arizona" John Incognito arrived together at 8:45.
There was already a fairly sizeable group of our players waiting in the lobby area: "The Webmaster" Senthil Kumar, "Killer Kat" Kathy Sheldon, "Dominant" Dawn Peterson, "Kevlar" Kevin Doyle and his friend, Sean McHugh, who is a regular member of The Night Owls Group (but had yet to play in any official GTA matches). Soon after, Mike Sindler, Tony "Sure Shot" Shiao and "The Lumberjack" Ryan Pienciak all also arrived.
We all waited in the lobby for our 9pm start time. Just as the clock was about to strike nine, "Sadistic" Syed Rashid, GTA Champion: "King Crush" Chris Chiaro and "The Lethal Lefty" Lou La Forgia all arrived at the same time. Another five minutes later, "RK Fire" Rafaelo Kazakov did the same.
With only three of the four courts available at 9pm (as Court Three is occupied with four Bubble regulars until 9:45...hence the reason for no subs on Tuesdays), John had to step into his usual role of determining who should play who and on which courts.
He first directed Doyle, McHugh, Sheldon and Peterson to play Mixed Doubles on Court Four. For Court Two, it would be buddies Shiao and Pienciak teaming together to take on Kumar and Sindler. And on Court One, Incognito and Rashid would face Samara and Kazakov.
Chiaro and La Forgia agreed to wait for Court Three to open up as John had assured them that some stiffer competition was likely on its way...and it was.
Once the action was underway, three more players arrived to join Chris and Lou in the lobby area: Dennis "The Menace" Cabanatan, "The Hitman" Tom La and Pranav Sinha.
John's work never seemed to be done as he had to continue to intervene and manage the match-ups along the way. Meanwhile, Frank's role was per his usual one...collecting all the scores along the way.
It was an impressive total of seventeen official competitors ("Drill Instructor" Don Moya was only able to make an extended cameo appearance as his playing services were never needed).
Let's get to those scores now.
The Wayne Bubble Results:
Kevin Doyle/Dawn Peterson over Sean McHugh/Kathy Sheldon, 7-6 (7-4)! No Aces. It was the official GTA Debut of Sean McHugh. They took Court Four a little before 9pm. Not sure how long their hitting session was to warm up, but this one did not get finished until 10:01. And they also decided to forego the changeovers! Kevin explained that almost all of the games went to Deuce and many were multiple Deuce games.
Senthil Kumar/Mike Sindler over Tony Shiao/Ryan Pienciak, 6-3! Ryan: 2 Aces on Senthil! They took Court Two just after 9pm. Again, not sure how long their warm-up was, but this one ended exactly at 9:43. This has to be considered somewhat of an upset.
John Incognito/Syed Rashid over Frank Samara/Rafaelo Kazakov, 7-5! John: 1 Ace on Rafaelo. Here's the basic breakdown (we did the changeovers where I only wrote the flow of the games, I did not note who hit what winners where and when): John held serve (Love-15 went straight to Double Game Point and then the hold), Rafaelo was broken (15-Love then point for point until 30-All, Break Point and the break) and Syed held (30-Love, 30-15, Double Game Point and the hold) as his team jumped out to a 3-0 lead! Frank held (15-Love, 15-All then right to Double Game Point and the hold) to get his team on the scoreboard and then Incognito was broken (Love-30, 15-30, Double Break Point and the break) to have his team's lead cut down to 3-2. Kazakov held (Triple Game Point, Double Game Point and the hold) and Rashid was broken (up 30-Love, a Double Fault for 30-15, Double Game Point, Game Point, a Double Fault for Deuce, Break Point and the break) to lose the lead for his team as they were now down 3-4! Samara held again and in the same manner as his first go-round (15-Love, 15-All then right to Double Game Point and the hold) to take a 5-3 lead for his team, but Mr. Arizona held and it was at Love after he started with a sideline Ace on Rafaelo as his tandem pulled to 4-5! RK Fire was broken (Triple Break Point was brought back to Break Point, but then came the break) to level things at 5-5 and then Sadistic Syed held (Triple Game Point was cut down to Deuce, but then came another Game Point and then the hold) to put his team back up, 6-5! The Wood was then broken for the first time (Love-30, 15-30, it ended on Double Break/Match Point) to take a tough loss! We played this one on Court One from 9:15 (after hitting for ten minutes) to exactly 9:57.
Samara volunteered to sit out the next round of action to allow Sindler back in (Tom La had replaced him on Court Two), but John soon informed him that his services would be needed on Court One for the next Mixed Doubles match-up as Doyle was set to leave early.
Meanwhile, Incognito soon found out that Kazakov had taken a phone call. John then had to ask Kevin to stick around for another Doubles One-Setter which was started on Court One, but it would soon be aborted.
Kevin Doyle/Mike Sindler leading John Incognito/Syed Rashid, 2-1 (Incomplete once Incognito realized that Kazakov was now ready to play)! No Aces.
Senthil Kumar/Tom La over Tony Shiao/Ryan Pienciak, 7-6 (7-5)! No Aces. This one got underway on Court Two at 9:50, but not sure when it ended as there was just too much action to follow while also being involved in other action myself.
2 out of 3 Sets Doubles Match:
Chris Chiaro/Lou La Forgia over Dennis Cabanatan/Pranav Sinha, 6-0, 6-2, to successfully defend the # 12 Rank in the Doubles Division while Cabanatan/Sinha entered the division as the New # 71 Ranked Team! Lou: 1 Ace on Dennis in the 1st Set. They played this on Court Three from 9:55 to 10:35.
Frank Samara/Dawn Peterson over Sean McHugh/Kathy Sheldon, 6-3! Dawn: 1 Ace on Kathy. As they once again decided to forego the changeovers, I had to remember the flow of all the games until I was able to write them down after the match. They went as follows: Kathy was broken (started with a Double Fault, then it was 15-All before heading to Double Break Point, then came Break Point and the break), Frank was broken (Love-15 shifted straight to Double Game Point, then it shifted to Deuce, Break Point and the break), Sean was broken in a battle (15-Love, 15-All, 30-15, Double Fault for 30-All, Break Point, Deuce, Game Point, 2nd Deuce, Game Point, 3rd Deuce, Break Point and the break) and Dawn was broken (started off down Love-30 which was where she hit a nice sideline Ace against Kathy for 15-30, but then it went to Double Break Point and the break) as nobody could hold serve at 2-2. Sheldon was broken again (Love-15 shifted to 30-15 shifted again to Break Point, then Deuce and all Game Points until 3rd Deuce, Break Point and the break), but Samara was the first to hold serve (the rally of the match led to Love-15, it then shifted to 30-15, shifted again to Break Point, then Deuce and all Break Points until 3rd Deuce, Game Point, 4th Deuce, Game Point again and finally the hold) as his team went up 4-2! McHugh then also held (30-Love shifted to 30-All, Game Point and the hold) to pull to 3-4, but then Peterson also held (30-Love to 30-All, Game Point and the hold) to take a 5-3 lead. Then, Killer Kat was broken a third straight time and this time it was at Love after starting off with another Double Fault! We played this on Court Four from 10:05 to 10:40.
The Skinny: This was my first time meeting Sean and he is a very nice guy. I could be wrong, but I think I detected a slight Irish brogue. He is also a solid Doubles player who made many nice gets along the way. He is a crafty lefty who seems to always know where to be on the court. Unfortunately, he is likely to be only a candidate for competition at The Bubble and nowhere else as he resides in the Pompton Lakes area. Still, he is a welcome addition to the league.
Kevin Doyle/Syed Rashid over Rafaelo Kazakov/Mike Sindler, 6-1! Rafaelo: 1 Ace on Kevin. Not sure when they got this one underway on Court One, but it ended at 10:50. Afterward, buddies Syed and Mike had a hitting session with one another.
Chris Chiaro/Lou La Forgia over Senthil Kumar/Tom La, 6-3! No Aces. Again, not sure of the starting time of this contest on Court Two, but it was over at 11:10. The deal was winners versus winners and losers versus losers when the teams switched up between Courts Two and Three. But Cabanatan was feeling exhausted from a rough night the night before, so Dennis asked John if he could take his place in the next One-Setter on Court Three.
Tony Shiao/Ryan Pienciak over John Incognito/Pranav Sinha, 6-4! No Aces. As this one was the last of all of them to get underway (again, not sure exactly when), they decided to forego the changeovers. John and Pranav were up 4-2 only to drop the last four games as Tony and Ryan finally beat the demons of a tough outing and got their first win of the night at exactly 11:17!
All in all, it was quite the session. The Night Owl sessions are going strong up at The Bubble and I am quite pleased that we have been recently capturing so many of the scores and recording them as GTA Results. This is a trend that I hope will continue until we officially shut down the 2016 Season on December 15th. I also hope it has become a habit that will be revisited when we start the 2017 Season on or before March 1st.
Best wishes,
Frank Samara
"Frank/John host 17 (1 New) at The Bubble!:"
There was just one session of GTA Tuesday Night Tennis: the Night Owls session up at The Wayne Bubble. Co-hosts and cohorts "Hollywood" Frank Samara and "Mr. Arizona" John Incognito arrived together at 8:45.
There was already a fairly sizeable group of our players waiting in the lobby area: "The Webmaster" Senthil Kumar, "Killer Kat" Kathy Sheldon, "Dominant" Dawn Peterson, "Kevlar" Kevin Doyle and his friend, Sean McHugh, who is a regular member of The Night Owls Group (but had yet to play in any official GTA matches). Soon after, Mike Sindler, Tony "Sure Shot" Shiao and "The Lumberjack" Ryan Pienciak all also arrived.
We all waited in the lobby for our 9pm start time. Just as the clock was about to strike nine, "Sadistic" Syed Rashid, GTA Champion: "King Crush" Chris Chiaro and "The Lethal Lefty" Lou La Forgia all arrived at the same time. Another five minutes later, "RK Fire" Rafaelo Kazakov did the same.
With only three of the four courts available at 9pm (as Court Three is occupied with four Bubble regulars until 9:45...hence the reason for no subs on Tuesdays), John had to step into his usual role of determining who should play who and on which courts.
He first directed Doyle, McHugh, Sheldon and Peterson to play Mixed Doubles on Court Four. For Court Two, it would be buddies Shiao and Pienciak teaming together to take on Kumar and Sindler. And on Court One, Incognito and Rashid would face Samara and Kazakov.
Chiaro and La Forgia agreed to wait for Court Three to open up as John had assured them that some stiffer competition was likely on its way...and it was.
Once the action was underway, three more players arrived to join Chris and Lou in the lobby area: Dennis "The Menace" Cabanatan, "The Hitman" Tom La and Pranav Sinha.
John's work never seemed to be done as he had to continue to intervene and manage the match-ups along the way. Meanwhile, Frank's role was per his usual one...collecting all the scores along the way.
It was an impressive total of seventeen official competitors ("Drill Instructor" Don Moya was only able to make an extended cameo appearance as his playing services were never needed).
Let's get to those scores now.
The Wayne Bubble Results:
Kevin Doyle/Dawn Peterson over Sean McHugh/Kathy Sheldon, 7-6 (7-4)! No Aces. It was the official GTA Debut of Sean McHugh. They took Court Four a little before 9pm. Not sure how long their hitting session was to warm up, but this one did not get finished until 10:01. And they also decided to forego the changeovers! Kevin explained that almost all of the games went to Deuce and many were multiple Deuce games.
Senthil Kumar/Mike Sindler over Tony Shiao/Ryan Pienciak, 6-3! Ryan: 2 Aces on Senthil! They took Court Two just after 9pm. Again, not sure how long their warm-up was, but this one ended exactly at 9:43. This has to be considered somewhat of an upset.
John Incognito/Syed Rashid over Frank Samara/Rafaelo Kazakov, 7-5! John: 1 Ace on Rafaelo. Here's the basic breakdown (we did the changeovers where I only wrote the flow of the games, I did not note who hit what winners where and when): John held serve (Love-15 went straight to Double Game Point and then the hold), Rafaelo was broken (15-Love then point for point until 30-All, Break Point and the break) and Syed held (30-Love, 30-15, Double Game Point and the hold) as his team jumped out to a 3-0 lead! Frank held (15-Love, 15-All then right to Double Game Point and the hold) to get his team on the scoreboard and then Incognito was broken (Love-30, 15-30, Double Break Point and the break) to have his team's lead cut down to 3-2. Kazakov held (Triple Game Point, Double Game Point and the hold) and Rashid was broken (up 30-Love, a Double Fault for 30-15, Double Game Point, Game Point, a Double Fault for Deuce, Break Point and the break) to lose the lead for his team as they were now down 3-4! Samara held again and in the same manner as his first go-round (15-Love, 15-All then right to Double Game Point and the hold) to take a 5-3 lead for his team, but Mr. Arizona held and it was at Love after he started with a sideline Ace on Rafaelo as his tandem pulled to 4-5! RK Fire was broken (Triple Break Point was brought back to Break Point, but then came the break) to level things at 5-5 and then Sadistic Syed held (Triple Game Point was cut down to Deuce, but then came another Game Point and then the hold) to put his team back up, 6-5! The Wood was then broken for the first time (Love-30, 15-30, it ended on Double Break/Match Point) to take a tough loss! We played this one on Court One from 9:15 (after hitting for ten minutes) to exactly 9:57.
Samara volunteered to sit out the next round of action to allow Sindler back in (Tom La had replaced him on Court Two), but John soon informed him that his services would be needed on Court One for the next Mixed Doubles match-up as Doyle was set to leave early.
Meanwhile, Incognito soon found out that Kazakov had taken a phone call. John then had to ask Kevin to stick around for another Doubles One-Setter which was started on Court One, but it would soon be aborted.
Kevin Doyle/Mike Sindler leading John Incognito/Syed Rashid, 2-1 (Incomplete once Incognito realized that Kazakov was now ready to play)! No Aces.
Senthil Kumar/Tom La over Tony Shiao/Ryan Pienciak, 7-6 (7-5)! No Aces. This one got underway on Court Two at 9:50, but not sure when it ended as there was just too much action to follow while also being involved in other action myself.
2 out of 3 Sets Doubles Match:
Chris Chiaro/Lou La Forgia over Dennis Cabanatan/Pranav Sinha, 6-0, 6-2, to successfully defend the # 12 Rank in the Doubles Division while Cabanatan/Sinha entered the division as the New # 71 Ranked Team! Lou: 1 Ace on Dennis in the 1st Set. They played this on Court Three from 9:55 to 10:35.
Frank Samara/Dawn Peterson over Sean McHugh/Kathy Sheldon, 6-3! Dawn: 1 Ace on Kathy. As they once again decided to forego the changeovers, I had to remember the flow of all the games until I was able to write them down after the match. They went as follows: Kathy was broken (started with a Double Fault, then it was 15-All before heading to Double Break Point, then came Break Point and the break), Frank was broken (Love-15 shifted straight to Double Game Point, then it shifted to Deuce, Break Point and the break), Sean was broken in a battle (15-Love, 15-All, 30-15, Double Fault for 30-All, Break Point, Deuce, Game Point, 2nd Deuce, Game Point, 3rd Deuce, Break Point and the break) and Dawn was broken (started off down Love-30 which was where she hit a nice sideline Ace against Kathy for 15-30, but then it went to Double Break Point and the break) as nobody could hold serve at 2-2. Sheldon was broken again (Love-15 shifted to 30-15 shifted again to Break Point, then Deuce and all Game Points until 3rd Deuce, Break Point and the break), but Samara was the first to hold serve (the rally of the match led to Love-15, it then shifted to 30-15, shifted again to Break Point, then Deuce and all Break Points until 3rd Deuce, Game Point, 4th Deuce, Game Point again and finally the hold) as his team went up 4-2! McHugh then also held (30-Love shifted to 30-All, Game Point and the hold) to pull to 3-4, but then Peterson also held (30-Love to 30-All, Game Point and the hold) to take a 5-3 lead. Then, Killer Kat was broken a third straight time and this time it was at Love after starting off with another Double Fault! We played this on Court Four from 10:05 to 10:40.
The Skinny: This was my first time meeting Sean and he is a very nice guy. I could be wrong, but I think I detected a slight Irish brogue. He is also a solid Doubles player who made many nice gets along the way. He is a crafty lefty who seems to always know where to be on the court. Unfortunately, he is likely to be only a candidate for competition at The Bubble and nowhere else as he resides in the Pompton Lakes area. Still, he is a welcome addition to the league.
Kevin Doyle/Syed Rashid over Rafaelo Kazakov/Mike Sindler, 6-1! Rafaelo: 1 Ace on Kevin. Not sure when they got this one underway on Court One, but it ended at 10:50. Afterward, buddies Syed and Mike had a hitting session with one another.
Chris Chiaro/Lou La Forgia over Senthil Kumar/Tom La, 6-3! No Aces. Again, not sure of the starting time of this contest on Court Two, but it was over at 11:10. The deal was winners versus winners and losers versus losers when the teams switched up between Courts Two and Three. But Cabanatan was feeling exhausted from a rough night the night before, so Dennis asked John if he could take his place in the next One-Setter on Court Three.
Tony Shiao/Ryan Pienciak over John Incognito/Pranav Sinha, 6-4! No Aces. As this one was the last of all of them to get underway (again, not sure exactly when), they decided to forego the changeovers. John and Pranav were up 4-2 only to drop the last four games as Tony and Ryan finally beat the demons of a tough outing and got their first win of the night at exactly 11:17!
All in all, it was quite the session. The Night Owl sessions are going strong up at The Bubble and I am quite pleased that we have been recently capturing so many of the scores and recording them as GTA Results. This is a trend that I hope will continue until we officially shut down the 2016 Season on December 15th. I also hope it has become a habit that will be revisited when we start the 2017 Season on or before March 1st.
Best wishes,
Frank Samara
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