11/5/16:
"Monk Memorial Final part of 16 at C.G.!:
There was just one session of GTA Saturday Night Tennis: the usual later session up at The Cedar Grove Courts. The K Man" Kris Srinivasan acted as host along with assistance from Dennis "The Menace" Cabanatan as The Main Event was The Monk Memorial Men's Doubles Tournament Final Match featuring "The Lumberjack" Ryan Pienciak and "Chito" Nick Inciong taking on "The Sultan of Swing" Raj Shah and "Kaboom" Raj Boddu. Also, "The S Bomber" Genalin Capan and "Holy Moly" Mike Mole reported their results directly.
Let's first go to the results as reported by Dennis, Gen and Mike in no certain order (but my best guess, chronologically speaking) before we let Kris take over the report.
The Cedar Grove Results:
T.J. Shah/Rajan Shah tied with Dennis Cabanatan/Matias Dioses, 2-2 (Incomplete when Matias had to leave with his mother)! No Aces (apparently).
Mike Mole/Jose Gonzales over Dennis Cabanatan/Natalia Sout, 6-2! No Aces (apparently).
Dennis Cabanatan over Mike Mole, 6-4! No Aces.
2 out of 3 Sets Mixed Doubles Match:
Dennis Cabanatan/Natalia Sout over Mike Mole/Genalin Capan, 6-2, 0-6, 10-4 (STB), as both teams entered the Mixed Doubles Division as the New # 48 and # 49 Ranked Teams respectively! No Aces. Gen said that she had initially only went there to hit and then watch the Monk Memorial Final, but she ended up in this match which was played from 6:45 to 7:50.
Dennis Cabanatan over Andrew Troung, 6-2! No Aces.
Mike Mole over Andrew Truong, 6-2! No Aces.
Samara's Notes: I thank Dennis, Gen and Mike for their timely reporting. We now let The K Man take it away!
The Monk Memorial Final Match:
Ryan Pienciak/Nick Inciong over Raj Shah/Raj Boddu, 6-1, 6-2, to become the 2016 Monk Memorial Champs and the New # 2 Ranked Team in the Doubles Division (i.e. the next Top Contenders)! No Aces (apparently).
The highlight of the night was certainly the Monk Memorial Men's Doubles Tournament Final featuring Shah and Boddu against Ryan and Nick. This match was scheduled for a 7pm start, but the tennis session started much earlier (somewhere close to 4pm, I believe).
Jose Gonzales, Natalia Sout and Brenda Jordan were amongst the early birds. Players drifted in and out at various times to engage the courts right through the night.
Samara's Notes: I did not receive any results from them, so whatever they participated in will have to remain unofficial. We now go back to Kris for his thoughts on the Monk Memorial Final.
An unsettled start for Team Raj would permeate the entire match. All the players were at the tennis courts on time except for Boddu who, after an hectic day, had completely forgotten about the match. Sipping a cup of tea after a marauding day, he was bombarded with messages from all quarters as to when he when he was coming. A rushed man and one who has not played much this season (especially recently) became the perfect foil for the team of Ryan and Nick.
Ryan and Nick executed their strategy brilliantly which was for Ryan to attack at the net and Nick to man the baseline. Furthermore, they singled out Boddu as he jumped into the match right away, given it had started more than an hour late start and without any warm-up as he was feeling guilty for coming late.
This was not an ideal start and one can certainly sympathize for Boddu. Not Ryan and Nick. They were relentless and played in tandem perfectly. Ryan could afford to err at the net as Nick was rock-solid from the baseline. I got to watch some of Nick's play. He was brilliant and it was a delight to watch his free-flowing shots. What impressed me also was his ability to run down some of the balls. Boddu started to get back his groove somewhat, but was under the knife all the time. Ryan and Nick managed to dismantle him mentally, keeping Shah in abeyance as he would be just a spectator for pretty much all the time.
A solid win, indeed, for Nick and Ryan. They will now challenge Chiaro and Shah (one that Raj Shah can't wait to play). Yes, he is salivating and most certainly bullish on the prospects of his team's win, buoyed by the fact that he will be teaming with "speed merchant" Chiaro. He has already sounded out the bells of war to Ryan …J.
Samara's Notes: Ryan and Nick deserve a hearty congratulations for such a dominant victory in this match which, on paper, seemed like it would be much closer.
I must also chime in with my opinion here, even if it does ruffle some feathers. Even though either recent tournament winning team, The M2 Champs: Chiaro/Shah or Monk Memorial Champs: Pienciak/Inciong, are entitled to the next Title shot at the reigning GTA Doubles Champions: Norman Taclob/Tito Castolo…I would prefer to see Ryan and Nick get that shot first as the league truly needs Raj Shah to prioritize his Grove Cup Final Match against Nathan Fernandes first as the scheduling of that match has dragged on long enough.
And I now turn this report back over to Kris.
Ryan Pienciak/Nick Inciong over Raj Shah/Raj Boddu, 6-1! No Aces (apparently).
Well, Nick and Ryan put one final nail in the coffin of Team Raj. But then Shah was ready to throw it away anyway as he saw Moka waiting on the sidelines to play Singles with him.
Moka Pathan/Natalia Sout over Kris Srinivasan/Doinks Srinivasan, 6-3! No Aces.
Natalia gave superb support to Moka and , of course, I take full credit for our team's loss. A pathetic performance by me didn't upset Doinks surprisingly as she just tried to focus on her play…J.
Moka Pathan/Doinks Srinivasan over Kris Srinivasan/Edwin Ortega, 6-2! No Aces.
Doinks came up with the goods as she played freely with Moka who was encouraging her to go for her shots. Edwin was a big moral support for me as he shared with me on many of the plenty of unforced errors that we dished out. A true partner...J.
Kris Srinivasan/Edwin Ortega leading Ryan Pienciak/Doinks Srinivasan, 5-4 (Incomplete when the lights went out at 10pm)! No Aces.
Edwin found his game and so did I. We were ahead from the get-go, but it was one of those nights where we were meant to go winless as the last game that was never completed had us leading Love-40 (to break) only to go to Deuce and after another Match Point to go back to Deuce again. C'est la vie!
Raj Shah over Moka Pathan, 6-3! No Aces (apparently).
Moka was not yet ready to move well for Singles, but that would change in the next set that got cut off from its completion.
Moka Pathan leading Raj Shah, 3-1 (Incomplete when the lights went out at 10pm)! No Aces (apparently).
Shah was happy to have a go and play a fast-paced game.
All in all, it ended a great day of GTA Tennis. Earlier, Dennis, Brenda, Jose, Kevin, Gen and Natalia were in action, (some of which was already reported by Dennis). It was good to see Gen in action here. After losing the 1st Set, they were able to reverse the result convincingly against Dennis and Natalia. But then they were taken out in the STB. It was also really good to see Nick and I truly missed out on his presence in Cedar Grove this season. Cheers!
Samara's Notes: I thank Kris for always being so willing to host up at Cedar Grove when I cannot make it there and then provide us with his colorful and comprehensive reports.
Best wishes,
Frank Samara
"Monk Memorial Final part of 16 at C.G.!:
There was just one session of GTA Saturday Night Tennis: the usual later session up at The Cedar Grove Courts. The K Man" Kris Srinivasan acted as host along with assistance from Dennis "The Menace" Cabanatan as The Main Event was The Monk Memorial Men's Doubles Tournament Final Match featuring "The Lumberjack" Ryan Pienciak and "Chito" Nick Inciong taking on "The Sultan of Swing" Raj Shah and "Kaboom" Raj Boddu. Also, "The S Bomber" Genalin Capan and "Holy Moly" Mike Mole reported their results directly.
Let's first go to the results as reported by Dennis, Gen and Mike in no certain order (but my best guess, chronologically speaking) before we let Kris take over the report.
The Cedar Grove Results:
T.J. Shah/Rajan Shah tied with Dennis Cabanatan/Matias Dioses, 2-2 (Incomplete when Matias had to leave with his mother)! No Aces (apparently).
Mike Mole/Jose Gonzales over Dennis Cabanatan/Natalia Sout, 6-2! No Aces (apparently).
Dennis Cabanatan over Mike Mole, 6-4! No Aces.
2 out of 3 Sets Mixed Doubles Match:
Dennis Cabanatan/Natalia Sout over Mike Mole/Genalin Capan, 6-2, 0-6, 10-4 (STB), as both teams entered the Mixed Doubles Division as the New # 48 and # 49 Ranked Teams respectively! No Aces. Gen said that she had initially only went there to hit and then watch the Monk Memorial Final, but she ended up in this match which was played from 6:45 to 7:50.
Dennis Cabanatan over Andrew Troung, 6-2! No Aces.
Mike Mole over Andrew Truong, 6-2! No Aces.
Samara's Notes: I thank Dennis, Gen and Mike for their timely reporting. We now let The K Man take it away!
The Monk Memorial Final Match:
Ryan Pienciak/Nick Inciong over Raj Shah/Raj Boddu, 6-1, 6-2, to become the 2016 Monk Memorial Champs and the New # 2 Ranked Team in the Doubles Division (i.e. the next Top Contenders)! No Aces (apparently).
The highlight of the night was certainly the Monk Memorial Men's Doubles Tournament Final featuring Shah and Boddu against Ryan and Nick. This match was scheduled for a 7pm start, but the tennis session started much earlier (somewhere close to 4pm, I believe).
Jose Gonzales, Natalia Sout and Brenda Jordan were amongst the early birds. Players drifted in and out at various times to engage the courts right through the night.
Samara's Notes: I did not receive any results from them, so whatever they participated in will have to remain unofficial. We now go back to Kris for his thoughts on the Monk Memorial Final.
An unsettled start for Team Raj would permeate the entire match. All the players were at the tennis courts on time except for Boddu who, after an hectic day, had completely forgotten about the match. Sipping a cup of tea after a marauding day, he was bombarded with messages from all quarters as to when he when he was coming. A rushed man and one who has not played much this season (especially recently) became the perfect foil for the team of Ryan and Nick.
Ryan and Nick executed their strategy brilliantly which was for Ryan to attack at the net and Nick to man the baseline. Furthermore, they singled out Boddu as he jumped into the match right away, given it had started more than an hour late start and without any warm-up as he was feeling guilty for coming late.
This was not an ideal start and one can certainly sympathize for Boddu. Not Ryan and Nick. They were relentless and played in tandem perfectly. Ryan could afford to err at the net as Nick was rock-solid from the baseline. I got to watch some of Nick's play. He was brilliant and it was a delight to watch his free-flowing shots. What impressed me also was his ability to run down some of the balls. Boddu started to get back his groove somewhat, but was under the knife all the time. Ryan and Nick managed to dismantle him mentally, keeping Shah in abeyance as he would be just a spectator for pretty much all the time.
A solid win, indeed, for Nick and Ryan. They will now challenge Chiaro and Shah (one that Raj Shah can't wait to play). Yes, he is salivating and most certainly bullish on the prospects of his team's win, buoyed by the fact that he will be teaming with "speed merchant" Chiaro. He has already sounded out the bells of war to Ryan …J.
Samara's Notes: Ryan and Nick deserve a hearty congratulations for such a dominant victory in this match which, on paper, seemed like it would be much closer.
I must also chime in with my opinion here, even if it does ruffle some feathers. Even though either recent tournament winning team, The M2 Champs: Chiaro/Shah or Monk Memorial Champs: Pienciak/Inciong, are entitled to the next Title shot at the reigning GTA Doubles Champions: Norman Taclob/Tito Castolo…I would prefer to see Ryan and Nick get that shot first as the league truly needs Raj Shah to prioritize his Grove Cup Final Match against Nathan Fernandes first as the scheduling of that match has dragged on long enough.
And I now turn this report back over to Kris.
Ryan Pienciak/Nick Inciong over Raj Shah/Raj Boddu, 6-1! No Aces (apparently).
Well, Nick and Ryan put one final nail in the coffin of Team Raj. But then Shah was ready to throw it away anyway as he saw Moka waiting on the sidelines to play Singles with him.
Moka Pathan/Natalia Sout over Kris Srinivasan/Doinks Srinivasan, 6-3! No Aces.
Natalia gave superb support to Moka and , of course, I take full credit for our team's loss. A pathetic performance by me didn't upset Doinks surprisingly as she just tried to focus on her play…J.
Moka Pathan/Doinks Srinivasan over Kris Srinivasan/Edwin Ortega, 6-2! No Aces.
Doinks came up with the goods as she played freely with Moka who was encouraging her to go for her shots. Edwin was a big moral support for me as he shared with me on many of the plenty of unforced errors that we dished out. A true partner...J.
Kris Srinivasan/Edwin Ortega leading Ryan Pienciak/Doinks Srinivasan, 5-4 (Incomplete when the lights went out at 10pm)! No Aces.
Edwin found his game and so did I. We were ahead from the get-go, but it was one of those nights where we were meant to go winless as the last game that was never completed had us leading Love-40 (to break) only to go to Deuce and after another Match Point to go back to Deuce again. C'est la vie!
Raj Shah over Moka Pathan, 6-3! No Aces (apparently).
Moka was not yet ready to move well for Singles, but that would change in the next set that got cut off from its completion.
Moka Pathan leading Raj Shah, 3-1 (Incomplete when the lights went out at 10pm)! No Aces (apparently).
Shah was happy to have a go and play a fast-paced game.
All in all, it ended a great day of GTA Tennis. Earlier, Dennis, Brenda, Jose, Kevin, Gen and Natalia were in action, (some of which was already reported by Dennis). It was good to see Gen in action here. After losing the 1st Set, they were able to reverse the result convincingly against Dennis and Natalia. But then they were taken out in the STB. It was also really good to see Nick and I truly missed out on his presence in Cedar Grove this season. Cheers!
Samara's Notes: I thank Kris for always being so willing to host up at Cedar Grove when I cannot make it there and then provide us with his colorful and comprehensive reports.
Best wishes,
Frank Samara
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