8/15/17:
"Chris-Lou part of 12 at C.G. as Kris hosts!":
There was one session of GTA Tuesday Night Tennis: the usual evening one at The Cedar Grove Courts hosted by "The K Man" Kris Srinivasan and the Main Event was the Grove Cup XX Round of 16 Match between "King Crush" Chris Chiaro and "The Lethal Lefty" Lou La Forgia (Chris also sent in his own scores).
We now turn this report over to Kris.
After a rainy and cloudy day, the evening turned to be great for GTA Tennis even though the humidity was on the high side. There was plenty of hitting sessions. Initially, it was Fadia Nicolas, Syed Rashid and I. Then Jorge Solano got involved in hitting a bit and at the end of the night, there was a lengthy hitting session involving my wife Doinks, Dino Celis, Guy Dupoux and Senthil Kumar.
The highlight of the night was the Grove Cup match between Chiaro and La Forgia. There were a few other Singles One-Setters. It was the first time for Fadia playing GTA tennis here even though she has played here before as part of the Bergen Tennis league. She was pretty consistent and did very well, teaming up with Syed.
The Cedar Grove Results:
Grove Cup XX Round of 16 Match:
Chris Chiaro over Lou La Forgia, 6-1, 6-0, to successfully defend his # 2 Rank in the Advanced Division while also advancing to the Quarterfinals of the 20th Annual Grove Cup Tournament! No Aces.
Chris played an attacking and aggressive game and his crisp shots found the court consistently. It was clearly a tough transition from Doubles to Singles for Lou as quite a few of his shots landed in the Doubles Alley. He was also unfortunately unable to break Chris when Chiaro was serving down 15-40! Chris was in a good rhythm to ride the sets comfortably.
Samara's Notes: I expected a much closer contest as Lou is usually a tough customer. But now the most recent Former GTA Champ becomes the first player to enter the Quarters of the Grove Cup. So I must congratulate him on a very impressive victory! We now go back to Kris.
Nathan Fernandes over Mike Mole, 6-3! No Aces.
It was competitive halfway through before Nate extended his lead to seal the set.
2 out of 3 Sets Doubles Match:
Chris Chiaro/Lou La Forgia over Nathan Fernandes/Kris Srinivasan, 7-5, 7-5, to successfully defend their #6 Rank in the Doubles Division! Lou: 1 Ace on Nate in the 1st Set.
Despite Nate's brilliance to counter two solid players, he had to deal with my inconsistent play. We were down 3-5 in the 1st Set, but then Nate worked real hard to get us to 5-All. In the 2nd Set, we were leading 5-3 to lose it from there on. Lou had some smoking overheads and a brilliant cross-court shot to Nate's drop shot that was incredible. Chris had some attacking shots that gave very little time for us to react to and, overall, did well despite a few overcooked shots and/or dumps into the net. With some more support from me, Nate could have played a lot more freely but he did very well for us to keep the match close.
2 out of 3 Sets:
Syed Rashid/Fadia Nicolas over Levy Lorenzo/Chris Barbieri, 6-3, 6-3! No Aces.
Fadia's consistency paid off handsomely as her team went on to win both the sets. Syed is also consistent and every now and then he comes up with his whipping shots.
Senthil Kumar/Chris Barbieri over Syed Rashid/Fadia Nicolas, 7-5! No Aces.
Mike Mole over Jay Phoenix, 6-4! No Aces.
T.J. Shah over Mike Mole, 6-2! No Aces.
We ended up having a full session of GTA Tennis, followed up with the usual tennis chat session. Cheers!
Samara's Notes: I thank Kris for hosting up at Cedar Grove and always submitting these results in such a timely manner. Thanks to Chris for submitting his results directly as well.
Sincerely,
Frank Samara
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