8/20/17:
"4 (2 new) at NTC, Gero-Gero part of 12 at AP, 4 at NTC, 6 at C.G.!":
There were four sessions of GTA Sunday Tennis: "The Riz" John Rizzo hosted an early morning session at Nutley Tennis Club; the usual late-morning to early-afternoon session at Albion Park in Clifton hosted by "Hollywood" Frank Samara, but it actually got off to an earlier than usual start as "Bee Gee" Brad Gero battled his elder son Steve Gero in a full 2 out of 3 Sets Challenge Match; an early evening session at NTC once again hosted by The Riz; and the usual evening one at The Cedar Grove Courts hosted by "The K Man" Kris Srinivasan.
So we will first go to NTC for the first Riz Report, then up to Albion for all the comings and goings there, then back to NTC for the second Riz Report and then we will turn this report over to Kris.
The NTC Result:
2 out of 3 Sets Mixed Doubles Match:
John Rizzo/Denise Savino over Steve O'Hara/Dolores Krazanowski, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4, to successfully defend their # 39 Rank in the Mixed Doubles Division! The team of O'Hara/Krazanowski enters the Mixed Doubles Division as the New # 47 Ranked Team. It was the official GTA Debut of both Steve O'Hara and Dolores Krazanowski. No Aces.
Samara's Notes: I thank John for reporting that result in a very timely manner. We now head into the full recap of all that took place at Albion.
When "Hollywood" Frank Samara arrived at Albion Park at 10:55, he saw "The Legendary" Chazz Weldon hitting with "Vintage" Vinnie De Benedetto on the North Court, "Sadistic" Syed Rashid practicing his serve on Center Court and "Bee Gee" Brad Gero and his elder son Steve sitting on the bench alongside the South Court.
As it turns out, they had just finished playing a full 2 out of 3 Sets Challenge Match against one another. Both were too exhausted to stick around for Doubles action and left soon after.
As they were leaving, "Sue B. Newbie" Suzanne Bujara arrived at 11am and waited on Center Court as Syed had already shifted over to the North Court to hit with Chazz and Vin by this time. So Frank went over to Center Court to hit with Suzanne.
GTA Champion: "Nate the Great" Nathan Fernandes arrived at 11:15 and was able to make it a foursome for some Doubles on the North Court.
At 11:40, Fadia Nicolas arrived and made her way over to Center Court. Before she could even start hitting with Frank and Suzanne, "Spin Doctor" Dan Martinelli arrived five minutes later and he was once again still in his football spikes. But he was willing to take one for the team and go back to his car to grab his racquet for some Mixed Doubles action.
"Richie" Rich Liu arrived at 12:20 and "Latino Heat" Jose Gonzales did the same ten minutes later. They hit with each other on the North Court while waiting for some Doubles action which came their way another ten minutes later (except it was on the South Court).
Dino Celis arrived at 1:10 with a bucket of balls and soon began practicing his serve. He later said half-jokingly/half-seriously that he is abdicating the "Coach" moniker as there are others who have taken over those unofficial duties. For now, we will call him "The Dynamo" until we can think of a better nickname.
We ended up with a total of twelve official competitors for the day. It was a beautiful and sunny Sunday that was breezier than expected and not all that humid. The temps would climb into the upper 80 degree range.
Let's get to the scores!
The Albion Park Results:
2 out of 3 Sets Challenge Match:
Steve Gero over Brad Gero, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, to become the New # 36 Ranked Player in the Intermediate Division! No Aces. Brad said they got started soon after they arrived at 8:30 and likely finished around 11:50! Quite obviously, both were exhausted afterwards. The match was played on the South Court.
Nathan Fernandes/Chazz Weldon over Syed Rashid/Vinnie De Benedetto, 6-1! No Aces. This one took place on the North Court and lasted from 11:27 to 11:55. Once again, Vin picked the teams. Lately, he has earned another moniker - "The Masochist!" Guess it was appropriate that he teamed with "The Sadist" (aka "Sadistic" Syed Rashid). Together, we can call them S&M...LOL!
Dan Martinelli/Fadia Nicolas over Frank Samara/Suzanne Bujara, 6-3! No Aces. It went like this: Fadia was broken as she started off with two Double Faults (she decided to forego the "First In" option offered her by Frank), but then Spin hit a winner for 15-30 before it went to Double Break Point where she hit another Double Fault to break herself! Frank then held serve (30-Love shifted to 30-All as Fadia made a great get/drop shot winner combo along the way, but then an un-returned serve set up Game Point which was ended with a Windmill Overhead Smash by Frank) to take a 2-0 lead for his team. Spin held as well (Love-30 shifted to Game Point with an un-returned serve and a winner from Spin along the way, but it then went to Deuce, Break Point, 2nd Deuce, Game Point, 3rd Deuce, Break Point, 4th Deuce where Frank blew a volley to set up Game Point and then Suzanne also blew a volley to allow the hold) and Suzanne was broken (Love-30, un-returned serve for 15-30, Double Fault for Double Break Point, Break Point and the break) to level the score at 2-2. Nicolas held (15-Love, Double Fault for 15-All, but then onto Double Game Point which was then reduced to Deuce as Frank hit a drop shot winner along the way, it then went to Break Point, 2nd Deuce, Game Point, 3rd Deuce, Game Point again and then the hold), but Samara was broken (Love-30, 15-30, Double Break Point, Break Point and the break) to fall to 2-4. Martinelli held (an un-returned serve got it started at 15-Love and then it was point for point to Game Point as Frank hit a winning volley along the way and there was also another un-returned serve and then came the hold) for a somewhat commanding lead at 5-2. Bujara held as well (an un-returned serve for 15-Love which then shifted to 15-30 as Fadia first hit a winner and then hit a winning return along the way, but then two more un-returned serves shifted it to Game Point where yet another un-returned serve secured the hold) to pull to 3-5! But Fadia (she said her nickname is not Fani...her e-mail address just makes some people think it is) held once again and this time it was at Love as she hit a winner and then made another amazing get/winner combo to set up Triple Game/Match Point which she ended with her third awesome get/winner combo of the match to end it! We played this on Center Court from 11:52 to 12:32.
Nathan Fernandes/Chazz Weldon over Syed Rashid/Vinnie De Benedetto, 6-2! No Aces. This rematch One-Setter took place on the North Court and lasted from 11:57 to 12:26.
Nathan Fernandes/Chazz Weldon over Jose Gonzales/Rich Liu, 6-2! No Aces. South Court hosted this one from 12:40 to 1:13. Afterward, Nate and Jose had a hitting session with one another and it eventually led to a Singles One-Setter between them.
Syed Rashid/Fadia Nicolas over Frank Samara/Suzanne Bujara, 6-2! Syed: 1 Ace on Suzanne. Here's how it went down: Frank was broken (back-to-back impressive passing shot winners from Fadia to get things started at Love-30, but then Syed blew a volley to make it 15-30, it then went to Double Break Point and the break), Syed was broken (Fadia hit a well-executed drop shot volley winner for 15-Love, 30-Love, Double Fault for 30-15, shift to Break Point where Syed hit a winning volley for Deuce, Game Point, 2nd Deuce, Break Point and the break), Suzanne was broken at Love as Syed first hit a winner and then a sizzling winning return on the way to Triple Break Point, but then Fadia was the first to hold serve (back-to-back winners by Fadia make it 30-Love and then Frank hit a winner of his own for 30-15, then came Double Game Point and the hold) to take a 3-1 lead for her team. Samara was broken again (15-Love where Syed hit a winner for 15-All and then Fadia hit a crushing return winner for 15-30, it went to 30-All where Fadia hit a repeat performance return winner for Break Point which was where Frank hit an emphatic winner to bring it back to Deuce and then because he felt Fadia was challenging him on his serve, he then hit a truly un-returnable serve to set up Game Point only to have it then go to 2nd Deuce, Break Point and the break) to fall to 1-4! Rashid held (Fadia hit a winner for 15-Love and then it went point for point until 30-All where he then scored on Suzanne with a slow and short Ace to set up Game Point, but then it went to Deuce and it was all Game Points all the way to 4th Deuce and then there was another Game Point where Frank blew an overhead to allow the hold) to take a commanding 5-1 lead! Bujara held as well (back-to-back un-returned serves made it 30-Love where first Fadia and then Syed both delivered crushing return winners to level the score at 30-All, but then came another un-returned serve to set up Game Point, it went to Deuce and then Game Point again where Frank hit a winner to secure his partner's hold) to pull to 2-5, but Nicolas held again (Fadia hit a screen-shot winner that almost clipped Syed in the back of the head to go up 15-Love, but then Frank hit a winner to reverse the momentum and then came the shift to 15-30, 30-All, Break Point, Deuce, Game/Match Point and the hold) to get the win! We also played this one on Center Court and it lasted from 12:41 to 1:20.
Nathan Fernandes over Jose Gonzales, 6-2! Jose: 1 Aces. South Court hosted this one from 1:20 to 1:42.
Syed Rashid/Fadia Nicolas over Rich Liu/Suzanne Bujara, 6-1! Fadia: 1 Ace on Rich! This one took place on Center Court and lasted from 1:24 to 1:47.
Jose Gonzales/Rich Liu over Nathan Fernandes/Syed Rashid, 6-3! Another one played on Center Court as it got underway at 1:55 and ended exactly at 2:28.
During the above One-Setter, Frank, Spin and Dino had a bull session that ended at 2:30.
We now head to NTC for the second Riz Report.
The NTC Results:
3 out of 5 Sets Doubles Match:
William Bobila/Tom La over Paul Daddio/John Rizzo, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4, to become the New # 63 Ranked Team in the Doubles Division! No Aces.
William Bobila/Paul Daddio over John Rizzo/Tom La, 6-3! No Aces.
Samara's Notes: Again, I thank John for reporting those results in a very timely manner. We now turn this report over to Kris.
The Cedar Grove Results:
Ryan Pienciak/Raj Shah over Kris Srinivasan/Senthil Kumar, 7-6 (7-3)! No Aces.
Ryan Pienciak/Senthil Kumar over Kris Srinivasan/Laura Gawley, 7-6 (7-2)! Laura: 1 Ace on Senthil!
Ryan Pienciak/Senthil Kumar leading Moka Pathan/Kris Srinivasan, 5-4 (Incomplete…Moka was serving at Deuce when the lights went out at 10pm)! No Aces.
That last One-Setter had the potential to be our third Tiebreaker One-Setter of the night! Cheers!
Samara's Notes: As always, I thank Kris for hosting up at Cedar Grove and always submitting these results in such a timely manner.
Sincerely,
Frank Samara
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