12/10/17:
"Kat/Kev/Riz host 20 at The Bubble!":
There were two sessions of GTA Sunday Tennis, both of which were the usual Night Owls session up at The Wayne Bubble organized by "The Riz" John Rizzo. Rizzo, however, was not at the earlier of the two sessions so "Killer Kat" Kathy Sheldon and "Kevlar" Kevin Doyle picked up the slack and acted as the impromptu hosts of that session in reporting the results in a very timely (and, in the case of Kevin, very detailed manner).
The would-be usual morning session at Albion Park in Clifton that is always hosted by "Hollywood" Frank Samara could not be conducted due to the snowfall the previous day (Saturday). As such, we missed out on what would have been the last official Sunday session of the 2017 Season.
It is now up to The Bubble we go to get the results from Kat, Kev and The Riz in that order.
The Wayne Bubble Results:
The 3 to 5pm session:
Susan Senowitz/Robin Wilson over Kathy Sheldon/Marie Easton, 7-5! No Aces.
Kathy Sheldon/Robin Wilson over Marie Easton/Susan Senowitz, 7-6 (7-5)! No Aces.
Samara's Notes: I thank Kathy for her very timely submission of those scores. We now turn this report over to Kevin.
Brenda and I got to play a full 2 out of 3 Sets Mixed Doubles Match against Dawn Peterson and Vlad Smolyanskiy. Our match was so intense that I did not collect any scores from any of the other courts (sorry). We, The Night Owls, had action on three of the four courts.
Kathy Sheldon will send in the Women's Doubles scores as she, Robin Wilson, Marie Easton and Susan Senowitz had a couple of really good sets on Court Two according to Robin.
Also, Rafaelo Kazakov, Susan Koshy, Jeanette Pegg and Deep (who works at The Bubble) played on Court Four in what looked to be a "Battle of The Sexes" style match.
Samara's Notes: Nobody reported anything from that last foursome, so whatever they did will have to remain unofficial. We now go back to Kev.
2 out of 3 Sets Mixed Doubles Match:
Kevin Doyle/Brenda Jordan over Vlad Smolyanskiy/Dawn Peterson, 10-8, 6-3, to successfully defend their # 9 Rank in the Mixed Doubles Division! In the process, Smolyanskiy/Peterson entered the division as the New # 57 Ranked Team. No Aces.
Anyway, Brenda and I were able to finally come out on top of Dawn Peterson and Vlad Smolyanskiy in this mixed doubles match, but it was quite a battle.
The 1st Set started on Court Three at about 3:10 and ended at 4:17 (Dawn noticed the time). Brenda and I started slowly. After winning the first game, we quickly found ourselves down 2-4 as Vlad and Dawn came on strong as they both had their first serves working really well. However, we managed to regroup, starting with Brenda holding serve when we really needed it, to climb back to a 3-4 deficit. At that point the set turned into a see-saw like, closely contested battle. We eventually found ourselves down 5-6 and up against the wall again. We then managed to tie it up at six all, in another tough game with several long rallies. At that point, we all elected to forego the Tiebreaker and just keep playing out the games until one team won by two. After a few more long competitive games, we ended up tied at 8-All…but luckily, in the 17th game I was able to hold serve which brought us to a 9-8 lead. It was Vlad's turn to serve and, as I previously mentioned, he had his first serve humming all night so it was a challenging situation. Luckily for us, Vlad double-faulted once which helped Brenda and I get him into an Ad-Out/Break Set Point score. The game, and set, then appropriately finished with another long rally as Brenda, at the net, ended it with a hard winner up the middle, giving us the 10-8 win!
Dawn and Vlad both really played very consistently the whole afternoon and didn't give away anything to Brenda and me. Everybody had to earn their points and we were fortunate to come out on top in that 1st Set.
We didn't have much time to rest between sets as we only had the courts until 5pm. I think we were all feeling it a little bit, but we had to start the next set almost immediately, at around 4:20.
I think everyone felt a little tired in the 2nd Set and we all had to reach down and gut it out. Brenda and I jumped out to a 1-0 lead, but of course they came right back to win the next game and tie it at 1-All. The 2nd Set was still very competitive, but we all started to make an error here and there, perhaps due to being a little tired. Brenda and I finally went up 3-1, and then up until 5-3 it was a battle right to the end. Things finally ended in the next game with another long rally (of course) to give us the win. The 2nd Set ended at 4:53. It was a fun match between two closely matched teams.
Samara's Notes: I thank Kevin not just for his timely reporting, but also all the details as well which are greatly appreciated.
We now turn this report over to John who has the scores from the second session.
The 6 to 8pm session:
Tom La, Dan Hwang and Arthur Fontanilla all hit with the kid working (Deep), but I don't think they played anything.
Pranav Sinha/Syed Rashid over John Rizzo/Alex Hohorst, 6-2! No Aces.
Pranav Sinha/Syed Rashid tied John Rizzo/Alex Hohorst, 2-2 (Incomplete when Pranav had to leave)! No Aces.
2 out of 3 Sets Doubles Match:
Ryan Pienciak/Paul Daddio over Jordan Bachvaroff/Ryan Sherry, 6-2, 6-2, as both teams entered the Doubles Division as the New # 133 and # 134 Ranked Teams respectively! Paul: 2 Aces; and Jordan: 1 Ace!
Ryan Pienciak/Jordan Bachvaroff over Paul Daddio/Ryan Sherry, 6-4! No Aces.
Paul Daddio/Ryan Sherry over Ryan Pienciak/Jordan Bachvaroff, 6-2! No Aces.
2 out of 3 Sets Doubles Match:
Joe Rodrigues/Frank Hohorst over Anish Mehta/Mike Sindler, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, as both teams entered the Doubles Division as the New # 135 and # 136 Ranked Teams respectively! Anish: 2 Aces; and Frank: 1 Ace!
Samara's Notes: I thank John for collecting all those scores and reporting them in such a timely fashion.
Sincerely,
Frank Samara
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