2/22/18:
"13 play at The Bubble!":
There was just one session of GTA Thursday Night Tennis and it was the usual Night Owls session at The Wayne Bubble run by "The Riz" John Rizzo along with "Hollywood" Frank Samara acting as host to collect scores along the way.
As the usual Night Owls players made their arrivals around 9pm, Rizzo tried to figure out what the best match-ups would be. "SWAT" Rich Liu was hoping to team with Samara again and perhaps this time around get the chance to play a full 2 out of 3 Sets Match in order to get their team ranked in the Doubles Division.
It turned out that The Riz would be able to accommodate that request...until fate had other plans!
On Court One, it would be "The Voice" Dan Hwang teaming with Dennis "The Menace" Cabanatan to take on "Hit Man" Tom La and "The Sin Man" Mike Sindler.
On Court Two, "King Crush" Chris Chiaro teamed with "The Webmaster" Senthil Kumar to face "The Lumberjack" Ryan Pienciak and "The Lethal Lefty" Lou La Forgia.
And on Court Three, Rizzo would team with "The Adonis" Don Moya to do battle with Samara and Liu.
Injuries to Rizzo and Cabanatan along with a late arrival by "Daddy O" Paul Daddio would all combine to throw a monkey wrench into the plans of Frank and Rich.
The Wayne Bubble Results:
Chris Chiaro/Senthil Kumar over Ryan Pienciak/Lou La Forgia, 6-3! No Aces. This was the first official action of the session as it got underway on Court Two at 9:15. Not sure when it ended as it went right into the next set which we will get to later in this report.
Frank Samara/Rich Liu leading John Rizzo/Don Moya, 2-1 (Incomplete when Rizzo decided to step off to allow Daddio to take his place)! No Aces. Here's how it was going: Don held serve (Triple Game Point was reduced to Game Point, but then came the hold), Rich held at Love, but John was the first to be broken (Triple Game Point got cut down to Deuce and then it was all Break Points to 3rd Deuce and then one more Break Point for the break) for 1-2. We stopped it here as Daddio was practicing his serve on Court Four as it seemed there would be no other late arrivals to match up with him. Meanwhile, Rizzo's nagging foot issues reared their ugly head once again. So, that was it. This partial set ran on Court Three from 9:20 to 9:40.
Tom La/Mike Sindler over Dan Hwang/Dennis Cabanatan, 6-4! Tom: 2 Aces (one on each)! They got this one started on Court Two at 9:25. Not sure when it ended, but it seemed like it finished a few minutes before 10pm. Cabanatan's nagging shoulder issues (seems to be tendonitis...much like what is currently afflicting Rizzo's right foot) forced him to step out of the action.
Paul Daddio/Don Moya over Frank Samara/Rich Liu, 6-2! Paul: 1 Ace on Rich! It went like this: Frank held serve (Love-15 and then straight to Double Game Point and the hold), Paul held (started with a corner Ace on Rich, then it went to 15-All before going to Double Game Point and the hold came on Game Point), but Rich was the first one to be broken (15-Love went straight to Double Break Point and then the break) for 1-2. Don was also broken (Love-15 went straight to Double Game Point, but then a Double Fault made it Game Point and then came Deuce, Break Point and the break) to level the set at 2-2, but from there it was Samara getting broken (Love-15 then point for point to Break Point), Daddio holding serve again (30-Love, 30-15, Double Game Point, Game Point and then the hold), Liu was broken again (15-Love then point for until 30-All, Break Point and the break) and then Moya held (15-Love then point for point to Game/Match Point with a Double Fault for 30-All along the way and then there was another Double Fault to make it Deuce, then the win came on the 2nd Game/Match Point. We played this on Court Three from 9:45 to 10:10.
The Skinny: Samara and Liu would once again be denied the chance to team together for a full match in order to get ranked in the Doubles Division. The reason why this match-up could not blossom into a full match is because Cabanatan had re-aggravated his on-again, off-again shoulder injury.
When Rizzo noticed that Sindler was now sitting out while Hwang and La were having a hitting session with one another, he decided to make some moves. John asked Don to abandon Court Three to allow Mike to take his place. But before we get to that, first...
Ryan Pienciak/Lou La Forgia over Chris Chiaro/Senthil Kumar, 6-3! No Aces. Not sure when this began or when this ended on Court Two as they then went into another set (which failed to get completed...more on that later in this report).
Dan Hwang over Tom La, 6-3! Tom: 1 Ace. They got this one underway on Court One somewhere around 10pm. Not sure when this finished as they went right into another One-Setter with one another. That one would end up as unfinished business and we will get to it later in this report.
Paul Daddio/Mike Sindler over Frank Samara/Rich Liu, 6-2! No Aces. Here's how it went down: Paul held (15-Love shifted to 15-30, then 30-All, Break Point, Deuce, Double Fault for Break Point, 2nd Deuce, Game Point and then the hold), Rich was broken (started with a Double Fault as he was on the road to ruin as the game quickly went to Triple Break Point, then it was Double Break Point before the break came for 3-0) and Mike held (Triple Game Point, the hold came on Double Game Point) to take a 3-0 lead for his team. Frank held (Love-30 took a hard shift as it went right to Game Point and the hold) to get his team on the scoreboard, but then Daddio held again (Triple Game Point was cut down to Game Point, but then came the hold) for a 4-1 lead. Liu then held as well (30-Love, 30-15, Double Game Point and the hold) to pull to 2-4, but from there it was Sindler holding again and this time it was at Love and then Samara was broken (started off up 15-Love only to have it go straight to Double Break/Set Point, the break and the loss came on Break/Set Point). We played this on Court Three from 10:12 to 10:38.
At this moment, both Paul and Mike had to leave. So Don came back out onto Court Three to play some Canadian Doubles with Frank and Rich. The unofficial score ended up being: Moya - 6; Samara - 3; and Liu -3. Points could be scored on either side of the net (if the Singles player holds, he gets a point...if the Doubles team breaks the server, they each get a point). Moya was only broken once! We played it right up until 11pm.
And now come the incomplete One-Setters of the evening.
Ryan Pienciak/Lou La Forgia leading Chris Chiaro/Senthil Kumar, 5-4 (Incomplete when it had to be stopped at 11pm)! No Aces.
Dan Hwang tied with Tom La, 2-2 (Incomplete when it had to be stopped at 11pm)! No Aces.
Overall, it was an action-packed session with the lead story being that the Samara/Liu tandem seems somewhat jinxed as every time they try to play a full 2 out of 3 Sets Match to get ranked as a team in the Doubles Division, fate has other plans!
Sincerely,
Frank Samara
"13 play at The Bubble!":
There was just one session of GTA Thursday Night Tennis and it was the usual Night Owls session at The Wayne Bubble run by "The Riz" John Rizzo along with "Hollywood" Frank Samara acting as host to collect scores along the way.
As the usual Night Owls players made their arrivals around 9pm, Rizzo tried to figure out what the best match-ups would be. "SWAT" Rich Liu was hoping to team with Samara again and perhaps this time around get the chance to play a full 2 out of 3 Sets Match in order to get their team ranked in the Doubles Division.
It turned out that The Riz would be able to accommodate that request...until fate had other plans!
On Court One, it would be "The Voice" Dan Hwang teaming with Dennis "The Menace" Cabanatan to take on "Hit Man" Tom La and "The Sin Man" Mike Sindler.
On Court Two, "King Crush" Chris Chiaro teamed with "The Webmaster" Senthil Kumar to face "The Lumberjack" Ryan Pienciak and "The Lethal Lefty" Lou La Forgia.
And on Court Three, Rizzo would team with "The Adonis" Don Moya to do battle with Samara and Liu.
Injuries to Rizzo and Cabanatan along with a late arrival by "Daddy O" Paul Daddio would all combine to throw a monkey wrench into the plans of Frank and Rich.
The Wayne Bubble Results:
Chris Chiaro/Senthil Kumar over Ryan Pienciak/Lou La Forgia, 6-3! No Aces. This was the first official action of the session as it got underway on Court Two at 9:15. Not sure when it ended as it went right into the next set which we will get to later in this report.
Frank Samara/Rich Liu leading John Rizzo/Don Moya, 2-1 (Incomplete when Rizzo decided to step off to allow Daddio to take his place)! No Aces. Here's how it was going: Don held serve (Triple Game Point was reduced to Game Point, but then came the hold), Rich held at Love, but John was the first to be broken (Triple Game Point got cut down to Deuce and then it was all Break Points to 3rd Deuce and then one more Break Point for the break) for 1-2. We stopped it here as Daddio was practicing his serve on Court Four as it seemed there would be no other late arrivals to match up with him. Meanwhile, Rizzo's nagging foot issues reared their ugly head once again. So, that was it. This partial set ran on Court Three from 9:20 to 9:40.
Tom La/Mike Sindler over Dan Hwang/Dennis Cabanatan, 6-4! Tom: 2 Aces (one on each)! They got this one started on Court Two at 9:25. Not sure when it ended, but it seemed like it finished a few minutes before 10pm. Cabanatan's nagging shoulder issues (seems to be tendonitis...much like what is currently afflicting Rizzo's right foot) forced him to step out of the action.
Paul Daddio/Don Moya over Frank Samara/Rich Liu, 6-2! Paul: 1 Ace on Rich! It went like this: Frank held serve (Love-15 and then straight to Double Game Point and the hold), Paul held (started with a corner Ace on Rich, then it went to 15-All before going to Double Game Point and the hold came on Game Point), but Rich was the first one to be broken (15-Love went straight to Double Break Point and then the break) for 1-2. Don was also broken (Love-15 went straight to Double Game Point, but then a Double Fault made it Game Point and then came Deuce, Break Point and the break) to level the set at 2-2, but from there it was Samara getting broken (Love-15 then point for point to Break Point), Daddio holding serve again (30-Love, 30-15, Double Game Point, Game Point and then the hold), Liu was broken again (15-Love then point for until 30-All, Break Point and the break) and then Moya held (15-Love then point for point to Game/Match Point with a Double Fault for 30-All along the way and then there was another Double Fault to make it Deuce, then the win came on the 2nd Game/Match Point. We played this on Court Three from 9:45 to 10:10.
The Skinny: Samara and Liu would once again be denied the chance to team together for a full match in order to get ranked in the Doubles Division. The reason why this match-up could not blossom into a full match is because Cabanatan had re-aggravated his on-again, off-again shoulder injury.
When Rizzo noticed that Sindler was now sitting out while Hwang and La were having a hitting session with one another, he decided to make some moves. John asked Don to abandon Court Three to allow Mike to take his place. But before we get to that, first...
Ryan Pienciak/Lou La Forgia over Chris Chiaro/Senthil Kumar, 6-3! No Aces. Not sure when this began or when this ended on Court Two as they then went into another set (which failed to get completed...more on that later in this report).
Dan Hwang over Tom La, 6-3! Tom: 1 Ace. They got this one underway on Court One somewhere around 10pm. Not sure when this finished as they went right into another One-Setter with one another. That one would end up as unfinished business and we will get to it later in this report.
Paul Daddio/Mike Sindler over Frank Samara/Rich Liu, 6-2! No Aces. Here's how it went down: Paul held (15-Love shifted to 15-30, then 30-All, Break Point, Deuce, Double Fault for Break Point, 2nd Deuce, Game Point and then the hold), Rich was broken (started with a Double Fault as he was on the road to ruin as the game quickly went to Triple Break Point, then it was Double Break Point before the break came for 3-0) and Mike held (Triple Game Point, the hold came on Double Game Point) to take a 3-0 lead for his team. Frank held (Love-30 took a hard shift as it went right to Game Point and the hold) to get his team on the scoreboard, but then Daddio held again (Triple Game Point was cut down to Game Point, but then came the hold) for a 4-1 lead. Liu then held as well (30-Love, 30-15, Double Game Point and the hold) to pull to 2-4, but from there it was Sindler holding again and this time it was at Love and then Samara was broken (started off up 15-Love only to have it go straight to Double Break/Set Point, the break and the loss came on Break/Set Point). We played this on Court Three from 10:12 to 10:38.
At this moment, both Paul and Mike had to leave. So Don came back out onto Court Three to play some Canadian Doubles with Frank and Rich. The unofficial score ended up being: Moya - 6; Samara - 3; and Liu -3. Points could be scored on either side of the net (if the Singles player holds, he gets a point...if the Doubles team breaks the server, they each get a point). Moya was only broken once! We played it right up until 11pm.
And now come the incomplete One-Setters of the evening.
Ryan Pienciak/Lou La Forgia leading Chris Chiaro/Senthil Kumar, 5-4 (Incomplete when it had to be stopped at 11pm)! No Aces.
Dan Hwang tied with Tom La, 2-2 (Incomplete when it had to be stopped at 11pm)! No Aces.
Overall, it was an action-packed session with the lead story being that the Samara/Liu tandem seems somewhat jinxed as every time they try to play a full 2 out of 3 Sets Match to get ranked as a team in the Doubles Division, fate has other plans!
Sincerely,
Frank Samara
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