5/6/18:
"Bergenfeld's WD, Rizzo hosts 15 at C.G.!":
There was just one session of GTA Sunday Tennis as a combination of early morning rain and the fact that usual host "Hollywood" Frank Samara was unavailable to host the usual one at either The Albion Park Courts in Clifton or, as of more recently, at Brookdale Park in Bloomfield.
Instead, the only session was one starting in the late afternoon (3:30) and running into and through the evening at The Cedar Grove Courts as "The Riz" John Rizzo ended up as the impromptu host of the session (though it should be noted that both "The Marathon Woman" Doinks Srinivasan and "Sadistic" Syed Rashid also directly reported from there as well). But before we get to all that, we must first address a situation that will have a major impact on the ongoing GTA Intermediate Invitational Tournament...and then perhaps the rest of the league beyond that.
"Ice Berg" Scott Bergenfeld reached out to Samara via e-mail on May 3rd to remind Frank of his upcoming vacation from May 9th to the 21st. Scott had originally made this known to Samara at the outset of the tourney, but the hope at that time was that the entire event would have been wrapped up by the time this "vay-cay" would roll around. Of course, a less than ideal April weather-wise made that goal quite hard to accomplish.
Anyway, back to the e-mail from Bergenfeld to Samara, it was Scott's request was to see if Frank could line up his next opponent - "The Dark Knight" Dan Knitzer, to see if their GTA Intermediate Invitational Quarterfinal could be scheduled prior to the 9th. Samara said he would see what he could do, but also warned that if the rest of the tourney went quickly...there could still be a chance that Scott would not be returning in time to play the Semis (provided that Bergenfeld was victorious over Knitzer, of course).
As it turns out, this all became a moot point because Knitzer had no availability to play the match prior to the 9th. Bergenfeld was very disappointed by this turn of events as he felt he had provided Dan with an ample window of opportunity to schedule the match. Yet, if you go back to the rules that were announced to everyone prior to the start of the tournament, you will see there that we said we could likely work around someone being away for a week (traveling for business, vacation, etc.), but that a trip of ten days or more would likely lead to withdrawal from the event and a bye for the would-be opponent.
Knitzer can still rightfully argue that he would be the more available player over the course of the coming days that Bergenfeld will no longer be around to play the match. And, if Dan were to advance, he would also be more readily available for the following round (i.e. the Semis).
The only option offered to Scott was that upon having seen the chances of this match happening in time go up in flames, he should just withdraw sooner rather than later as this would free him from the obligations and restrictions of still being in the tourney. Instead, he could try to challenge someone in the Advanced Division (perhaps someone in The Top 10 because if he were able to beat them, he could then be permanently removed from the Intermediate Division...and at least exact some measure of revenge for the way things played out in this situation) to try to make a move up the ranks prior to his departure.
And while Scott would have preferred to play on and possibly win the entire tourney, an early and self-inflicted withdrawal is what Mr. Bergenfeld has decided to do...get out now and allow Mr. Knitzer to move onto the Semis via a bye. Besides being known as "The Dark Knight" or "TDK," we now have to bestow another moniker on young Dan - "The Bye Guy," as this is the second time this tourney he has benefited from a bye (the first time around was in the "First Round/Round of 32" against Fausto "Mr. Mystery" Murg) that has allowed him to just walk into the next round of play.
We now go to Cedar Grove for all the action that actually took place on the courts.
The Cedar Grove Results:
T.J. Shah/Tim Nguyen over Rajan Shah/Mike Sindler, 6-3! No Aces.
Chris Chiaro/Tim Nguyen over Jay Phoenix/Mike Sindler, 6-2! No Aces.
Chris Chiaro over Jay Phoenix, 6-0! No Aces.
T.J. Shah/Rajan Shah over John Rizzo/Doinks Srinivasan, 6-4! No Aces.
John Rizzo/Arlene Hyde over Dino Celis/Doinks Srinivasan, 7-5! No Aces. Down 2-5, John and Arlene saved two Match Points to then take five straight games for the comeback victory!
Chris Chiaro/Doinks Srinivasan over John Rizzo/Arlene Hyde, 6-1! No Aces.
Samara's Notes: Doinks had reported this with a 6-2 score, but John is fairly certain it was 6-1.
2 out of 3 Sets Mixed Doubles Match:
Syed Rashid/Fadia Nicolas over Nick Inciong/Rose Inciong, 6-2, 6-4, as both teams entered the Mixed Doubles Division as the New # 45 and # 46 Ranked Teams respectively! No Aces.
Samara's Notes: I thank Syed for reporting in a very timely fashion. He had listed them (in his e-mail) as two separate One-Setters, but John combined the two to report it as a full match and I agree with that decision as it enables both teams to get ranked in the Mixed Doubles Division. Hey...no harm, no foul!
Kris Srinivasan/Fadia Nicolas over Tim Nguyen/Mike Sindler, 6-4! No Aces.
John Rizzo over Dino Celis, 6-0! No Aces.
Dino Celis over John Rizzo, 6-2! No Aces.
Samara's Notes: John did not note it to be included in this report, but it should be said that he accepted Dino's challenge to play some Singles after having already played three hours of tennis. Rizzo held up quite well (fairly obvious) in the first of the two One-Setters, but then he ran out of gas in the second one.
Kris Srinivasan/Dino Celis over John Rizzo/Doinks Srinivasan, 6-1! No Aces.
John Rizzo/Doinks Srinivasan over Kris Srinivasan/Dino Celis, 6-4! No Aces.
Samara's Notes: I thank Syed and Doinks for directly reporting their results (and in a very timely fashion, as always), but I especially thank John for stepping up and acting as host by collecting, recording and reporting all the other scores from the session (not just the ones he was involved in). It is greatly appreciated!
Sincerely,
Frank Samara
gtasamara5@gmail.com
"Bergenfeld's WD, Rizzo hosts 15 at C.G.!":
There was just one session of GTA Sunday Tennis as a combination of early morning rain and the fact that usual host "Hollywood" Frank Samara was unavailable to host the usual one at either The Albion Park Courts in Clifton or, as of more recently, at Brookdale Park in Bloomfield.
Instead, the only session was one starting in the late afternoon (3:30) and running into and through the evening at The Cedar Grove Courts as "The Riz" John Rizzo ended up as the impromptu host of the session (though it should be noted that both "The Marathon Woman" Doinks Srinivasan and "Sadistic" Syed Rashid also directly reported from there as well). But before we get to all that, we must first address a situation that will have a major impact on the ongoing GTA Intermediate Invitational Tournament...and then perhaps the rest of the league beyond that.
"Ice Berg" Scott Bergenfeld reached out to Samara via e-mail on May 3rd to remind Frank of his upcoming vacation from May 9th to the 21st. Scott had originally made this known to Samara at the outset of the tourney, but the hope at that time was that the entire event would have been wrapped up by the time this "vay-cay" would roll around. Of course, a less than ideal April weather-wise made that goal quite hard to accomplish.
Anyway, back to the e-mail from Bergenfeld to Samara, it was Scott's request was to see if Frank could line up his next opponent - "The Dark Knight" Dan Knitzer, to see if their GTA Intermediate Invitational Quarterfinal could be scheduled prior to the 9th. Samara said he would see what he could do, but also warned that if the rest of the tourney went quickly...there could still be a chance that Scott would not be returning in time to play the Semis (provided that Bergenfeld was victorious over Knitzer, of course).
As it turns out, this all became a moot point because Knitzer had no availability to play the match prior to the 9th. Bergenfeld was very disappointed by this turn of events as he felt he had provided Dan with an ample window of opportunity to schedule the match. Yet, if you go back to the rules that were announced to everyone prior to the start of the tournament, you will see there that we said we could likely work around someone being away for a week (traveling for business, vacation, etc.), but that a trip of ten days or more would likely lead to withdrawal from the event and a bye for the would-be opponent.
Knitzer can still rightfully argue that he would be the more available player over the course of the coming days that Bergenfeld will no longer be around to play the match. And, if Dan were to advance, he would also be more readily available for the following round (i.e. the Semis).
The only option offered to Scott was that upon having seen the chances of this match happening in time go up in flames, he should just withdraw sooner rather than later as this would free him from the obligations and restrictions of still being in the tourney. Instead, he could try to challenge someone in the Advanced Division (perhaps someone in The Top 10 because if he were able to beat them, he could then be permanently removed from the Intermediate Division...and at least exact some measure of revenge for the way things played out in this situation) to try to make a move up the ranks prior to his departure.
And while Scott would have preferred to play on and possibly win the entire tourney, an early and self-inflicted withdrawal is what Mr. Bergenfeld has decided to do...get out now and allow Mr. Knitzer to move onto the Semis via a bye. Besides being known as "The Dark Knight" or "TDK," we now have to bestow another moniker on young Dan - "The Bye Guy," as this is the second time this tourney he has benefited from a bye (the first time around was in the "First Round/Round of 32" against Fausto "Mr. Mystery" Murg) that has allowed him to just walk into the next round of play.
We now go to Cedar Grove for all the action that actually took place on the courts.
The Cedar Grove Results:
T.J. Shah/Tim Nguyen over Rajan Shah/Mike Sindler, 6-3! No Aces.
Chris Chiaro/Tim Nguyen over Jay Phoenix/Mike Sindler, 6-2! No Aces.
Chris Chiaro over Jay Phoenix, 6-0! No Aces.
T.J. Shah/Rajan Shah over John Rizzo/Doinks Srinivasan, 6-4! No Aces.
John Rizzo/Arlene Hyde over Dino Celis/Doinks Srinivasan, 7-5! No Aces. Down 2-5, John and Arlene saved two Match Points to then take five straight games for the comeback victory!
Chris Chiaro/Doinks Srinivasan over John Rizzo/Arlene Hyde, 6-1! No Aces.
Samara's Notes: Doinks had reported this with a 6-2 score, but John is fairly certain it was 6-1.
2 out of 3 Sets Mixed Doubles Match:
Syed Rashid/Fadia Nicolas over Nick Inciong/Rose Inciong, 6-2, 6-4, as both teams entered the Mixed Doubles Division as the New # 45 and # 46 Ranked Teams respectively! No Aces.
Samara's Notes: I thank Syed for reporting in a very timely fashion. He had listed them (in his e-mail) as two separate One-Setters, but John combined the two to report it as a full match and I agree with that decision as it enables both teams to get ranked in the Mixed Doubles Division. Hey...no harm, no foul!
Kris Srinivasan/Fadia Nicolas over Tim Nguyen/Mike Sindler, 6-4! No Aces.
John Rizzo over Dino Celis, 6-0! No Aces.
Dino Celis over John Rizzo, 6-2! No Aces.
Samara's Notes: John did not note it to be included in this report, but it should be said that he accepted Dino's challenge to play some Singles after having already played three hours of tennis. Rizzo held up quite well (fairly obvious) in the first of the two One-Setters, but then he ran out of gas in the second one.
Kris Srinivasan/Dino Celis over John Rizzo/Doinks Srinivasan, 6-1! No Aces.
John Rizzo/Doinks Srinivasan over Kris Srinivasan/Dino Celis, 6-4! No Aces.
Samara's Notes: I thank Syed and Doinks for directly reporting their results (and in a very timely fashion, as always), but I especially thank John for stepping up and acting as host by collecting, recording and reporting all the other scores from the session (not just the ones he was involved in). It is greatly appreciated!
Sincerely,
Frank Samara
gtasamara5@gmail.com
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