6/25/18:
"4 play at PAC, 14 play at C.G.!":
There were two official sessions of GTA Monday Night Tennis: an evening one at The Park Ave. Courts in Nutley (with "SWAT" Rich Liu reporting); and a concurrent evening one at the Cedar Grove Courts that featured a MXD2 Round of Match between the teams of GTA Champion: "King Crush" Chris Chiaro/Laura "The Aura" Gawley and "Instant" Moka Pathan/"The Marathon Woman" Doinks Srinivasan (with both Chris and Moka reporting). Other contributors to this report from that session are "Dominant" Dawn Peterson and "Spin Doctor" Dan Martinelli.
Let's first go to the results from Nutley and then the full recap from Cedar Grove!
The Park Ave. Courts Results:
Randy Doran/Rich Liu over Keith Lewkowitz/Arunraj Nair, 6-3! No Aces.
The Rich Report: We were tied 3-3 before we took the last three games in this set.
Randy Doran/Rich Liu over Keith Lewkowitz/Arunraj Nair, 6-3! Keith: 1 Ace on Randy!
The Rich Report: They were up 2-1 in this second set before ravishing Randy and I got into our groove.
Samara's Notes: I thank Rich for his very timely reporting. It is greatly appreciated. And now we head west to Cedar Grove.
The Cedar Grove Results:
MXD2 Quarterfinal Match:
Chris Chiaro/Laura Gawley over Moka Pathan/Doinks Srinivasan, 6-3, 6-2, to successfully defend their # 2 Rank in the Mixed Doubles Division while advancing to the Semifinals of the MXD2 Mixed Doubles Tournament! Laura: 1 Ace on Doinks!
Moka's Brew: Chris and Laura played well together…they played strategic tennis. Doinks played aggressive and played well. I feel both teams played pretty well with some long, extended rallies but Chris and Laura just played better overall and better on the big points. It was a fun match.
Chris Chiaro/Laura Gawley over Moka Pathan/Doinks Srinivasan, 6-3! No Aces.
Moka's Brew: Doinks and I actually took a 3-2 lead and were a missed drop shot (by me) away from going up 4-2. They took that game (shifting the momentum) and eventually the set. This was another fun, competitive set.
Samara's Notes: I thank both Chris and Moka for their timely reporting of the above. I also appreciate the additional commentary from Moka. The results that follow are now a combination of more scores reported by Chris as well as others from Dawn (she got an informational assist from both "Kerosene" Kyle Eng and "Killer Kat" Kathy Sheldon) and Spin.
Rob Gawley/Dawn Peterson over Justin Berardo/Kathy Sheldon, 6-3! No Aces. It was the official GTA Return of Rob Gawley.
Kyle Eng/Dawn Peterson over Justin Berardo/Kathy Sheldon, 6-4! No Aces.
The Details from Dawn: We were down Love-4 to then take six straight games for the win.
Ralph Bernard/Tito Castolo over Chris Chiaro/Rob Gawley, 6-2! No Aces.
Chris Chiaro/Rob Gawley over Ralph Bernard/Tito Castolo, 7-5! No Aces.
Kyle Eng/Doinks Srinivasan over Dan Martinelli/Tom La, 6-4! Kyle: 1 Ace on Spin!
The Spin from Spin: Tom and I were up 3-1 when Doinks and Kyle staged their comeback. We had a chance to knot the score at 5-5, but my lack of mobility was an issue. Tom was hitting the ball smartly and Doinks and Kyle played well.
Kyle Eng/Doinks Srinivasan tied with Dan Martinelli/Tom La, 3-3 (Incomplete when the lights were about to go out about two minutes later at 10pm)! Spin: 1 Ace on Doinks!
The Spin from Spin: Credit Kris Srinivasan with a drive-by cameo as he stopped by on his way home to check out the scene at Cedar Grove. Also, thanks to Doinks, Kyle and Tom for playing with the "gimp", it was full of F&F (Fun and Frustration)!
Samara's Notes: I thank everyone for their very timely reporting. It is truly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Frank Samara
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