"Jeremy's WD, Shiao-Gadi at VP, 7 play at C.G.!":
There were two official sessions of GTA Tuesday Night Tennis. The first one was at the Verona Park Courts as Tony "Sure Shot" Shiao and "The Accelerator" Abhilash Gadi got back together to finish their in-progress "Grove Cup 21" Round of 32 Match (which they had begun this past Friday night). And then the second one was the usual evening session at the Cedar Grove Courts with "J-Rod" Joe Rodrigues and the GTA Champion: "King Crush" Chris Chiaro being the contributors to this report from that session.
But before we get to all that, we first report that earlier in the day Jeremy "Got Game" Gottlieb decided that he had to make the difficult decision to withdraw from his "Grove Cup 21" Round of 32 Match against "Salsa Picante" Edwin Ortega. Jeremy cited an increased work schedule that was now preventing him from putting this match together with Edwin ahead of the deadline for all the Round of 32 matches to be completed. While this is a most unfortunate development (as Gottlieb is seemingly one of the more talented players in the draw), his decision is respected and understood.
Ortega now advances to the Round of 16 via a bye where his opponent will be "Super Mario" Marijus Kuzavas.
With that announcement now out of the way, we'll go to Verona first and then recount all that was reported from Cedar Grove.
The Verona Park Courts Result:
"Grove Cup 21" Round of 32 Match:
Abhilash Gadi over Tony Shiao, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, to become the New # 6 Ranked Player in the Advanced Division while advancing to the Round of 16 of the 21st Annual Grove Cup Men's Singles Tournament! Tony: 1 Ace!
The Accelerated Annotation: The weather was kind enough to let us complete our 3rd Set. In that final game, I overcame Tony's forehands and won the set, 6-4 to take the match. I thank Tony for a great tennis match. I really enjoyed playing with you.
The Sure Shot from Shiao: We met at Verona Park at 7pm to finish the match and it was super-humid, but the clouds held onto the moisture. Abhi was on fire and was able to move me around basically getting to just about every ball. I went for my deep topspin forehands because I knew long rallies would tire me out, but I was lacking at net and blew a few easy put-away shots. I congratulate Abhi for his well=deserved win and wish him the best of luck as he moves forward in the tournament!
Samara's Notes: I thank both players for their very timely reporting. Abhi, congratulations on a hard-fought, breakthrough victory! Now that he is in the Top 10 of the Advanced Division, he'll be permanent removed from the Intermediate Division (as being considered overqualified for it). Tony, kudos on your fine effort! And I also thank both of them for getting the match finished last night...and for doing it in the full-length manner as well.
We now head slightly north to Cedar Grove.
The Cedar Grove Results:
Nathan Fernandes over Joe Rodrigues, 6-1! No Aces.
Samara's Notes: I thank Joe for reporting that result in a timely fashion. He also reported the next one and so did Chris...and then Chris provided the balance of the scores.
Adam Pienciak/Greg Swierczek over Chris Chiaro/Joe Rodrigues, 7-6 (7-5)! Greg: 1 Ace on Joe!
Chris Chiaro over Adam Pienciak, 6-3! Adam: 1 Ace on Chris!
Chris Chiaro/Kris Srinivasan over Adam Pienciak/Abhilash Gadi, 6-4! Adam: 1 Ace on Chris!
Chris Chiaro/Kris Srinivasan tied with Nathan Fernandes/Abhilash Gadi, 3-3 (Incomplete due to lights out at 10pm)! No Aces.
Samara's Notes: I thank both Joe and Chris for their very timely reporting. It is much appreciated.
Sincerely,
Frank Samara
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