8/10/18:
"6 play (1 New) at PAC, 10 play at C.G.!":
There were two official sessions of GTA Friday Night Tennis: there was one at the Park Ave. Courts in Nutley with "SWAT" Rich Liu reporting; and then there was the usual one at the Cedar Grove Courts with "The Marathon Woman" Doinks Srinivasan and "The Lumberjack" Ryan Pienciak both reporting.
Let's go to Nutley first and then to Cedar Grove!
The Park Ave. Courts Results:
Rich Liu/Fausto Murg over team Umang Jain/Arunraj Nair, 6-3! No Aces.
The Rich Recap: Fausto was great at the net playing like a seven-footer as our team (aka Team Fantastic) cruised to something like a 4-0 lead before Ash and Arun made a nice run! Arun showed solid net play while Ash had some good serves to make it close.
Umang Jain/Arunraj Nair over Muhammad Haque/David Wong, 6-2! No Aces. It was the official GTA Debut of David Wong.
Rich Liu leading Fausto Murg, 4-1 (Incomplete as Fausto needed to stop)! No Aces.
2 out of 3 Sets Challenge Match:
Rich Liu over Muhammad Haque, 6-2, 6-2, to successfully defend his # 4 Rank in the Intermediate Division! No Aces.
The Rich Recap: Muhammad decided to challenge me in Singles! I definitely needed the practice, so I accepted. The match lasted maybe 45 minutes. Muhammad has definitely improved as he's no pushover anymore - I had to work hard to beat him. Both sets, after being down a quick 0-4, Muhammad made a brief comeback, hitting to my backhand and forcing some errors.
Samara's Notes: I thank Rich for his timely and comprehensive report…much appreciated!
Time to move head west to Cedar Grove for the rest of what took place on Friday night!
The Cedar Grove Results:
Senthil Kumar/Doinks Srinivasan over Mike Sindler/Syed Rashid, 6-3! No Aces.
2 out of 3 Sets Mixed Doubles Match:
Senthil Kumar/Doinks Srinivasan over Rob Gawley/Laura Gawley, 6-2, 6-3, to successfully defend their # 19 Rank in the Mixed Doubles Division! In the process, The Gawleys returned to the division as the New # 42 Ranked Team. No Aces.
Ryan Pienciak/John Rizzo over Kyle Eng/Janice Wang, 7-5! No Aces.
The Ryan Report: We were down 3-5 and fought off one Break/Match Point at 3-5 and 3 more MP's at 4-5!
Everyone was so worn out from that long One-Setter that we all got a little weird. The next two sets (the last one incomplete) were played entirely left-handed (with no two-handed backhands allowed). We all improved a bit as the sets went on, but it was pretty much a hilarious mess the entire time...
Ryan Pienciak/Janice Wang over John Rizzo/Kyle Eng, 6-0! No Aces.
Ryan Pienciak/Janice Wang leading John Rizzo/Kyle Eng, 4-0 (Incomplete when the lights went out at 10pm)! No Aces.
Samara's Notes: I thank both Doinks and Ryan for contributing to this report in such a timely manner. As always, it is greatly appreciated!
Sincerely,
Frank Samara
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