8/14/18:
"Mole-Celis in VP, 5 play (1 New) at PAC, 16 play at C.G.!":
There were three official sessions of GTA Tuesday Night Tennis and they all took place around the same time: the first was at Verona Park and featured a full 2 out of 3 Sets Challenge Match between "Del Brotro" Mike Mole and "The Scorpion Dragon" Dino Celis (as reported by Mike); the second was at The Park Ave. Courts with "The Dark Knight" Dan Knitzer acting as the sole contributor from that session: and the third was at The Cedar Grove Courts with the contributors from that session being "The S Bomber" Genalin Capan, "Bravo" Brenda Jordan, "Dominant" Dawn Peterson, "The Marathon Woman" Doinks Srinivasan and "Nate the Great" Nathan Fernandes.
THIS JUST IN – After this report initially went out, some additional results were reported late by "J-Rod" Joe Rodrigues and "The K Man" Kris Srinivasan. We will present those scores at the end of this report.
Let's first go to Verona, then Nutley and then Cedar Grove!
The Verona Park Results:
2 out of 3 Sets Challenge Match:
Mike Mole over Dino Celis, 6-3, 6-4, to successfully defend his # 12 Rank in the Advanced Division! No Aces.
The Mole Memo: We played from 7pm to 8pm. The courts were a little wet so we had to squeegee our court.
Dino Celis over Mike Mole, 7-5! No Aces.
The Mole Memo: We played this one from 8pm to 9pm.
Samara's Notes: I thank Mike for his very timely reporting. It is much appreciated.
We now head east to Nutley for the scores from Dan.
The Park Ave. Courts Results:
Dan Knitzer/Tim Nguyen over Umang Jain/Dhaval Fitter, 6-4! No Aces. It was the official GTA Debut of Dhaval Fitter.
2 out of 3 Sets Doubles Match:
Dan Knitzer/Umang Jain over Tim Nguyen/Fausto Murg, 6-4, 6-2, to become the New # 60 Ranked Team in the Doubles Division! No Aces.
The TDK Replay: A sun-shower threatened to derail tennis this night, but then it quickly passed.
Samara's Notes: I thank Dan for his timely reporting. It is greatly appreciated.
We now head west to Cedar Grove where Gen will start off the report. It should be noted that for the first result, Brenda and Dawn also both sent in that score.
The Cedar Grove Results:
2 out of 3 Sets Women's Doubles Match:
Genalin Capan/Diane Raum over Brenda Jordan/Dawn Peterson, 6-3, 3-6, 10-4 (STB)! No Aces. Once they went to the Super Tiebreak, the # 2 Rank of Jordan/Peterson was no longer on the line. In the process, Capan/Raum entered the Women's Doubles Division as the New # 21 Ranked Team.
Gen's Notes: During the 1st Set, we started to get some light, but steady rain. It was a pretty good set so we continued to play. Brenda and Dawn had early leads of 2-0, 2-1 and 3-1 before we came back to win the set. Then Diane and I switched our return sides to get more practice for the 2nd Set. Once again, Brenda and Dawn were leading. This time, we were down and falling behind at 0-4 when we finally got on the scoreboard at 1-4. We took two more games at 2-5 then 3-5 before Brenda and Dawn took the set to level the match. The rain did subside, but then it started again so it was decided we would play a 10-Point Super Tiebreaker instead of the full 3rd Set to decide the match. We played from 6:28 to 7:40 on Court Three.
It was a fun and competitive match. All the ladies played very well. Dawn's serves were on and she had some nice winners at the net. Brenda is always a fierce competitor at the net. We had some really good exchanges. Diane did well covering the baseline, but she also was quite comfortable attacking at the net. Initially, it was supposed to be Doinks and I playing Brenda and Dawn, but Doinks would not be available until after 8pm. Diane Raum was able to fill that fourth spot. This was my first time meeting Diane. She is a very nice player and person. I really enjoyed teaming with her.
The Brief from Brenda: It was drizzling during our match so we decided on the Super Tiebreak.
The Details from Dawn: Very good match! Diane played well and Gen had very good shots down the line in the Doubles Alley. Gen has not played in awhile, but she played very well. It was very competitive and enjoyable. It was raining on and off most of the match, but we continued playing anyway.
Samara's Notes: I thank Brenda and Dawn for their contributions to this report. We now go back to Gen for an additional comment.
Afterwards, we sat by the bench to chat a bit until Frank Hohorst arrived. Brenda then teamed up with Frank to face Nate and Natalia in a Mixed Doubles Match on Court Three.
Samara's Notes: Thanks for that report so far, Gen. We will now go to Nate's report of the match that Gen just referenced before going back to Ms. Capan for one more score.
2 out of 3 Sets Mixed Doubles Match:
Nathan Fernandes/Natalia Sout over Frank Hohorst/Brenda Jordan, 6-1, 6-1, to successfully defend their # 8 Rank in the Mixed Doubles Division! In the process, Hohorst/Jordan entered the division as the New # 43 Ranked Team. No Aces.
Nathan Fernandes/Natalia Sout over T.J. Shah/Frank Hohorst, 6-4! No Aces.
Samara's Notes: I thank Nate for his timely submission of those scores. We go back to Gen for one more.
Senthil Kumar/Jorge Solano over Doinks Srinivasan/Genalin Capan, 6-2! No Aces. We played from 8:38 to 9:10 on Court Two.
Samara's Notes: My guess is that Gen and Doinks wanted to play this one "Battle of The Sexes" style to get some practice in for the ongoing W2 Women's Doubles Tournament. It should also be said that Doinks reported this result as well. Doinks also reported the next one, too.
Joe Rodrigues/Jorge Solano over Senthil Kumar/Doinks Srinivasan, 6-3! No Aces.
Samara's Notes: I thank Doinks for her timely reporting as well. It is greatly appreciated. And now we present the late results from Joe and Kris.
Kris Srinivasan/Joe Rodrigues over Jordan Bachvaroff/Mostafa Hussaini, 7-5! Jordan: 1 Ace on Joe; and Joe: 1 Ace on Jordan!
2 out of 3 Sets Doubles Match:
Abhilash Gadi/Kris Srinivasan over Jordan Bachvaroff/Mostafa Hussaini, 6-3, 6-0, to successfully defend their # 55 Rank in the Doubles Division! In the process, Bachvaroff/Hussaini entered the division as the New # 62 Ranked Team. No Aces.
Samara's Notes: I thank Joe and Kris for the additional results. As I always say, "better late than never!"
Sincerely,
Frank Samara
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