8/15 Results.

8/15/18:

"Gadi-Caputo in VP, W2 Semi part of 18 at C.G.!":

There were two official sessions of GTA Wednesday Night Tennis.  The first was in Verona Park and featured the first of the four "Grove Cup 21" Quarterfinal Matches to be played.  This one was between "The Accelerator" Abhilash Gadi and "NC-17" Nick Caputo (with both reporting). 

The second was at The Cedar Grove Courts and it featured the first of the two W2 Semifinal Matches to be played as it was a battle between the teams of Fadia "Finesse" Nicolas/"The Archetype" Arlene Hyde and "The Marathon Woman" Doinks Srinivasan/"The S Bomber" Genalin Capan (with Gen reporting).  Other contributors to this report from that session are the GTA Champion: "King Crush" Chris Chiaro, "The K Man" Kris Srinivasan and Diane "The Bomb" Raum.

Let's first go to the dual report from Verona and then the multi-layered recap from Cedar Grove!          

The Verona Park Result:

"Grove Cup 21" Quarterfinal Match:

Nick Caputo over Abhilash Gadi, 6-1, 6-2, to become the New # 5 Ranked Player in the Advanced Division while advancing to the Semifinals of the 21st Annual Grove Cup Men's Singles Tournament!  Abhilash: 1 Ace!

The NC-17 Screening: The match lasted just over an hour.  Abhi is a good young player with very quick feet and solid skills.  He simply needs to play more and attack more.  Great guy!

The Accelerated Report: Nick was very good with his serve and volley.  He was hitting his shots with precision, making it really hard to score points against him.  He had a good overall game with few errors and I clearly lost to a much better player!  After the match, he was also kind enough to give me advice on how to improve my game. 

Nick - Thank you for being a great sport and I'll implement your advice going forward. 

Frank - Thanks for having me be a part of this tournament.  It definitely helped me improve my game. 

Samara's Notes: I thank both for their very timely reporting.  I congratulate Nick on yet another impressive victory!  And kudos to Abhi who had a great run thru this tourney! 

The Consequences: Caputo is now the first player into the Semis.  His dominant run thru the Grove Cup so far begs the question: "Who is going to stop this guy?"  The answer just may be: nobody!  Is Nick on a run to not only win The Cup, but then go onto win the GTA Championship as well?  Time will tell!

Time to head north just a bit to recap all that took place at Cedar Grove.  I doubt I am getting this right chronologically, so we will just have Gen start the reporting as the W2 Semi was the Main Event of the evening…and then we will list everything else after that.

The Cedar Grove Results:

W2 Semifinal Match:

Doinks Srinivasan/Genalin Capan over Fadia Nicolas/Arlene Hyde, 6-4, 6-4, to become the New #7 Ranked Team in the Women's Doubles Division while advancing to the Finals of the W2 Women's Doubles Tournament!  No Aces.

Gen's Notes: We played this one from 7:24 to 9pm.  Each set was about 45 minutes long.  It was a pretty tight match until the very end.  In the 2nd Set, we had the lead at 5-1.  We started with an exchange of breaks (with Arlene and Doinks serving) for 1-1.  Fadia was then broken on serve and I held to go up 3-1.  Arlene was again broken and then Doinks held for a commanding lead at 5-1 by taking four straight games.  Then Fadia held for 2-5.  I was broken for 5-3.  It was a battle on Arlene's service game that went to multiple Deuces (at least 6 or 7 Deuces).  We had our chances with 2 or 3 Match Points, but could not convert.  Arlene and Fadia were persistent and got the much needed hold to stay in the match for 4-5.  The momentum shifted with their team now having taken three straight games.  Doinks was now on serve and we fell behind in the count down Love-40 (Triple Break Point)!  We battled back to bring it to Deuce and then finally closed it out on the 4th Match Point!

 

Samara's Notes: I thank Gen for her timely and detailed report.  I also congratulate her along with Doinks on an impressive victory!  On paper, this was a match that could have gone either way.  And even though it was a straight sets affair, it still has a chance at being a Nominee for Women's Doubles Match of The Year at season's end.

Chris Chiaro/Scott Bergenfeld over Mike Mole/Jay Phoenix, 6-2!  No Aces.

Chris Chiaro/Scott Bergenfeld over Jordan Bachvaroff/Mike Mole, 6-4!  Chris: 1 Ace on Mike!

Kyle Eng/Janice Wang over Chris Chiaro/Kathy Marabondo, 6-4!  No Aces.

Scott Bergenfeld/Kyle Eng over Jordan Bachvaroff/Kris Srinivasan, 6-2!  No Aces.

Dawn Peterson/Diane Raum over Thomas Lee/Marie Salamon, 6-4!  No Aces.

 

Andrew Kroessler/Dawn Peterson over Kris Srinivasan/Diane Raum, 7-6 (7-3)!  No Aces.

 

Kris Srinivasan/Diane Raum leading Andrew Kroessler/Dawn Peterson, 5-0 (Incomplete when the lights went out at 10pm)!  No Aces.

 

Samara's Notes: I thank everyone for their contributions to this report.  It is much appreciated. 

 

Sincerely,

Frank Samara