9/13/18:
"Shiao-Mehta II at MP/HP, 8 play at C.G.!":
There were two official sessions of GTA Thursday Tennis: the first one was the second match this week between Tony "Sure Shot" Shiao and "The AM Rush" Anish Mehta as they continued their friendly rivalry looking for some true resolution (with both reporting). They started the match at the Mountainside Park Courts in Montclair, but distractions ended up driving them out of there and onto Holster Park in Clifton.
And then the second session was at the Cedar Grove Courts where the contributor to this report was "The Lumberjack" Ryan Pienciak.
Let's get to the dual report from Tony and Anish, and then Ryan's recap of the scores from Cedar Grove!
The Mountainside Park/Holster Park Result:
2 out of 3 Sets Challenge Match:
Anish Mehta over Tony Shiao, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2, to become the New # 8 Ranked Player in the Advanced Division! Anish: 3 Aces!
The AM News: I also had 4 Double Faults compared to just 1 from Tony (so we were even in terms of free points). According to the stats my watch picked up, the difference was that I saved 64% of the Break Points (7/11) against me while Tony only saved 30% (3/10). I also won 54% of the total points (93/173) while Tony had 46% (80/173).
The 1st Set started out with really long games and was overall much closer than the score line suggests. Tony got off to a quick start in the 2nd Set and was up 5-0 in a short time. In the sixth game, I tried to make a little more of an effort and was able to hold while the Montclair Tennis Team started coming onto the courts. In the next game that I won, it was clear that Tony was distracted and felt rushed, so we moved to Holster Park in Clifton. I was able to continue my comeback, but faltered at the very end. We were both exhausted in the 3rd Set, but I was doing a little bit better and was able to take it.
Hopefully, we can have a Part 3 soon since there were some big distractions that affected the match.
The Sure Shot from Shiao: We met up at Mountainside Park at 2pm to fully settle the open issues left by the match from Tuesday (which ended up not being an actual rank defense). Anish was on point in the 1st Set and I finally got into the groove in the 2nd Set. I was on my way to giving Anish a bagel until a swarm of young ladies showed up and waited outside of the fence. Usually I would welcome such a scene but, in this case, they were distracting for me and Anish took the next two games at 5-2. We decided to move to Holster Park to finish the match since the MHS Women's Tennis Team was ready for their practice. When we got to Holster, Anish was battling hard and won the next two games and I was thinking to myself that if it goes to a Tiebreak, I'm done! Luckily, I was able to win the next two games and close the set. For the 3rd Set (the true deciding set), I had no legs...no legs whatsoever! Well, at least they weren't working due to sheer exhaustion and the sun was blinding on one side of the court. Regardless, Anish won the deciding set fairly easily. I felt we both had highs and lows and I just didn't play as consistently as I would like. I look forward to another rank defense/rematch!
Samara's Notes: I thank both of them for their timely and detailed reporting. I congratulate Anish on an impressive victory, but also offer up kudos to Tony for a fine effort.
We now move into the evening to go to Cedar Grove where we get the results from Ryan.
The Cedar Grove Results:
Frank Hohorst/Guy Dupoux over Ryan Pienciak/Joe Rodrigues, 6-3! No Aces.
Ryan Pienciak/Joe Rodrigues over Frank Hohorst/Guy Dupoux, 6-4! No Aces.
Ryan Pienciak/Frank Hohorst over Joe Rodrigues/Nathan Fernandes, 6-3! No Aces.
Joe Rodrigues/Dan Hwang over Scott Bergenfeld/Jordan Bachvaroff, 6-4! No Aces.
Samara's Notes: I thank Ryan for his very timely reporting…always appreciated!
Sincerely,
Frank Samara
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