| In the heat of the weekend the men’s 3.0 division was lucky in that none of their matches went three sets.
In fact we had only one tie-breaker and the rest of the sets were over relatively quickly.
In the finals the #2 seeds Raleigh and Falkner bested the #1 seeds Kalustian and Roth in two sets.
In the men’s 3.5 Mullapudi and Pon did not lose more than 4 games in a single match prior to the finals, but they had their hands full with
Van Oosbree and Fong. They lost the first set but came back strong to win it in the end.
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Men's 3.5 Winners - Venu Mullapudi & Grant Pon |
Men's 4.5 Winners - Benny Lee & Mike Attiyeh |
The 4.0 men has some long days, with 3 of the quarter final matches going to three sets and both semi-final matches were close as well.
The #11 seeds Dasso and Blastic held on through several tough matches to get to the finals but the #3 seeds Panda and Kim wore them out in a
first set tie-break and went on to win in two. In the men’s 4.5s the #2 seeds did not show up which allowed the 3rd seeds Lee and Attiyeh to
make it through to the finals against the #1 seeds Ladrech and Andrews. Ladrech and Andrews came out strong to win the first and go up quickly in
the 2nd. However, Lee and Attiyeh battled back and won the 2nd. They then carried that momentum over into the 3rd and were able to secure a 5-2 lead.
Ladrech and Andrews weren’t finished and they staged an amazing comeback, much to the delight of the fans. They fell just short and lost it on yet
another lob from Lee.
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On the ladies side of the tournament the 2.5s ended up with only two teams so they battled it out for the champions trophy.
The tandem of Bently and Bryant defeated McCormick and Finney in a very long two sets despite a score of 6-1, 6-4. At the 3.0s we had the
marathon matches on Sunday. Dare and Yoshitake played a long three setter in the semi-finals and had to go back on the courts 15 minutes later
to play the finals. They then played another three setter but in the end Louis and Huxley outlasted them to win the championship
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Women's 4.0 Winners - Yumi Suzuki & Janet Gee |
Women's 4.5 Winners - Kristen Riker & Lynne Weinshelbaum |
The only other team to play more tennis this weekend was Gee and Suzuki. They entered in both the 4.0 and 4.5 and made it to both finals.
They bested Harrington and McCarley in the 4.0 final and turned around and played an amazing three setter against Riker and Weinshelbaum in the
4.5 finals. This was some of the best tennis of the weekend and after close the three hours Riker and Weinshelbaum pulled it out.
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Overall it was a great weekend, with plenty of sunshine, good food and great tennis. I’d really like to thank Tammy Chan, Pam Maloney, Judy Stillman,
Susie Dunlap, Shari Huber and Robert Young for all their help.
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