Center Court Roundup
Hello LATA Members!
The GLTA Center Court tournament was played over Labor Day weekend. It was a hot one, but our tournament organizers, Steve Sax and Travis Siems, as well as several other volunteers, worked overtime to get all the matches on, and the players battled the high temperature and produced some great tennis. Unfortunately, I was on court for most of Monday, and as such wasn’t able to grab any interviews with the winners. But LATA represented well, as usual, and here are the results:
Open Singles
#1 James Dao (l.) d. #3 Gordon Paitimusa 6-3 6-4
Open Singles Consolation: Chris Tomlin d. Eric Geiger 6-3 3-6 6-0
Open Doubles
#3 Jose Sambas/Joseph Vidaurretta (r.) d. #2 Brad Spencer/Roy Rillra 6-1 6-1
A Singles
#7-9 Jonathan Luu (above) d. Loc Van Nguyen 6-3 6-3
A Singles Consolation: #7-9 Jeff Sheng d. Sayon Syprasoeuth 6-7 6-4 6-3
A Over 40 Singles
Graham Richard Kaye (l.) d. #1 George Byrd 6-0 6-1
A Over 40 Singles Consolation: Mark Riddle d. Sam Chua 7-6 retired
A Doubles
#2 Tony Hughes/David Michael Drury (l.) d. #5 Jeff Sheng/John Ramos 6-3 6-4
B Singles
#2 Tim Chulanand Thianthal (l.) d. #6 Michael Vasquez 6-2 6-1
B Singles Consolation
Juan Tafolia (r.) d. Jonathan Afalia 6-1 6-1
B Doubles
#4 Will Pitharn/Dennis Nakata (l.) d. Scott Williams/Dennis Holmes 6-4 6-0
C Singles
#7-8 Michael Sengmanivong (l.) d. Kevin Kim 6-4 7-6
C Singles Consolation
Matt Whitfield d. Steven Dunbar (not pictured) 6-2 6-4
C Over 40 Singles
#1 Ray Duenez (l.) d. #2 Casey Weitzman 7-5 6-3
C Doubles
Jury Candelario/Nick Truong (r.) d. James Patacsil/Lee Winterstein 6-3 3-6 7-6
D Singles
#1-2 John Vida (l.) d. #1-2 Shane Que Hee 6-0 4-6 6-0
D Singles Consolation
Winner Lynda Lefever
D Doubles
Round Robin Winners: #1 Mike Kalvoda/Jon Marinas
Thanks to everyone who participated, and we look forward to seeing you at the LA Open in 2013! Full results for Center Court 2012 can be found here.
Tags: Brad Spencer, Casey Weitzman, Chris Tomlin, David Michael Drury, Dennis Holmes, Dennis Nakata, Eric Geiger, Gordon Paitimusa, James Dao, James Patacsil, Jeff Sheng, John Ramos, John Vida, Jon Marinas, Jonathan Afalia, Jonathan Luu, Jose Sambas, Joseph Vidaurreta, Juan Tafolia, Jury Candelario, Kevin Kim, Lee Winterstein, Loc Nguyen, Lynda Lefever, Matt Whitfield, Michael Sengmanivong, Mike Kalvoda, Nick Truong, Ray Duenez, Roy Rillra, Sayon Syprasoeuth, Scott Williams, Shane Que Hee, Steve Sax, Steven Dunbar, Tim Chulanand Thianthal, Tony Hughes, Travis Siems, Will Pitharn