MVTC April 2014 Mixed Dubs -- Results

Congratulations to all our participants in this weekend’s MVTC April 2014 Mixed Doubles Tournament. The weather was pleasant despite the wind—and we had a competitive, yet fun day of good sportsmanship and great tennis enhanced by terrific food!

For those of you awaiting the results with bated breath… results on listed on the attached draws. For those needing only the abridged version:

Division I (7.0+):

Main Draw: Linda Zhang & Robert Jiang bested Catherine & Mike Puzon, 6-2, 6-2.

Consolation Draw: Kathy Nichols & Perry Lim earned the win over Jos Parsey & Dave Perotti, 6-2, 6-3.

Division II (7.0):

Main Draw: Bob Randall & Frederick Wallace racked up a win over Marla Lindsay & Madan Venugopal, 6-2, 7-5.

Consolation Draw: Nora Hayward & Larry Rausa dispatched Mary Watanabe & Zev Zingher, score ???.

Division III (6.0):

Round Robin Winner: Michelle Tham & Julian Tham prevailed over Patsy Duke & Jean Luc Marce (4-6, 6-5, 1-0) and over Rita Brand and Jim Evans (6-4, 6-3).

Rita Brand and Jim Evans came in second, winning over Patsy Duke & Jean Luc Marce (6-3, 6-0).

Sincere Thanks to all our participants this month— and especially:

· Special thanks go out to our Food Director Catherine Puzon, who organized and provided food for us—generating a tasty, and definitely appreciated repast!!

· Thank you to everyone who showed up early to help set-up… and those of you who pitched in to help put things away –and for making the day run smoothly!

· And Special Thanks to Carrie Bell & Roger Okamoto…who, through my error, didn’t get scheduled correctly for the consolation round. Nevertheless, Raj Dhingra and I gave them the opportunity to trounce us—which they did nicely, 6-4, 6-1.

Finally…We managed to strong-arm most of the winners into posing for the usual post-finals photos. Those photos should be posted on the MVTC website in the near future. Unfortunately, I missed the opportunity to badger Bob Randall and Frederick Wallace into their photo-op—and likely ruined their chance to be famous!! SORRY!!!! On the other hand, they now have a great incentive to win the next tourney….

Thanks for a great day,
Katharine