Saturday, Sept. 24 vs. York
York 4, Waterloo 3
The Waterloo Warriors lost 4-3 to the York Lions on Saturday 24
th at the
Waterloo Tennis Club. The Lions took the doubles point when they won two of the three doubles matches. Each team won three singles which gave York the victory.
Vincent Chan (Markham/), lost for the first time in his varsity career 3-6, 3-6 to Mikhael Lew. Lew, a 26-year old player is a seasoned vet and former OUA standout. Back at school this year it was the first encounter between the two. It is likely not the last as if form holds they will face each other again in the OUA team championships. The Warriors #2
Nachiket Yardi (Mississauga/), #5
Ayaz Awadia (Cambridge/) and #6
Steven Nieboer (Waterloo/) won for Waterloo. Awadia again performed well winning his match in a tie-break in the third set.
Scoring Summary
Doubles:
Chan & Yardi (W) lost to Lew & Faynberg 5-8
Virjee & Sahu (W) bt Kishlyansky and Khadeem 8-6
Yu and Lee (W) lost to Kryeziu & Shimony 4-8
Singles:
Chan lost to Lew 3-6, 3-6
Yardi bt Faynberg 6-4, 6-1
Virjee lost to Shimony 1-6, 2-6
Sahu lost to Kishiyansky 1-6, 4-6
Awadia bt Kryeziu 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4)
Nieboer bt Benigno 6-4, 6-3
Sunday, Sept. 25 vs. McMaster
McMaster 5, Waterloo 2
The Warriors lost their third straight match falling to McMaster on Sunday by a score of 2-5. The day started off badly with the doubles point lost when all three Waterloo pairs lost their matches, something which has not happened for a long time. In singles play, #1
Vincent Chan (Markham/) and #2
Zubair Virjee (Calgary/) won their matches in convincing fashion and three others went the distance but no joy for the Warriors in any of them.
Scoring Summary
Doubles
Chan & Yardi (W) lost to Askew & Panju 3-8
Virjee & Sahu (W) lost to Pinto & Starratt 7-8 (3)
Daniel Yu &
Lee Follis (Brantford/St. John's College) (W) lost to Josh Cadesky & Matt Holland 3-8
Singles
Chan (W) bt Pinto 6-0,6-2
Yardi (W) lost to Panju 7-5, 4-6, 4-6
Virjee(W) bt Cadesky 6-2, 6-1
|Sahu (W) lost to Starrott -4-6, 0-6
Yu (W) lost to Askew 3-6, 0-6, 1-0 (3)
Nieboer (W) lost to Lau 2-6, 7-5, 6-7 (2)
