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| Sala returns a shot against Jagnandan in the Men’s Open Final. |
Satish Jagnandan won his fourth consecutive Open singles title, defeating a game Cesar Sala in the final, 12, (16), 3. Sala rallied in the second game from a 13-9 deficit to force the tiebreaker. “This was the most pressure of all my wins,” said Jagnandan. “I came into this with a sore back but it held up well.”
Sala had a hard time getting loose in the doubles final later on Sunday as PeeWee Castro and Willie Polanco took charge in the first game. “He (Sala) won’t get loose until they get 20,” said his partner Joe Kaplan during a timeout. “He (Sala) hasn’t for 20 years, so this won’t be any different.” Kaplan’s words rang true as he and Sala rebounded from a first-game loss to win the next two games and defend their title.
Tracy Davis regained the Women’s Open singles title over defending champ Theresa McCourt on Saturday and followed that up with a doubles win on Sunday with McCourt to earn the singles and doubles slam.
Final Results can be viewed by clicking read more.
MEN’S OPEN SINGLES
First Round: William O’Donnell (Bayside, NY) d. Jonathan Lee (Fresh Meadow, NY), 14, 9; Paul Angel (Brooklyn) d. John Mantilla (Elmhurst, NY), 14, 11; Joe Durso (Brooklyn) d. Alex Gavryushenko (Brooklyn), 1,7; Jurell Bastidas (Brooklyn) d. Sean Lenning (Shoreline, WA), 20, 8; Victor LoPierre (Forest Hills, NY) d. Abe Mantell (East Meadow, NY), 10, 11; Ervin Irizarry (Bronx) d. Raul Retian (Jersey City, NJ), 14, 12.
Round of 16: Satish Jagnandan (Yonkers, NY) d. O’Donnell, 17, 6; Milton Jones (Far Rockaway, NY) d. Michael Schneider (Richmond Hills, NY), 4, 12; Joe Kaplan (Brooklyn) d. Angel, 10, 10; William Polanco (Brooklyn) d. Durso, 4, (17), 0; Rookie Wright (New York) d. Bastidas, 14, 16; Pee Wee Castro (Far Rockaway, NY) d. LoPierre, 12, (9), 2; Alvaro Rebaza (Whitestone, NY) d. Albert Apuzzi (Brooklyn), injury def.; Cesar Sala (Brooklyn) d. Irizarry, (17), 9, 5.
Quarterfinals: Jagnandan d. Jones, 7, 10; Kaplan d. Polanco, 11, 17; Wright d. Castro, (16), 18, 10; Sala d. Rebaza, 20, (11), 1.
Semifinals: Jagnandan d. Kaplan, 18, 16; Sala d. Wright, 19, 6.
Final: Jagnandan d. Sala, 12, (16), 3.
MEN’S OPEN DOUBLES
First Round: Cesar Sala/Joe Kaplan (NY) bye; Paul Angel/Jurell Bastidas (NY) d. Alvaro Rebaza/Kareem Wilkerson (NY), (8), 18, 9; Tony Roberts/Paul Yagual (NY) d. Ron Flores/John Mantilla (NY), 13, 5; Francisco Carbuccia/Eddie Santiago (NY) d. Robert Robinson/Zeav Robbins (NY), 1, 9; John Wright/Dave Rojas (NY) d. Alex Gavryushenko/Gary Chang (NY), 6, 15; Victor Lopierre/Michael Schneider (NY) d. Jonathan Lee/Milton Jones (NY), 12, 12; Ervin Irizarry/Alan Sanchez (NY) d. Pete Pellegrini/Josef Malkis (NY), 20, 9; William Polanco/Pee Wee Castro (NY) d. Emilio Sierra/Phong Nguyen (NY), 9, 13.
Quarterfinals: Sala/Kaplan d. Angel/Bastidas, 4, 13; Carbuccia/Santiago d. Roberts/Yagual, 8, (20), 6; LoPierre/Schneider d. Wright/Rojas, inj. Def.; Polanco/Castro d. Irizarry/Sanchez, 10, 9.
Semifinals: Sala/Kaplan d. Carbuccia/Santiago, 13, 8; Polanco/Castro d. LoPierre/Schneider, 14, 14.
Final: Kaplan/Sala d. Castro/Polanco, (11), 15, 2.
WOMEN’S OPEN SINGLES
First Round: Jessica Gawley (Regina, SK) d. Anastasiya Oleynik (Brooklyn), (10), 15, 7; Na Liu (Brooklyn) d. Anna Ng (New York), 10, 9; Danielle Daskalakis (Brooklyn) d. Samantha England (Rochester, NY), 9, 14.
Quarterfinals: Theresa McCourt (Brooklyn) d. Gawley, 5, 8; Sara Au (Brooklyn) d. Dori Ten (Brooklyn), 8, 16; Brenda Pares (Staten Island) d. Na Liu (Brooklyn), 10, 0; Tracy Davis (Brooklyn) d. Daskalakas, 5, 6.
Semifinals: McCourt d. Au, 15, 0; Davis d. Pares, 8, 13.
Final: Davis d. McCourt, 15, 12.
Cons.: England d. Shirley Chan.
WOMEN’S OPEN DOUBLES
First Round: Tracy Davis/Theresa McCourt (NY) d. Cheryl Chan/Shirly Chan (NY), 1, 0; Brenda Pares/Danielle Daskalakis (NY) d. Sara Au/Na Liu (NY), 11, 8; Dori Ten/Barbara Canton-Jackson (NY) d. Jessica Gawley/Samantha England (Can/NY), 9, 14; Karen McConney/Lori Acevido (NY) d. Veronica Gavryshenko/Sandy Ng (NY), 2, 5.
Semifinals: Davis/McCourt d. Pares/Daskalakis, 19, 6; Acevido/McConney d. Ten/Canton-Jackson, 13, 10.
Final: Davis/McCourt d. Acevido/McConney, 11, 10.
A SINGLES
First Round: Sal Coticelli (Brooklyn) d. Michael Wu (Bayside, NY), 12, 8.
Semfinals: Coticelli d. William O’Donnell (Bayside, NY), (9), 17, 5; Jonathan Camacho (Staten Island, NY) d. Tyree Bastidas (Brooklyn), 20, 20.
Final: Camacho d. Coticelli, 18, 8.
A DOUBLES
First Round: Harold Ayala/Noel Rodriguez (NY) def.
Semifinals: Tyree Bastidas/Jonathan Camacho (NY) d. Harold Ayala/Noel Rodriguez (NY), 6, 6; Sal Coticelli/Paul Ramlakhan (NY) d. Nick Tikhonov/Stan Zavoiskiy (NY), (20), 1, 3.
Final: Bastidas/Camacho d. Coticelli/Ramlakhan, (20), 15, 4.
B SINGLES
First Round: Tony Choi (Bronx) d. Nick Tikhonov (Brooklyn), 7,(18), 10; Danny Chan (Brooklyn) d. Keymonae Kearse (Brooklyn) 13, 5; Noel Rodriguez (Woodside, NY) d. Adam Gittlitz (Kew Gardens), 14, 6; Machael Dattilo (Brooklyn) d. Eric Brandman (Brooklyn), 11, 16.
Quarterfinals: Michael Wu (Bayside, NY) d. Choi, 6, 3; Ronald Flores (Sunnyside, NY) d. Chan, 15, 20; Rodriguez d. Vlad Klym (Staten Isl, NY), (20),?, 1; Aaron Velez (Yonkers) d. Dattilo, default.
Semifinals: Flores d. Wu, 13, 16; N. Rodriguez d. A. Velez, 8, 13.
Final: Flores d. N. Rodriguez, 10, (7), 7.
C SINGLES
First Round: Tony Choi (Bronx) d. Adam Gittlitz (Kew Gardens, NY), 11, 1; Michael Dattilo (Brooklyn) d. Dave Gurman (Brentwood, CA), 3, 3; Brendan Yuen (Brooklyn) d. Leo Havener (Elkgrove, CA), 10, 13; Joshua Garcia (Brooklyn) d. Keymoinae Kearse (Brooklyn), 4, 2.
Round of 16: Aaron Rodriguez (Bronx) d. Choi, 4, 4; Eric Brandman (Brooklyn) d. Frankie Rivera (Bayonne, NJ), 10, (16), 2; Richard Mascia (Shoreham, NY) d. Dan McNabney (Rochester, NY), 2, 10; dattilo d. Andrew Liu (Bayside, NY), 2, 3; Vlad Klym (Staten Island) d. Yuen, 17, 8; Johnny Tang (Brooklyn) d. Alex Lau (Fresh Meadows), 20, 19; John Davila (Elmhurst) d. Paul Ramlakhan (Brooklyn), def.; Romain Ramdas (Richmond Hills) d. Garcia, 13, 2.
Quarterfinals: Rodriguez d. Brandman, 8, 10; Mascia d. Datillo, 6, 4; Tang d. Klym, 11, (14), 7; Ramdas d. Davila, 15, 9.
Semifinals: Mascia d. A. Rodriguez, 12, (20), 6; Ramdas d. Tang, 6, 8.
Final: Ramdas d. Mascia, 15, (11), 3.
C DOUBLES
First Round: Aaron Rodriguez/Richard Mascia (NY) d. Dan McNabney/Jason Mui (NY), 3, 3; Anthony Grimm/Romain Ramdas (NY) def.; Kevin Ward/John Roca (NY) d. Andrew Liu/Alex Lau (NY), 10 (14), 3; Anthony Delgado/William Huozhco (NY) d. Johnny Tang/Danny Chan (NY), 12 (10), 7.
Semifinals: A. Rodriguez/Mascia d. Grimm/Ramdas, 14, 11; Delgado/Huozhco d. Ward/Roca, def.
Final: Rodriguez/Mascia d. Delgado/Huozhco, 5, 12.
35 DOUBLES
First Round: Al Torres/Paul Williams (NY) bye; Pete Pellegrini/Paul Lonergan (NY) d. Dan Vera/Denis Gingras (NY/Can.), 2 ,3; Dave Sheldon/Marcello Rodriguez (NY) d. Brian Callanan/Angel Maldonado (NJ), 10, (17), 7; Tony Roberts/George Figueroa (NY) bye.
Semifinals: Pellegrini/Lonergan d. Torres/Williams, 12, 10; Roberts/Figueroa d. Sheldon/Rodriguez, 10, 3.
Final: Roberts/Figueroa d. Pellegrini/Longergan, 12, 10.
40 SINGLES
First Round: Dan Vera (Fiskill) bye; Denis Gingras (Quebec, Can.) d. Abe Mantell (East Meadow,NY), (20), 8, 11; Armando Duchesne (NY) d. Freddie Cole (Brooklyn), (20), 8, 9; Angel Maldonado (Bergenfield, NJ) d. Leo Havener (Elk Grove, CA), 1, 5.
Semifinals: Vera d. Gingras, 17, 14; Duchesne d. Maldonado, (10), 9, 0.
Final: Vera d. Duchesne, 4, 18.
50 SINGLES
First Round: Joe Agosto (Bronx) d. Larry Lenning (Tucson), 10, 6; Ron Pescatore (Brooklyn) d. Dan Yee (New York),(10), 6, def.; Freddie Cole (Broolyn) d. Fred Feit (Manalapan, NJ), 2, def; Kevin Ward Sr. (Brooklyn) def.
Semifinals: Pescatore d. Agosto, (16), 8, injury def; Cole d. Ward, 8, 5.
Final: Cole d. Pescatore, 6, 2.
50 DOUBLES
First Round: Joe Agosto/Rene Caraballo (NY) bye; Daniel Yee/Jerry Yee (NY) d. Pete Stefano/Stu Kirzner (NY/NJ), 16, 2; Mike Grabowski/Ron Pescatore (NY) d. Dan Danilczyk/Mike Lipman (NY), 13, 9; Ron Frisina/Artie Diamant (NY) bye.
Semifinals: Agosto/Carabello d. Yee/Yee, 9, 12; Grabowski/Pescatore d. Frisina/Diamant, 15, (16), 1.
Final: Agosto/Carabello d. Grabowski/Pescatore, 16, (13), 4.
60 SINGLES
First Round: Jeffrey Davidson (S. Richmond Hill, NY) d. Dan Flickstein (Staten Island), (20), 16, 8; Abe Haiman (New York) def.; Carl Cohen (New York) d. Dennis Uffer (Syracuse), 6, 11; Steve Kraft (Grand Forks, ND) d. Bob Ferazi (Bay Shore, NY), 2, 2.
Semifinals: Haiman d. Davidson, 10, (16), 4; Cohen d. Kraft, 2, 11.
Final: Haiman d. Cohen, 11, 15.
60 DOUBLES
First Round: Dick David/Mike Meltzer (CA/NY) d. Artie Fuchs/Dick Velde (NY), 14, (20), 5; Dan Flickstein/Al Torres (NY) d. Sal Cataudella/Allan Nelson (NY), 3, 2; Abe Haiman/Ron Eaton (NY) d. Rocco Vignola/Guirardo Reyes (NY), 19, 9.
Semifinals: Steve Kraft/Mike Krell (ND/NY) d. David/Meltzer, 6, 7; Torres/Flickstein d. Haiman/Eaton, 15, 3.
Final: Torres/Flickstein d. Kraft/Krell, 0, 4.
65 SINGLES Round Robin
Final Results:
First: Graham Palmore (NJ) d. Mike Driscoll (Parker, TX), George Miller (Swanton, OH), 4, 13.
Second: Mike Driscoll d. George Miller (Swanton, OH), 16, 3.
65 DOUBLES
First Round: Tom Vitale/Graham Palmore (NY/NJ) d. Ed Occhino/Bernie Convery (NY), 14, 6; Mike Driscoll/George Miller (TX/OH) d. Mike Ferber/Bernard Haynes (NJ), 14, 6.
Final: Palmore/Vitale d. Driscoll/Miller, 7, 12.
70 SINGLES
Preliminary Round: Frank Morris (New Hyde Park, NY) d. Tommy Adams (Cambria Hts., NY), 12, 17.
Semifinals: Morris d. Max Forcht (Brooklyn), (10), 13, 10; Anver Suleiman (St. Pete Bch, FL) d. Karl Diamond (Brooklyn), 3, 9.
Final: Suleiman d. Morris, 17, (20), 9.
WOMEN’S B SINGLES
First Round: Anna Ng (New York) bye; Veronica Gavryshenko (Brooklyn) d. Shirley Chen (Brooklyn), 9, (20), 8; Sandy Ng (Brooklyn) d. Raquel Garcia (Brooklyn), 6, 2; Lucy Gautier (Quebec, CAN) d. Cheryl Chen (Brooklyn), 14, 19.
Semifinals: A. Ng d. Gavryushenko, 17, 14; S. Ng d. Gauthier, 1, 4.
Final: S. Ng d. A. Ng, 8, 9.
USHA National One-Wall Championships, Brooklyn, NY
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| Tracy Davis regained the women’s singles title over Theresa McCourt. |
Tracy Davis regained the Women’s Open singles title over defending champ Theresa McCourt on Saturday. Davis and McCourt will be looking to add the doubles title on Sunday.
Satish Jagnandan and Cesar Sala will square off again for the men’s title on Sunday with Satish trying to make it four in a row. Sala and Joe Kaplan will try to defend their doubles title over Willie Polanco and Pee Wee Castro. Rookie Wright made it to the courts today and gave Sala one good game before cramps got the best of him again after his trip to the hospital on Friday.
Click read more for the results thru Satuday.
MEN’S OPEN SINGLES
First Round: William O’Donnell (Bayside, NY) d. Jonathan Lee (Fresh Meadow, NY), 14, 9; Paul Angel (Brooklyn) d. John Mantilla (Elmhurst, NY), 14, 11; Joe Durso (Brooklyn) d. Alex Gavryushenko (Brooklyn), 1,7; Jurell Bastidas (Brooklyn) d. Sean Lenning (Shoreline, WA), 20, 8; Victor LoPierre (Forest Hills, NY) d. Abe Mantell (East Meadow, NY), 10, 11; Ervin Irizarry (Bronx) d. Raul Retian (Jersey City, NJ), 14, 12.
Round of 16: Satish Jagnandan (Yonkers, NY) d. O’Donnell, 17, 6; Milton Jones (Far Rockaway, NY) d. Michael Schneider (Richmond Hills, NY), 4, 12; Joe Kaplan (Brooklyn) d. Angel, 10, 10; William Polanco (Brooklyn) d. Durso, 4, (17), 0; Rookie Wright (New York) d. Bastidas, 14, 16; Pee Wee Castro (Far Rockaway, NY) d. LoPierre, 12, (9), 2; Alvaro Rebaza (Whitestone, NY) d. Albert Apuzzi (Brooklyn), injury def.; Cesar Sala (Brooklyn) d. Irizarry, (17), 9, 5.
Quarterfinals: Jagnandan d. Jones, 7, 10; Kaplan d. Polanco, 11, 17; Wright d. Castro, (16), 18, 10; Sala d. Rebaza, 20, (11), 1.
Semifinals: Jagnandan d. Kaplan, 18, 16; Sala d. Wright, 19, 6.
MEN’S OPEN DOUBLES
First Round: Cesar Sala/Joe Kaplan (NY) bye; Paul Angel/Jurell Bastidas (NY) d. Alvaro Rebaza/Kareem Wilkerson (NY), (8), 18, 9; Tony Roberts/Paul Yagual (NY) d. Ron Flores/John Mantilla (NY), 13, 5; Francisco Carbuccia/Eddie Santiago (NY) d. Robert Robinson/Zeav Robbins (NY), 1, 9; John Wright/Dave Rojas (NY) d. Alex Gavryushenko/Gary Chang (NY), 6, 15; Victor Lopierre/Michael Schneider (NY) d. Jonathan Lee/Milton Jones (NY), 12, 12; Ervin Irizarry/Alan Sanchez (NY) d. Pete Pellegrini/Josef Malkis (NY), 20, 9; William Polanco/Pee Wee Castro (NY) d. Emilio Sierra/Phong Nguyen (NY), 9, 13.
Quarterfinals: Sala/Kaplan d. Angel/Bastidas, 4, 13; Carbuccia/Santiago d. Roberts/Yagual, 8, (20), 6; LoPierre/Schneider d. Wright/Rojas, inj. Def.; Polanco/Castro d. Irizarry/Sanchez, 10, 9.
Semifinals: Sala/Kaplan d. Carbuccia/Santiago, 13, 8; Polanco/Castro d. LoPierre/Schneider, 14, 14.
WOMEN’S OPEN SINGLES
First Round: Jessica Gawley (Regina, SK) d. Anastasiya Oleynik (Brooklyn), (10), 15, 7; Na Liu (Brooklyn) d. Anna Ng (New York), 10, 9; Danielle Daskalakis (Brooklyn) d. Samantha England (Rochester, NY), 9, 14.
Quarterfinals: Theresa McCourt (Brooklyn) d. Gawley, 5, 8; Sara Au (Brooklyn) d. Dori Ten (Brooklyn), 8, 16; Brenda Pares (Staten Island) d. Na Liu (Brooklyn), 10, 0; Tracy Davis (Brooklyn) d. Daskalakas, 5, 6.
Semifinals: McCourt d. Au, 15, 0; Davis d. Pares, 8, 13.
Final: Davis d. McCourt, 15, 12.
Cons.: England d. Shirley Chan.
WOMEN’S OPEN DOUBLES
First Round: Tracy Davis/Theresa McCourt (NY) d. Cheryl Chan/Shirly Chan (NY), 1, 0; Brenda Pares/Danielle Daskalakis (NY) d. Sara Au/Na Liu (NY), 11, 8; Dori Ten/Barbara Canton-Jackson (NY) d. Jessica Gawley/Samantha England (Can/NY), 9, 14; Karen McConney/Lori Acevido (NY) d. Veronica Gavryshenko/Sandy Ng (NY), 2, 5.
Semifinals: Davis/McCourt d. Pares/Daskalakis, 19, 6; Acevido/McConney d. Ten/Canton-Jackson, 13, 10.
A SINGLES
First Round: Sal Coticelli (Brooklyn) d. Michael Wu (Bayside, NY), 12, 8.
Semfinals: Coticelli d. William O’Donnell (Bayside, NY), (9), 17, 5; Jonathan Camacho (Staten Island, NY) d. Tyree Bastidas (Brooklyn), 20, 20.
Final: Camacho d. Coticelli, 18, 8.
A DOUBLES
First Round: Harold Ayala/Noel Rodriguez (NY) def.
Semifinals: Tyree Bastidas/Jonathan Camacho (NY) d. Harold Ayala/Noel Rodriguez (NY), 6, 6; Sal Coticelli/Paul Ramlakhan (NY) d. Nick Tikhonov/Stan Zavoiskiy (NY), (20), 1, 3.
Final: Bastidas/Camacho d. Coticelli/Ramlakhan, (20), 15, 4.
B SINGLES
First Round: Tony Choi (Bronx) d. Nick Tikhonov (Brooklyn), 7,(18), 10; Danny Chan (Brooklyn) d. Keymonae Kearse (Brooklyn) 13, 5; Noel Rodriguez (Woodside, NY) d. Adam Gittlitz (Kew Gardens), 14, 6; Machael Dattilo (Brooklyn) d. Eric Brandman (Brooklyn), 11, 16.
Quarterfinals: Michael Wu (Bayside, NY) d. Choi, 6, 3; Ronald Flores (Sunnyside, NY) d. Chan, 15, 20; Rodriguez d. Vlad Klym (Staten Isl, NY), (20),?, 1; Aaron Velez (Yonkers) d. Dattilo, default.
Semifinals: Flores d. Wu, 13, 16; N. Rodriguez d. A. Velez, 8, 13.
Final: Camacho d. Coticelli, 18, 8.
C SINGLES
First Round: Tony Choi (Bronx) d. Adam Gittlitz (Kew Gardens, NY), 11, 1; Michael Dattilo (Brooklyn) d. Dave Gurman (Brentwood, CA), 3, 3; Brendan Yuen (Brooklyn) d. Leo Havener (Elkgrove, CA), 10, 13; Joshua Garcia (Brooklyn) d. Keymoinae Kearse (Brooklyn), 4, 2.
Round of 16: Aaron Rodriguez (Bronx) d. Choi, 4, 4; Eric Brandman (Brooklyn) d. Frankie Rivera (Bayonne, NJ), 10, (16), 2; Richard Mascia (Shoreham, NY) d. Dan McNabney (Rochester, NY), 2, 10; dattilo d. Andrew Liu (Bayside, NY), 2, 3; Vlad Klym (Staten Island) d. Yuen, 17, 8; Johnny Tang (Brooklyn) d. Alex Lau (Fresh Meadows), 20, 19; John Davila (Elmhurst) d. Paul Ramlakhan (Brooklyn), def.; Romain Ramdas (Richmond Hills) d. Garcia, 13, 2.
Quarterfinals: Rodriguez d. Brandman, 8, 10; Mascia d. Datillo, 6, 4; Tang d. Klym, 11, (14), 7; Ramdas d. Davila, 15, 9.
Semifinals: Mascia d. A. Rodriguez, 12, (20), 6; Ramdas d. Tang, 6, 8.
Final: Ramdas d. Mascia, 15, (11), 3.
C DOUBLES
First Round: Aaron Rodriguez/Richard Mascia (NY) d. Dan McNabney/Jason Mui (NY), 3, 3; Anthony Grimm/Romain Ramdas (NY) def.; Kevin Ward/John Roca (NY) d. Andrew Liu/Alex Lau (NY), 10 (14), 3; Anthony Delgado/William Huozhco (NY) d. Johnny Tang/Danny Chan (NY), 12 (10), 7.
Semifinals: A. Rodriguez/Mascia d. Grimm/Ramdas, 14, 11; Delgado/Huozhco d. Ward/Roca, def.
Final: Rodriguez/Mascia d. Delgado/Huozhco, 5, 12.
35 DOUBLES
First Round: Al Torres/Paul Williams (NY) bye; Pete Pellegrini/Paul Lonergan (NY) d. Dan Vera/Denis Gingras (NY/Can.), 2 ,3; Dave Sheldon/Marcello Rodriguez (NY) d. Brian Callanan/Angel Maldonado (NJ), 10, (17), 7; Tony Roberts/George Figueroa (NY) bye.
Semifinals: Pellegrini/Lonergan d. Torres/Williams, 12, 10; Roberts/Figueroa d. Sheldon/Rodriguez, 10, 3.
Final: Roberts/Figueroa d. Pellegrini/Longergan, 12, 10.
40 SINGLES
First Round: Dan Vera (Fiskill) bye; Denis Gingras (Quebec, Can.) d. Abe Mantell (East Meadow,NY), (20), 8, 11; Armando Duchesne (NY) d. Freddie Cole (Brooklyn), (20), 8, 9; Angel Maldonado (Bergenfield, NJ) d. Leo Havener (Elk Grove, CA), 1, 5.
Semifinals: Vera d. Gingras, 17, 14; Duchesne d. Maldonado, (10), 9, 0.
Final: Vera d. Duchesne, 4, 18.
50 SINGLES
First Round: Joe Agosto (Bronx) d. Larry Lenning (Tucson), 10, 6; Ron Pescatore (Brooklyn) d. Dan Yee (New York),(10), 6, def.; Freddie Cole (Broolyn) d. Fred Feit (Manalapan, NJ), 2, def; Kevin Ward Sr. (Brooklyn) def.
Semifinals: Pescatore d. Agosto, (16), 8, injury def; Cole d. Ward, 8, 5.
Final: Cole d. Pescatore, 6, 2.
50 DOUBLES
First Round: Joe Agosto/Rene Caraballo (NY) bye; Daniel Yee/Jerry Yee (NY) d. Pete Stefano/Stu Kirzner (NY/NJ), 16, 2; Mike Grabowski/Ron Pescatore (NY) d. Dan Danilczyk/Mike Lipman (NY), 13, 9; Ron Frisina/Artie Diamant (NY) bye.
Semifinals: Agosto/Carabello d. Yee/Yee, 9, 12; Grabowski/Pescatore d. Frisina/Diamant, 15, (16), 1.
60 SINGLES
First Round: Jeffrey Davidson (S. Richmond Hill, NY) d. Dan Flickstein (Staten Island), (20), 16, 8; Abe Haiman (New York) def.; Carl Cohen (New York) d. Dennis Uffer (Syracuse), 6, 11; Steve Kraft (Grand Forks, ND) d. Bob Ferazi (Bay Shore, NY), 2, 2.
Semifinals: Haiman d. Davidson, 10, (16), 4; Cohen d. Kraft, 2, 11.
Final: Haiman d. Cohen, 11, 15.
65 SINGLES Round Robin
Final Results:
First: Graham Palmore (NJ) d. Mike Driscoll (Parker, TX), George Miller (Swanton, OH), 4, 13.
Second: Mike Driscoll d. George Miller (Swanton, OH), 16, 3.
65 DOUBLES
First Round: Tom Vitale/Graham Palmore (NY/NJ) d. Ed Occhino/Bernie Convery (NY), 14, 6; Mike Driscoll/George Miller (TX/OH) d. Mike Ferber/Bernard Haynes (NJ), 14, 6.
Final: Palmore/Vitale d. Driscoll/Miller, 7, 12.
70 SINGLES
Preliminary Round: Frank Morris (New Hyde Park, NY) d. Tommy Adams (Cambria Hts., NY), 12, 17.
Semifinals: Morris d. Max Forcht (Brooklyn), (10), 13, 10; Anver Suleiman (St. Pete Bch, FL) d. Karl Diamond (Brooklyn), 3, 9.
Final: Suleiman d. Morris, 17, (20), 9.
WOMEN’S B SINGLES
First Round: Anna Ng (New York) bye; Veronica Gavryshenko (Brooklyn) d. Shirley Chen (Brooklyn), 9, (20), 8; Sandy Ng (Brooklyn) d. Raquel Garcia (Brooklyn), 6, 2; Lucy Gautier (Quebec, CAN) d. Cheryl Chen (Brooklyn), 14, 19.
Semifinals: A. Ng d. Gavryushenko, 17, 14; S. Ng d. Gauthier, 1, 4.
Final: S. Ng d. A. Ng, 8, 9.
USHA National One-Wall Championships, Brooklyn, NY
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| Rookie Wright edged Pee Wee Castro, 11-10. |
Anver Suleiman was the first champion crowned in New York when he won a close tiebreaker in the 70-plus final.
Graham Palmore won the 65s, Abe Haiman won the 60s and Fred Cole won the 50s all on Friday, Sandy Ng overpowered Ana Ng (no relation) in the Women’s B final and Tracy Davis will face Theresa McCourt in the Women’s Open on Saturday.
Rookie Wright edged PeeWee Castro in a grueling tiebreaker that saw both players cramp near the end. After the match, Rookie headed to the ocean to cool off and passed out in the water. Rushed to the hospital to get fluids in him, Rookie wasn’t able to play his doubles match but did make it back to the courts to a cheer from the crowd and hopes to take the court for his semifinal on
MEN’S OPEN SINGLES
First Round: William O’Donnell (Bayside, NY) d. Jonathan Lee (Fresh Meadow, NY), 14, 9; Paul Angel (Brooklyn) d. John Mantilla (Elmhurst, NY), 14, 11; Joe Durso (Brooklyn) d. Alex Gavryushenko (Brooklyn), 1,7; Jurell Bastidas (Brooklyn) d. Sean Lenning (Shoreline, WA), 20, 8; Victor LoPierre (Forest Hills, NY) d. Abe Mantell (East Meadow, NY), 10, 11; Ervin Irizarry (Bronx) d. Raul Retian (Jersey City, NJ), 14, 12.
Round of 16: Satish Jagnandan (Yonkers, NY) d. O’Donnell, 17, 6; Milton Jones (Far Rockaway, NY) d. Michael Schneider (Richmond Hills, NY), 4, 12; Joe Kaplan (Brooklyn) d. Angel, 10, 10; William Polanco (Brooklyn) d. Durso, 4, (17), 0; Rookie Wright (New York) d. Bastidas, 14, 16; Pee Wee Castro (Far Rockaway, NY) d. LoPierre, 12, (9), 2; Alvaro Rebaza (Whitestone, NY) d. Albert Apuzzi (Brooklyn), injury def.; Cesar Sala (Brooklyn) d. Irizarry, (17), 9, 5.
Quarterfinals: Jagnandan d. Jones, 7, 10; Kaplan d. Polanco, 11, 17; Wright d. Castro, (16), 18, 10; Sala d. Rebaza, 20, (11), 1.
MEN’S OPEN DOUBLES
First Round: Cesar Sala/Joe Kaplan (NY) bye; Paul Angel/Jurell Bastidas (NY) d. Alvaro Rebaza/Kareem Wilkerson (NY), (8), 18, 9; Tony Roberts/Paul Yagual (NY) d. Ron Flores/John Mantilla (NY), 13, 5; Francisco Carbuccia/Eddie Santiago (NY) d. Robert Robinson/Zeav Robbins (NY), 1, 9; John Wright/Dave Rojas (NY) d. Alex Gavryushenko/Gary Chang (NY), 6, 15; Victor Lopierre/Michael Schneider (NY) d. Jonathan Lee/Milton Jones (NY), 12, 12; Ervin Irizarry/Alan Sanchez (NY) d. Pete Pellegrini/Josef Malkis (NY), 20, 9; William Polanco/Pee Wee Castro (NY) d. Emilio Sierra/Phong Nguyen (NY), 9, 13.
Quarterfinals: Sala/Kaplan d. Angel/Bastidas, 4, 13; Carbuccia/Santiago d. Roberts/Yagual, 8, (20), 6; LoPierre/Schneider d. Wright/Rojas, inj. Def.; Polanco/Castro d. Irizarry/Sanchez, 10, 9.
WOMEN’S OPEN SINGLES
First Round: Jessica Gawley (Regina, SK) d. Anastasiya Oleynik (Brooklyn), (10), 15, 7; Na Liu (Brooklyn) d. Anna Ng (New York), 10, 9; Danielle Daskalakis (Brooklyn) d. Samantha England (Rochester, NY), 9, 14.
Quarterfinals: Theresa McCourt (Brooklyn) d. Gawley, 5, 8; Sara Au (Brooklyn) d. Dori Ten (Brooklyn), 8, 16; Brenda Pares (Staten Island) d. Na Liu (Brooklyn), 10, 0; Tracy Davis (Brooklyn) d. Daskalakas, 5, 6.
Semifinals: McCourt d. Au, 15, 0; Davis d. Pares, 8, 13.
WOMEN’S OPEN DOUBLES
First Round: Tracy Davis/Theresa McCourt (NY) d. Cheryl Chan/Shirly Chan (NY), 1, 0; Brenda Pares/Danielle Daskalakis (NY) d. Sara Au/Na Liu (NY), 11, 8; Dori Ten/Barbara Canton-Jackson (NY) d. Jessica Gawley/Samantha England (Can/NY), 9, 14; Karen McConney/Lori Acevido (NY) d. Veronica Gavryshenko/Sandy Ng (NY), 2, 5.
A SINGLES
First Round: Sal Coticelli (Brooklyn) d. Michael Wu (Bayside, NY), 12, 8.
Semfinals: Coticelli d. William O’Donnell (Bayside, NY), (9), 17, 5; Jonathan Camacho (Staten Island, NY) d. Tyree Bastidas (Brooklyn), 20, 20.
Final: Camacho d. Coticelli, 18, 8.
A DOUBLES
First Round: Harold Ayala/Noel Rodriguez (NY) def.Semifinals: Tyree Bastidas/Jonathan Camacho (NY) d. Harold Ayala/Noel Rodriguez (NY), 6, 6; Sal Coticelli/Paul Ramlakhan (NY) d. Nick Tikhonov/Stan Zavoiskiy (NY), (20), 1, 3.
B SINGLES
First Round: Tony Choi (Bronx) d. Nick Tikhonov (Brooklyn), 7,(18), 10; Danny Chan (Brooklyn) d. Keymonae Kearse (Brooklyn) 13, 5; Noel Rodriguez (Woodside, NY) d. Adam Gittlitz (Kew Gardens), 14, 6; Machael Dattilo (Brooklyn) d. Eric Brandman (Brooklyn), 11, 16.
Quarterfinals: Michael Wu (Bayside, NY) d. Choi, 6, 3; Ronald Flores (Sunnyside, NY) d. Chan, 15, 20; Rodriguez d. Vlad Klym (Staten Isl, NY), (20),?, 1; Aaron Velez (Yonkers) d. Dattilo, default.
Semifinals: Flores d. Wu, 13, 16; N. Rodriguez d. A. Velez, 8, 13.
C SINGLES
First Round: Tony Choi (Bronx) d. Adam Gittlitz (Kew Gardens, NY), 11, 1; Michael Dattilo (Brooklyn) d. Dave Gurman (Brentwood, CA), 3, 3; Brendan Yuen (Brooklyn) d. Leo Havener (Elkgrove, CA), 10, 13; Joshua Garcia (Brooklyn) d. Keymoinae Kearse (Brooklyn), 4, 2.
Round of 16: Aaron Rodriguez (Bronx) d. Choi, 4, 4; Eric Brandman (Brooklyn) d. Frankie Rivera (Bayonne, NJ), 10, (16), 2; Richard Mascia (Shoreham, NY) d. Dan McNabney (Rochester, NY), 2, 10; dattilo d. Andrew Liu (Bayside, NY), 2, 3; Vlad Klym (Staten Island) d. Yuen, 17, 8; Johnny Tang (Brooklyn) d. Alex Lau (Fresh Meadows), 20, 19; John Davila (Elmhurst) d. Paul Ramlakhan (Brooklyn), def.; Romain Ramdas (Richmond Hills) d. Garcia, 13, 2.
Quarterfinals: Rodriguez d. Brandman, 8, 10; Mascia d. Datillo, 6, 4; Tang d. Klym, 11, (14), 7; Ramdas d. Davila, 15, 9.Semifinals: Mascia d. A. Rodriguez, 12, (20), 6; Ramdas d. Tang, 6, 8.
C DOUBLES
First Round: Aaron Rodriguez/Richard Mascia (NY) d. Dan McNabney/Jason Mui (NY), 3, 3; Anthony Grimm/Romain Ramdas (NY) def.; Kevin Ward/John Roca (NY) d. Andrew Liu/Alex Lau (NY), 10 (14), 3; Anthony Delgado/William Huozhco (NY) d. Johnny Tang/Danny Chan (NY), 12 (10), 7.
Semifinals: A. Rodriguez/Mascia d. Grimm/Ramdas, 14, 11; Delgado/Huozhco d. Ward/Roca, def.
35 DOUBLES
First Round: Al Torres/Paul Williams (NY) bye; Pete Pellegrini/Paul Lonergan (NY) d. Dan Vera/Denis Gingras (NY/Can.), 2 ,3; Dave Sheldon/Marcello Rodriguez (NY) d. Brian Callanan/Angel Maldonado (NJ), 10, (17), 7; Tony Roberts/George Figueroa (NY) bye.
Semifinals: Pellegrini/Lonergan d. Torres/Williams, 12, 10; Roberts/Figueroa d. Sheldon/Rodriguez, 10, 3.
40 SINGLES
First Round: Dan Vera (Fiskill) bye; Denis Gingras (Quebec, Can.) d. Abe Mantell (East Meadow,NY), (20), 8, 11; Armando Duchesne (NY) d. Freddie Cole (Brooklyn), (20), 8, 9; Angel Maldonado (Bergenfield, NJ) d. Leo Havener (Elk Grove, CA), 1, 5.
Semifinals: Vera d. Gingras, 17, 14; Duchesne d. Maldonado, (10), 9, 0.
Final on Saturday.
50 SINGLES
First Round: Joe Agosto (Bronx) d. Larry Lenning (Tucson), 10, 6; Ron Pescatore (Brooklyn) d. Dan Yee (New York),(10), 6, def.; Freddie Cole (Broolyn) d. Fred Feit (Manalapan, NJ), 2, def; Kevin Ward Sr. (Brooklyn) def.
Semifinals: Pescatore d. Agosto, (16), 8, injury def; Cole d. Ward, 8, 5.
Final: Cole d. Pescatore, 6, 2.
60 SINGLES
First Round: Jeffrey Davidson (S. Richmond Hill, NY) d. Dan Flickstein (Staten Island), (20), 16, 8; Abe Haiman (New York) def.; Carl Cohen (New York) d. Dennis Uffer (Syracuse), 6, 11; Steve Kraft (Grand Forks, ND) d. Bob Ferazi (Bay Shore, NY), 2, 2.
Semifinals: Haiman d. Davidson, 10, (16), 4; Cohen d. Kraft, 2, 11.
Final: Haiman d. Cohen, 11, 15.
65 SINGLES Round RobinFinal Results:
First: Graham Palmore (NJ) d. Mike Driscoll (Parker, TX), George Miller (Swanton, OH), 4, 13.
Second: Mike Driscoll d. George Miller (Swanton, OH), 16, 3.
70 SINGLES
Preliminary Round: Frank Morris (New Hyde Park, NY) d. Tommy Adams (Cambria Hts., NY), 12, 17.
Semifinals: Morris d. Max Forcht (Brooklyn), (10), 13, 10; Anver Suleiman (St. Pete Bch, FL) d. Karl Diamond (Brooklyn), 3, 9.
Final: Suleiman d. Morris, 17, (20), 9.
WOMEN’S B SINGLES
First Round: Anna Ng (New York) bye; Veronica Gavryshenko (Brooklyn) d. Shirley Chen (Brooklyn), 9, (20), 8; Sandy Ng (Brooklyn) d. Raquel Garcia (Brooklyn), 6, 2; Lucy Gautier (Quebec, CAN) d. Cheryl Chen (Brooklyn), 14, 19.
Semifinals: A. Ng d. Gavryushenko, 17, 14; S. Ng d. Gauthier, 1, 4.
Final: S. Ng d. A. Ng, 8, 9.
Ken Davidoff
Ken Davidoff (Inducted in 2006)
Despite a short career, many consider the Ken Davidoff the best one-wall singles player ever.
The lanky lefty overpowered the competition during the early 1960s when he was in his late teens and early 20s.
Moving away from New York (where all one-wall was played) to attend college and then recurring back injuries ended his career early. During his heyday, the young Davidoff not only defeated many of the all-time greats, but held them to single digits.
Joel Wisotsky
Joel Wisotsky
Over a 16-year period, Joel Wisotsky won 13 doubles titles with six different partners, including eight in one-wall, four in three-wall and one Canadian four-wall title. Afflicted with childhood asthma, the powerful lefty concentrated on ending rallies quickly. Joel developed a kill shot from every angle on the court and played mostly doubles, even after his asthma cleared up in his 20s. The player who many consider the most feared left side player in outdoor handball was also a successful dentist.
Al Torres
Al Torres
For a span of 35 year, Al Torres was at or near the top of the one-wall singles field at the Open level. The powerful lefty with great hooking serves won 11 open titles, including two final singles wins over Joe Durso. Starting out at East New York High, Torres quickly improved to be one of the most feared on the court and respected off the court. Al’s legendary conditioning makes him a physical marvel into his 60s.
Artie Reyer
Artie Reyer
In spite of a right leg weakened and disfigured by childhood polio, Arty Reyer became a doubles standout, winning six USHA national doubles titles with four different partners over a span of 16 years. Reyer brought a flair to every game he played with quick movement, incredible reflexes, anticipation and the sharpest of handball minds.
The 16 -year span of Open titles doesn’t give due to Reyer’s longevity. He was the only 50-plus play to win an Open title and won masters titles in the same years as the Open on four occasions.
Howie Eisenberg
Howie Eisenberg
Howie Eisenberg’s love affair with handball began when he was 3 watching his idol, Vic Hershkowitz at the Brighton Beach Baths in Brooklyn, N.Y. The youngster quickly developed into a great junior player who prided himself on being the hardest hitter in the game. While the lanky righthander is best known for being a runner-up in national open championships 21 times (four USHA & 2 AAU singles, 15 doubles with 11 different partners), the power hitter with the big serve also has two USHA and three AAU doubles titles to his credit.
Vern Roberts
Vern Roberts
Roberts was known for his smooth swing and effortless motion while gliding across the court. A national champion in singles and doubles in three- and four-wall, he also won the 1986 World Four-Wall singles title to go with 3 three-wall singles titles, 8 three-wall doubles titles and 4 four-wall doubles. The ambidextrous Roberts was one of the most colorful players on the pro tour for almost two decades.
Roberts continued to play age-level competitions, concentrating on doubles with his brothers and family friends.
Bill Yambrick
Bill Yambrick
One of the quickest and most ambidextrous players ever to grace a handball court, Bill Yambrick earned three YMCA singles titles. Yambrick might be best known for finishing second to Paul Haber in three USHA singles finals. Also known as one of the nicest men in handball, he stood in contrast to Haber’s brash personality. Throughout the 1960s, Yambrick played in hundreds of tournaments, conducted numerous clinics, including a trip through Canada on behalf of the Canadian government. In addition to his talent, Yambrick will be remembered as a true sportsman.