On yet another absolutely beautiful evening, the place to be was at Beeston Hill, at the Tennis Club of St. Croix. Friday night was an incredible night of tennis action and activity. Ladies FIRST! Ladies B semi-finals were staged...and courts one and two saw some great tennis...and the views weren't so bad either. Court 2 had Emmeline Simmons and Jeri Ferrante taking charge and playing some really solid tennis against Cece Edwards and STEVIE (not to be confused with Holly) SPENCER. There was some big serving going on tonight on this court. Barbies dem played really well, but Emmeline and Jeri proved to be too strong this night and advance to their first final together by a score of 6-1, 6-3. On court 1, we had #1 seeds Sharon Quinn and Jackie SMashburn taking on the Fab Flo and the Krafty Kelly. Great playing all around, but Sharon and Jackie really played a nice game from midcourt and the net, and take the match 7-5, 6-3. SEE YOU IN THE FINALS LADIES!
Big boys secured their spots in the finals as well. First up was Christian "better with a buzz" Nelthrop and Kevin "COME ON!" Motta versus Junior "Boom Boom" Bannis and Jerry "I'm gonna get you" Adames. Nice to see Jerry Adames advancing and taking part in the Beeston tournament...hope to see you next year as well. There was so HUGE serving by Junior and but some bigger returns by Christian. Christian and Kevin advance with a 6-3, 6-4 win. Also advancing was an unusually more reserved Carlos Rojas and quick footed Shane Dalton as they proceed to win a great three setter against Greg James and Robert Nuscher. Actually, it didn't look like Nuscher...he was spotted upstairs with a cocktail! No...it was Doug "Monte Carlo Man" Speers, who substituted for the injured Robert. The match was great and played as much on court 1 as their own court 2 as both teams scrambled everywhere for great angles, drop shots and lobs. Carlos advances to his first A mens final...good work mi amigo! Shane and Carlos advance 3-6, 6-3, 6-4...a great comeback. Mens B #1 seeds Joel and Earl took on a determined Robby and Dieter who gave the top seeds a real run for their money. The newly formed team of Robby/Dieter played great at the net, having the top seeds running urkels...excuse me...I mean circles in retrieving volleys and smashes. In the end they just couldn't get past the experienced top seeds who win 6-4, 7-5. So Then we come to the match of the night. Al Baptiste and Caleb Phelps take on crowd faves Julien DiPersio and Zach Armstrong. This was a really well played match by all four guys. Caleb absorbing the big pace. Al with his mathematically impossible volley angles. Julien with some crazy screaming down the line winners, and Zach with great poaches and some really well thought out points. Al and Caleb were great in dealing with the fact that the youngins were the crowd fave...and played like real gentlemen. This match went down to the wire and several times, caused people to mad dash it to the bar for some liquid tranquilization (thanks Bruce for keeping me sedated). The #2 seeds advance 6-1, 4-6, 7-6. GREAT, GREAT MATCH.
SEE YOU ALL TODAY FOR THE FINALS!
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