Despite weather cancelling three of the evening matches that were to take place on the first day of the Phil LeBlanc Memorial Tournament, eight matches were completed during the day in the hot and humid weather.
The match of the day was took place this morning at 10:00 AM. In a grueling three set affair, Bob Belanger outlasted Brad Belanger 2-6, 7-5, 6-3. These two players truly gave it their all.
Another tight match occurred at 2:30 this afternoon, as Chris Ward, in his first appearance in the Phil LeBlanc Memorial Tournament, advanced with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Blaine Scatcherd.
In other highlighted matches, Samir Bhatnager began his defence of last year's title with a convincing win over Gang Yin and Kyle Malone began his march towards the championship with a win over Ha Nguyen.
Here are the scores from today's matches:
6 Dave McAleer defeated Claude LeBlanc 6-1, 6-0
Bob Belanger defeated Brad Belanger 2-6, 7-5, 6-3
8 Gary Pinder defeated Rob Johnson 6-1, 6-0
1 Samir Bhatnager defeated Gang Yin 6-0, 6-0
Chris Ward defeated Blaine Scatcherd 6-3, 6-4
4 Kyle Malone defeated Ha Nguyen 6-2, 4-2 (retired)
Bob Streicher defeated Louis-Paul Tardif 6-3, 6-2
William Trac defeated Raj Agarwal 6-1, 6-2
Monday night will complete the first round as another eight matches are expected to take place. Here are the scheduled matches for Monday:
6:00 2 John Payette vs Vu Doan
6:30 Mike Fowler vs Zac Quevillon
7 Darcy Ross vs Dana Geber
Brett Shepherd vs Ryan Horn
7:00 Nhan Doan vs Michel Gour
8:15 Patrick LeBlanc vs John Crawford
3 Jim Catton vs Gary Burke
Jon Trudel vs Josh O'Grady
We hope you can come and watch some great tennis action!!!
Barrhaven Tennis Club Executive
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