The final five positions in the A-Side Quarter-Finals were decided tonight beneath a cloudy sky which threatened to rain at any minute. Luckily for the competitors, the rain did not come down until all of the matches were settled.
Match of the night honours go to #8 Justin Lahey and Brett Shepherd who put on a dazzling display of fantastic rallies and spectacular winners. In the end, Brett Shepherd advanced to the quarter-finals with a straight sets victory over Justin Lahey.
Brett Shepherd's opponent in the quarter-finals will be two-time defending champion Samir Bhatnagar; who continued his strong play with a straight sets victory over Brad Belanger.
In other news, without question the shot of the tournament was witnessed on Court 3 as Nick Hepburn hit a between the legs winner against Albert Wong (Roger Federer- eat your heart out :) ). Unfortunately, for Nick, he wasn't able to capitalize on such a great shot and fell to the #7 seed in straight sets.
Here is a quick breakdown from Wednesday night's action:
Brett Shepherd defeated #8 Justin Lahey (A-Side 2nd Round)
#4 Jim Catton defeated Patrick LeBlanc (A-Side 2nd Round)
Chris Ward defeated Randy Hildermann (B-Side 2nd Round)
#5 Kyle Malone defeated Bob Streicher (A-Side 2nd Round)
#1 Samir Bhatnagar defeated Brad Belanger (A-Side 2nd Round)
#7 Albert Wong defeated Nick Hepburn (A-Side 2nd Round)
Ha Nguyen defeated Ward Cosman (B-Side 2nd Round)
Bob Belanger defeated Raj Agarwal (B-Side 2nd Round)
As mentioned in previous e-mails, for the first time in the Phil LeBlanc Memorial Tournament history, we will be opening a bar to offer alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages! Members of legal age will be limited to two beer beverages during the evening. There is no limit to any soft drinks or bottled water you wish to purchase.
How the evening will work is that you will purchase tickets which will be redeemed for beer or soft drinks initially from my volunteers prior to going up to the bar. The volunteers will be located on the picnic bench right outside of the sliding door from the clubhouse. Prices are $5 per beer or $1 per soft drink or bottled water with all proceeds going to the Phil LeBlanc Memorial Fund. The bar will be open from 6:30-9:30 tomorrow evening.
While enjoying your beverages, you will be treated to the following matches:
6:30: Zac Quevillon vs Gary Burke (B-Side 2nd Round)
William Trac vs Paul Fischer (B-Side Quarter-Finals)
8:15: #2 John Payette vs #7 Albert Wong (A-Side Quarter-Finals)
Matt Hepburn vs Tom Fitzgerald (B-Side Quarter-Finals)
I hope to see you there for this event which we will to continue to use in the tournaments to come.
Patrick LeBlanc
Tournament Co-ordinator
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