Results for Day 1 of the Phil LeBlanc Memorial Tournament and Schedule for Day 2

Good evening,

Perfect weather conditions were provided for the spectators and participants alike on opening day of the 2013 Phil LeBlanc Memorial Tournament.  And the competitors provided great action to begin the tournament.

Match of the day was the last match of the first day on Court 1 as Gary Pinder took on Paul Fischer.  It took three grueling sets, and in the end Gary prevailed, coming from behind to defeat Paul 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.  It only took one day to get our first 3-setter!

Earlier in the day, we were almost treated to another 3-setter as well on Court 1 as Andrew Winnicki took on Tom Fitzgerald.  Andrew managed to save 3 match points in the second set. Unfortunately, he could not send the match to a third and deciding set as Tom Fitzgerald would take the match 6-1, 7-6 (8-6).

In other action, John Payette kicked off the PLMT tournament with a straight sets win over Claude LeBlanc.  His opponent in the next round, Jon Trudel, overcame a very strong Matt Hepburn 6-4, 6-4.

Here is the full match results from Day 1:

1 John Payette defeated Claude LeBlanc
5 Joe Willemsen defeated Randy Hildermann
Tom Fitzgerald defeated Andrew Winnicki
Nathan Smith defeated John Crawford
8 Justin Lahey defeated Doan Doan
4 Albert Wong defeated Bob Belanger
Blaine Scatcherd defeated Bob Streicher
Jon Trudel defeated Matt Hepburn
6 Kyle Malone defeated Matt Cowin
3 Grant Gibson defeated Rob Griffioen
2 Samir Bhatnagar defeated Sean Flynn
Darcy Ross defeated William Trac
Gary Pinder defeated Paul Fischer

Day 2 of the PLMT Tournament will put a cap on the 1st round as three more matches will be taking place.  In addition, one second round match will take place and it should be a great contest as #5 Joe Willemsen will compete against hard-serving Blaine Scatcherd.

Here is the schedule for Day 2:

6:30: 7 Dave McAleer vs Christian Bordeleau
Eli Nasrallah vs Ward Cosman

8:15: Patrick LeBlanc vs Nhan Doan

8:30 Blaine Scatcherd vs Joe Willemsen (A-Side 2nd Round)

The action never stops, so don't miss a second of these great matches!!!

Regards,
Patrick LeBlanc
Tournament Co-ordinator