Results from Day 5 of the Phil LeBlanc Memorial Tournament and Schedule for Day 6

Good evening,

Thursday evening produced some of the best tennis this tournament has to offer as three spots were booked for the Final Four along with a few second round matches completed. Match of the night occurred on Court 2 as #2 Samir Bhatnagar competed against Nathan Smith.  Over three hours, these two players grinded it out to book a place on Semi-Final Saturday.  In the end, Nathan's cinderella run continued, with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory.  The quarter-final match eclipsed last year's match between Samir and Brett Shepherd as the longest match in tournament history, going 3 hours and 20 minutes (last year's quarter-final was 3 hours and 10 minutes).  This result also guarantees that there will be a new Phil LeBlanc Memorial Tournament Champion this year!

The other two final four slots were earned this evening by #1 John Payette and # 5 Joe Willemsen.  Both won their matches with straight sets victories; John defeated #8 Justin Lahey while #5 Joe Willemsen dispatched #4 Albert Wong.  The two players will meet in the semi-finals on Saturday.

Here is a quick recap of the results from Day 5:

6 Kyle Malone defeated Gary Pinder (A-Side 2nd Round)
5 Joe Willemsen defeated 4 Albert Wong (A-Side Quarter-Finals)
1 John Payette defeated 8 Justin Lahey (A-Side Quarter-Finals)
Nathan Smith defeated 2 Samir Bhatnagar (A-Side Quarter-Finals)
Bob Streicher defeated Randy Hildermann (B-Side 2nd Round)

Friday's matches will wrap up both the A-Side and B-Side Quarter-Final matches.  All matches will be taking place at 6:30.  The final spot in the A-Side semis will be determined tomorrow evening when #3 seed Grant Gibson will take on #6 Kyle Malone.

Here is the schedule for Day 6:

6:30: 3 Grant Gibson vs 6 Kyle Malone (A-Side Quarter-Finals)
Patrick LeBlanc vs Paul Fischer (B-Side Quarter-Finals)
Bob Streicher vs Andrew Winnicki (B-Side Quarter-Finals)

Friday evening will also have the second day that the bar is open so we welcome everyone to come down, have a few drinks and watch some great tennis!

Regards,

Patrick LeBlanc