What an amazing night to kickoff the fifth annual Phil LeBlanc Memorial Tournament! The exhibition match this evening could not have been more exciting as Barrhaven's own Malik Bhatnagar competed against Former City Champion Zhenya Kondratovski. Leads were not safe between either opponents as they ultimately had to settle their differences in a tie-breaker. In the end Malik came out the victor with a 7-6 (7-4) exhibition match victory. A truly outstanding match!
Special thanks to all those who could come out tonight. It was a fantastic evening all around.
And now the tournament officially begins. The 2013 Phil LeBlanc Memorial Tournament begins at 12:00 PM. On Court 1, Top Seed John Payette will compete against Claude LeBlanc.
Tomorrow's first round provides a quadruple header as 13 matches will take place over the course of the evening. Here is the rest of the schedule:
12:00 PM: 1 John Payette vs Claude LeBlanc
5 Joe Willemsen vs Randy Hildermann
2:30: Andrew Winnicki vs Tom Fitzgerald
Nathan Smith vs John Crawford
8 Justin Lahey vs Doan Doan
4 Albert Wong vs Bob Belanger
5:00: Bob Streicher vs Blaine Scatcherd
6 Kyle Malone vs Matt Cowin
Matt Hepburn vs Jon Trudel
7:30: Gary Pinder vs Paul Fischer
2 Samir Bhatnagar vs Sean Flynn
3 Grant Gibson vs Rob Griffioen
Darcy Ross vs William Trac
In addition, volunteers will be on hand should spectators wish to make any donations to the Phil LeBlanc Memorial Fund. Raffle tickets will also be available for purchase ($5 for 3 tickets; $10 for 8 tickets). Just this evening, two items have been added to the raffle prizes. Dinner and tickets for 5 to Absolute Comedy along with a new Tennis Bag. Be sure not to miss out on these fantastic prizes!
Keep up to date on all of the tournament matches by looking at the tournament bracket nightly for the upcoming matches. I will also provide a recap of the matches from the previous day and preview the following nights matches.
Hope to see many of you tomorrow!
Regards,
Patrick LeBlanc
Tournament Co-ordinato
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