Tennis Talk: The Villages Men’s 55 + 7.0 Tennis Team
By Brett Foreman
It’s celebration time!!!! Hello everyone, I hope this finds you all well. My name is Brett Foreman and I have had the privilege to captain our Villages men’s 55 + 7.0 USTA tennis team.
I am thrilled to announce that our tennis team has qualified for Playoffs with a winning record of 7-3 and a 2nd place finish! Congratulations, Men, well done! There are 4 teams competing for one spot to advance to the Sectional tournament to be held at Blackhawk. Our first playoff match is scheduled for Sunday 6/9 at home at 11:00 am on courts 2-4. It will be against Ridgemark with whom we have a 1/1 record so it should be an exciting playoff match!!! Wish us luck, but better yet, please come down to watch and cheer us on!
Check out the list of the awesome “Hall Of Framers” that contributed to our success: Don Clark, Sheng Chen, Brian Dombrowski, Adrian Fournier, Marty Funcell, Ken Keck, Clayton Krinard, Josh Liao, Steve Olson, Mike Tuft, Amit Seth, Harry Soin, Paul Spisar, Srini Sarithi and Brett Foreman. Don, Marty, Sheng and Josh have made their USTA debut. Special kudos to Sheng, Harry and Brett who have a 100% winning record. Wow! I must mention the 3.5 hour match (resulting in a win!) with myself and Adrian – everyone else was done when we finished our 1st set. Talk about perseverance!
Thanks to all of you for stepping up and playing your best to bring us to this place. We’ve experienced the Thrill of Victory as well as the Agony of Defeat! Victory is much more fun! Let’s keep it up.