The Quest for the GoldenBall 2021 started this past week, and the story so far is WHO IS NOT HERE!
Our undefeated and 2x defending champ (and all around tennis junkie) Rahber unfortunately is unable to defend his title this year due to personal reasons. After fine-tuning his game the past few years due to patience, hard serving, and fitness to go with his shot making, Rahber has not lost on our tour in over 2 years! Best of luck to him, as we know he will be back strong next year.
Also, the grinders of the tour, Will and Tom (the commish) may have seen their grinding style of play catch up with them as they are both nursing fairly serious but improving injuries (talk to me if you have hernia repair questions, I have had 2 of them now). Along with Tom, the entire south division has been decimated by defections. Tri (not enough matches to qualify due to injury) along with Boyd (opted out) our 2014 Champ, and Josh (opted out) has only Jovan (South Champ) and Dave participating from the South. Deron (opt out) and Nickolay (not enough matches) are also not participating. Be ready for those guys next year!
Qualie Tournament–Speaking of Dave, the young consistent player out of San Diego /Great Britain will battle Dhana Saturday August 7 at 3 p.m. for a spot in the final 8! Dhana took out a resurgent Michael in 3 tough sets. In other qualie action Raja will takes on the the serve and volleying Eric Meier Sunday at 3 at Kellogg Middle School to determine our last Final 8 competitor. Eric took out Tomas Suarez in the first round in a very spirited match.
Finally, the Champ Tournament got started early due to scheduling availability….I will tell you about Varun and Chris battle in our next Post….. The Commish