USHA National One-Wall Championships, Brooklyn, NY

William Polanco beat Joe Durso in an 11-0 tiebreaker.

The weather and the action heated up on Thursday as several semifinals were conducted in the singles events.  There will be new champions crowned in several events on Friday with just Dan Vera and Mike Driscoll trying to defend.  New champs will be crowned in the 50s, 60s, and 70s.  Anna Ng will face Sandy Ng (no relation) for the Women’s B title on Friday as well. 

Friday's Results are below.

MEN'S OPEN SINGLES

First Round:  William O'Donnell (Bayside, NY) d. Jonathan Lee (Fresh Meadow, NY), 14, 9; Paul Angel (Brooklyn) d. John Mantilla (Elmhurst, NY), 14, 11; Joe Durso (Brooklyn) d. Alex Gavryushenko (Brooklyn), 1,7; Jurell Bastidas (Brooklyn) d. Sean Lenning (Shoreline, WA), 20, 8; Victor LoPierre (Forest Hills, NY) d. Abe Mantell (East Meadow, NY), 10, 11; Ervin Irizarry (Bronx) d. Raul Retian (Jersey City, NJ), 14, 12.

Round of 16: Satish Jagnandan (Yonkers, NY) d. O'Donnell, 17, 6; Milton Jones (Far Rockaway, NY) d. Michael Schneider (Richmond Hills, NY), 4, 12; Joe Kaplan (Brooklyn) d. Angel, 10, 10; William Polanco (Brooklyn) d. Durso, 4, (17), 0; Rookie Wright (New York) d. Bastidas, 14, 16; Pee Wee Castro (Far Rockaway, NY) d. LoPierre, 12, (9), 2; Alvaro Rebaza (Whitestone, NY) d. Albert Apuzzi (Brooklyn), injury def.; Cesar Sala (Brooklyn) d. Irizarry, (17), 9, 5. 

MEN'S OPEN DOUBLES

First Round: Cesar Sala/Joe Kaplan (NY) bye; Paul Angel/Jurell Bastidas (NY) d. Alvaro Rebaza/Kareem Wilkerson (NY), (8), 18, 9; Tony Roberts/Paul Yagual (NY) d. Ron Flores/John Mantilla (NY), 13, 5; Francisco Carbuccia/Eddie Santiago (NY) d. Robert Robinson/Zeav Robbins (NY), 1, 9; John Wright/Dave Rojas (NY) d. Alex Gavryushenko/Gary Chang (NY), 6, 15; Victor Lopierre/Michael Schneider (NY) d. Jonathan Lee/Milton Jones (NY), 12, 12; Ervin Irizarry/Alan Sanchez (NY)  d. Pete Pellegrini/Josef Malkis (NY), 20, 9; William Polanco/Pee Wee Castro (NY) d. Emilio Sierra/Phong Nguyen (NY), 9, 13.

WOMEN'S OPEN SINGLES

First Round:  Jessica Gawley (Regina, SK) d. Anastasiya Oleynik (Brooklyn), (10), 15, 7;  Na Liu (Brooklyn) d. Anna Ng (New York), 10, 9; Danielle Daskalakis (Brooklyn) d. Samantha England (Rochester, NY), 9, 14.

Quarterfinals: Theresa McCourt (Brooklyn) d. Gawley, 5, 8; Sara Au (Brooklyn) d. Dori Ten (Brooklyn), 8, 16; Brenda Pares (Staten Island) d. Na Liu (Brooklyn), 10, 0; Tracy Davis (Brooklyn) d. Daskalakas, 5, 6.

WOMEN'S OPEN DOUBLES
Play begins Friday

A SINGLES

First Round:  Sal Coticelli (Brooklyn) d. Michael Wu (Bayside, NY), 12, 8. 

Semfinals: Coticelli d. William O’Donnell (Bayside, NY), (9), 17, 5; Jonathan Camacho (Staten Island, NY) d. Tyree Bastidas (Brooklyn), 20, 20. 

A DOUBLES

First Round:  Harold Ayala/Noel Rodriguez (NY) def.

B SINGLES

First Round:  Tony Choi (Bronx) d. Nick Tikhonov (Brooklyn), 7,(18), 10; Danny Chan (Brooklyn) d. Keymonae Kearse (Brooklyn) 13, 5; Noel Rodriguez (Woodside, NY) d. Adam Gittlitz (Kew Gardens), 14, 6; Machael Dattilo (Brooklyn) d. Eric Brandman (Brooklyn), 11, 16.

Quarterfinals:  Michael Wu (Bayside, NY) d. Choi, 6, 3; Ronald Flores (Sunnyside, NY) d. Chan, 15, 20; Rodriguez d. Vlad Klym (Staten Isl, NY), (20),?, 1; Aaron Velez (Yonkers) d. Dattilo, default. 

C SINGLES

First Round:  Tony Choi (Bronx) d. Adam Gittlitz (Kew Gardens, NY), 11, 1; Michael Dattilo (Brooklyn) d. Dave Gurman (Brentwood, CA), 3, 3; Brendan Yuen (Brooklyn) d. Leo Havener (Elkgrove, CA), 10, 13; Joshua Garcia (Brooklyn) d. Keymoinae Kearse (Brooklyn), 4, 2.

Round of 16: Aaron Rodriguez (Bronx) d. Choi, 4, 4; Eric Brandman (Brooklyn) d. Frankie Rivera (Bayonne, NJ), 10, (16), 2; Richard Mascia (Shoreham, NY) d. Dan McNabney (Rochester, NY), 2, 10; dattilo d. Andrew Liu (Bayside, NY), 2, 3; Vlad Klym (Staten Island) d. Yuen, 17, 8; Johnny Tang (Brooklyn) d. Alex Lau (Fresh Meadows), 20, 19; John Davila (Elmhurst) d. Paul Ramlakhan (Brooklyn), def.; Romain Ramdas (Richmond Hills) d. Garcia, 13, 2.

Quarterfinals:  Rodriguez d. Brandman, 8, 10; Mascia d. Datillo, 6, 4; Tang d. Klym, 11, (14), 7; Ramdas d. Davila, 15, 9.

C DOUBLES

First Round:  TAaron Rodriguez/Richard Mascia (NY) d. Dan McNabney/Jason Mui (NY), 3, 3; Anthony Grimm/Romain Ramdas (NY) def.; Kevin Ward/John Roca (NY) d. Andrew Liu/Alex Lau (NY), 10 (14), 3; Anthony Delgado/William Huozhco (NY) d. Johnny Tang/Danny Chan (NY), 12 (10), 7.

35 DOUBLES

First Round: Al Torres/Paul Williams (NY) bye; Pete Pellegrini/Paul Lonergan (NY) d. Dan Vera/Denis Gingras (NY/Can.), 2 ,3; Dave Sheldon/Marcello Rodriguez (NY) d. Brian Callanan/Angel Maldonado (NJ), 10, (17), 7; Tony Roberts/George Figueroa (NY) bye. 

40 SINGLES

First Round: Dan Vera (Fiskill) bye; Denis Gingras (Quebec, Can.) d. Abe Mantell (East Meadow,NY), (20), 8, 11; Armando Duchesne (NY) d. Freddie Cole (Brooklyn), (20), 8, 9; Angel Maldonado (Bergenfield, NJ) d. Leo Havener (Elk Grove, CA), 1, 5.

Semifinals:  Vera d. Gingras, 17, 14; Duchesne d. Maldonado, (10), 9, 0.

50 SINGLES

First Round: Joe Agosto (Bronx) d. Larry Lenning (Tucson), 10, 6; Ron Pescatore (Brooklyn) d. Dan Yee (New York),(10), 6, def.; Freddie Cole (Broolyn) d. Fred Feit (Manalapan, NJ), 2, def; Kevin Ward Sr. (Brooklyn) def. 

Semifinals:  Pescatore d. Agosto, (16), 8, injury def; Cole d. Ward, 8, 5.

Final:  Cole d. Pescatore, 6, 2.

60 SINGLES

First Round:  Jeffrey Davidson (S. Richmond Hill, NY) d. Dan Flickstein (Staten Island), (20), 16, 8; Abe Haiman (New York) def.; Carl Cohen (New York) d. Dennis Uffer (Syracuse), 6, 11; Steve Kraft (Grand Forks, ND) d. Bob Ferazi (Bay Shore, NY), 2, 2.

Semifinals: Haiman d. Davidson, 10, (16), 4; Cohen d. Kraf, 2, 11.

65 SINGLES Round Robin

Day One: Mike Driscoll (Parker, TX) d. George Miller (Swanton, OH), 16, 3.

Day Two: Graham Palmore (Wanaque, NJ) d. Miller, 4, 13.

70 SINGLES

Preliminary Round:  Frank Morris (New Hyde Park, NY) d. Tommy Adams (Cambria Hts., NY), 12, 17.

Semifinals:  Morris d. Max Forcht (Brooklyn), (10), 13, 10; Anver Suleiman (St. Pete Bch, FL) d. Karl Diamond (Brooklyn), 3, 9.

WOMEN'S B SINGLES

First Round: Anna Ng (New York) bye; Veronica Gavryshenko (Brooklyn) d. Shirley Chen (Brooklyn), 9, (20), 8; Sandy Ng (Brooklyn) d. Raquel Garcia (Brooklyn), 6, 2; Lucy Gautier (Quebec, CAN) d. Cheryl Chen (Brooklyn), 14, 19.

Semifinals: A. Ng d. Gavryushenko, 17, 14; S. Ng d. Gauthier, 1, 4.

Jess Gawley edged Stacey Oleynik in Women's Open action Wednesday.