Hitmen (USA Valley TTC) defeated The Westside International (Westside TTC) 3-2

Simone Cecchini defeated Milan Obradovic 3-1 (-5, 4, 7, 4)
Sasanka Budhavarapu lost to Ryousuke Adachi 2-3 (11, -7, 9, -9, 14)
Simone Cecchini/Josh Bornstein defeated Ryousuke Adachi/Peter Clarke 3-1 (-7, 9, 7, 9)
Michael Baggott lost to Peter Clarke 1-3 (8, -8, 10, 6)
Sasanka Budhavarapu defeated Milan Obradovic 3-1 (8, -3, 5, 6)

We are halfway into the spring season, league excitement is building, and the match intensity is ratcheting up as team contests start to have division title implications.

In the first division, it’s looking like the Grace Lin TTC youngsters can hang with the big boys. While the two-time defending champions, LATTA !st team are in !st place, GLTTC is keeping things close and only sits one team contest back from the leaders.

In the second division, the A pool is having an intense battle and it’s still too early to tell who will come out on top. Song Jeho’s Flip Side and the Bruins of Thousand Oaks are in the best position, but the Oaks and the Westside Hitmen are within striking distance and still have a shot at qualifying for the playoffs.

Things are not quite so close at the top of pool B, where Grace Lin’s team has gone undefeated so far and has already secured a playoff spot. But the fight to be the second playoff qualifier is heating up with Ararat A, Westside’s Johnny and the Rockets and SPiN Standard’s Killawatts all still in contention.

In Division 3, Orange Crush from Allen & Sons narrowly edged Gilbert TTC’s High Five! in their first meeting to move atop the leaderboard. Anticipation is high for the second time they faceoff at Allen and Sons TTC on June 9th as it will likely determine the division title.

It’s been a great debut of the 4th division, started with lots of enthusiasm and already several close 3-2 team contests have been played. Gilbert’s Team Zest seems to hold the edge going into the final stretch of the season. While the ALN eSMASHERS and Team Gilbert may not be able to best Team Zest, both still have a shot at second place.

Tons of emotion and competition to come. Keep track of the season standings here:
http://www.lattf.org/spring-2013-season/

Oaks (Thousand Oaks TTC) defeated The Westside International (Westside TTC) 5-0

Zhi Hao Lao defeated Peter Clarke 3-1 (7, -5, 4, 6)
Eric Wang defeated Ryousuke Adachi 3-0 (9, 6, 11)
Eric Wang/Zhi Hao Lao defeated Ryousuke Adachi/Peter Clarke 3-2 (9, 4, -9, -3, 9)
Zhi Hao Lao defeated Ryousuke Adachi 3-2 (5, 4, -9, -3, 9)
Eric Wang defeated Peter Clarke 3-1 (-8, 8, 8, 3)

ZeZheng, ZhiHao, Adachi, Peter

Zhihao and Peter

Hitmen (USA Valley TTC) lost to Flip Side (Song Jeho TTC) 0-5

Josh Bornstein lost to Ramil Golez 0-3 (3, 6, 8)
Sasanka Budhavarapu lost to Jay Tiu 2-3 (11, -7, 4, -8, 8)
Sasanka Budhavarapu/Josh Bornstein lost to John Eseo/Mike Tadiaman 0-3 (10, 8, 8)
Kenneth Seiple lost to Eric Trillo 2-3 (-9, -11, 1, 8, 10)
Michael Baggott lost to John Eseo 0-3 (8, 5, 7)

Hitmen vs. Flipside

Doubles – Shanks & Josh (far side) vs John & Mike (near side)

Santa Barbara TTC (Thousand Oaks TTC) lost to Flip Side (Song Jeho TTC) 1-4

Albert Alexandrov lost to Jay Tiu 0-3 (9, 6, 6)
John Hui lost to Ramil Golez 0-3 (8, 6, 5)
Albert Alexandrov/John Hui lost to John Eseo/Eric Trillo 0-3 (4, 5, 9)
Albert Alexandrov lost to Ramil Golez 1-3 (-8, 7, 2, 5)
Branton Nestor defeated John Eseo 3-1 (9, -9, 4, 9)

Mike Tadiaman, Jay Tiu, John Eseo, Eric Trillo, Albert Alexandrov, John Hui, Branton Nestor

The Westside International (Westside TTC) defeated Santa Barbara TTC (Thousand Oaks TTC) 3-2

Mark Hezinger defeated Albert Alexandrov 3-0 (6, 8, 10)
Ryousuke Adachi defeated Florian Winterstein 3-2 (-6, 9, 8, -8, 8)
Mark Hezinger/Milan Obradovic lost to Albert Alexandrov/Florian Winterstein 1-3 (9, 7, -6, 7)
Mark Hezinger defeated Florian Winterstein 3-1 (10, 4, -9, 4)
Peter Clarke lost to Albert Alexandrov 0-3 (6, 7, 9)

Ryousuke Adachi, Milan Obradovic, Peter Clarke, Mark Hezinger, Albert Alexandrov, Florian Winterstein

Mark returns serve in doubles with Milan ready for action.

Santa Barbara TTC (Thousand Oaks TTC) lost to Bruins (Thousand Oaks TTC) 2-3

Albert Alexandrov lost to Bowen Rao 1-3 (9, 9, -10, 8)
Branton Nestor defeated Xiao Jin 3-1 (6, 7, -13, 9)
John Hui/Branton Nestor lost to Bowen Rao/Angus Chung Hin Tse 1-3 (-7, 8, 7, 2)
Florian Winterstein lost to Xiao Jin 0-3 (8, 4, 7)
Branton Nestor defeated Taiyu Guo 3-1 (7, 4, -3, 2)

Bowen Rao, Angus Chung Hin Tse, Taiyu Guo, Max Lai, Xiao Jin, Albert Alexandrov, Branton Nestor, Florian Winterstein, John Hui

Xiao Jin faces off against Florian Winterstein

Bruins (Thousand Oaks TTC) defeated Oaks (Thousand Oaks TTC) 3-2

Angus Chung Hin Tse defeated Grace Zhou 3-2 (-10, -8, 8, 8, 5)
Bowen Rao defeated Eric Wang 3-1 (5, -6, 5, 4)
Bowen Rao/Angus Chung Hin Tse defeated Zhi Hao Lao/Liyang Zhang 3-2 (1, 9, -5, -9, 7)
Max Lai lost to Zhi Hao Lao 0-3 (5, 8, 5)
Taiyu Guo lost to Grace Zhou 0-3 (5, 7, 9)

Bruins: Bowen, Angus, TaiYu, Max, and Xiao hosting Oaks: Grace, Eric, Liyang, and Zhi Hao

TaiYu serving to Grace

Bruins (Thousand Oaks TTC) lost to Flip Side (Song Jeho TTC) 2-3

Angus Chung Hin Tse lost to Jay Tiu 1-3 (8, -8, 9, 12)
Xiao Jin defeated John Eseo 3-1 (4, 2, -6, 7)
Angus Chung Hin Tse/Bowen Rao defeated Eric Trillo/John Eseo 3-1 (5, 8, -7, 7)
Bowen Rao lost to Eric Trillo 2-3 (9, 9, -9, -9, 8)
Xiao Jin lost to Jay Tiu 1-3 (7, 5, -6, 10)

Flip Side (John, Eric, Jay) at Bruins (TaiYu, Angus, Max, Xiao, Bowen)

John serving to Xiao

The Westside International (Westside TTC) lost to Hitmen (USA Valley TTC) 1-4

Milan Obradovic lost to Sasanka Budhavarapu 0-3 (1, 2, 7)
Ryousuke Adachi defeated Kenneth Seiple 3-0 (4, 9, 10)
Peter Clarke/Milan Obradovic lost to Simone Cecchini/Josh Bornstein 0-3 (2, 5, 3)
Peter Clarke lost to Michael Baggott 0-3 (11, 7, 8)
Ryousuke Adachi lost to Sasanka Budhavarapu 1-3 (-9, 7, 1, 5)

Ryousuke Adachi, Milan Obradovic, Peter Clarke, Simone Cecchini, Josh Bornstein, Ken Seiple, Mike Baggott, Sasanka Budhavarapu

Milan about to rip a forehand to Josh, while Simone and Peter are at the ready