Rossmoor Men's Tennis Team Falls to Walnut Creek #1

Walnut Creek #1 visited Rossmoor on September 30 for a Senior Men’s Interclub League (SMIL) match against the Rossmoor Men’s Tennis Team.  A record six teams competed. Walnut Creek #1 consistently fields strong teams, and this match was no exception. Rossmoor played well against the tough competition, winning one line and taking another to a third-set tiebreak before falling on the remaining four lines.

Match Results:

Line 1: Yoshi Fukamiya and Chris Slee battled one of the league’s strongest teams but were defeated, 1-6, 2-6.

Line 2: David Besenfelder and Aric Ludwig went down, 2-6, 2-6.

Line 3: Barry Brian and David Hickey were defeated, 2-6, 3-6.

Line 4: Al Peters and Rick Sterling prevailed in a marathon match lasting well over two hours, 5-7, 6-2, 10-8 (third-set tiebreak).

Line 5: Bernie Wolf and Stuart Coffey fought through a long, close match before falling, 7-5, 2-6, 4-10 (third-set tiebreak).

Line 6: Roger Emanuel and John Preston faced tough competition and lost, 0-6, 1-6.

USTA tip: Hit deep more often than hard.Depth makes it more difficult for opponents to attack while giving you recovery time. A ball with comfortable net clearance that lands deep is usually more valuable than a harder hit ball landing around the service line.

Men's Tennis Team members are from left, front row, Barry Brian, John Preston, David Besenfelder, Al Peters, Roger Emanuel, Yoshi Fukamiya, and Stuart Coffey. Second row from left, Aric Ludwig, Captain Bernie Wolf, Rick Sterling, Chris Slee, and David Hickey.