One of the most competitive divisions in the Men's and Women's Open Singles in Staten Island continued its constant slugfest this past Saturday at the Staten Island Community Tennis Center, located in Willowbrook. It involved Erik Manske winning a three set battle against Anton Vilinskiy. Frank Italiano also went on to out hit Pete Oh in a match of three sets. Patrick Thomas, who was bounced out of the main draw managed to outlast Adam Gleichenhaus with a three set in the other quarterfinals action, 7 - 6, 9 - 7 and 6 - 2.
After the battle for the first set, Thomas jumped out to claim a 3 - 1 second set lead after a number of strong forehand winners managed to paint the sidelines. But this former Staten Island Academy player did not regroup again until after he played a sloppy fifth set. He managed to win four straight points in the sixth round, then claimed the seventh through the use of solid overheads. He managed to win the double deuce final game by rallying from 0 - 40.
The Top seed, Gaby Adia, and the No. 3 player Jullian Auteri went head to head for three sets, gaining the Woman's B championship on Tuesday.
In the Men's Open Quarterfinals, Tom Carlson managed to defeat Max Buxbaum with 7 - 5 and 6 - 3, Konstantin Trofimovich defeated Chris Auteri with 6 - 1 and 6 - 1, Ed Perpetua defeated Manny Imperial with 6 - 0 and 6 - 0 and Alex Petrone defeated Salem Ghezaili with 6 - 1 and 6 - 1.
In the Men's Open backdraw Quarterfinals, Erik Manske managed to defeat Anton Vilinskiy with 6 - 3, 5 - 7 and 6 - 4, Frank Italiano defeated Pete Oh with 6 - 1, 4 - 6 and 6 - 3, Joe Motta Junior defeated Joe Taranto with 6 - 0 and 3 - 3, and Patrick Thomas managed to defeat Adam Gleichenhaus with 7 - 6, 9 - 7 and 6 - 2.
In the Women's Open Quarterfinals, Carissa Sommerlad managed to defeat Gaby Adia with two 6 - 0 sets, Lia Carlson managed to defeat Monique Carlson with 6 - 4 and 6 - 2, Victoria Pirrello defeated Melinda Trang with two sets of 6 - 3 and Allison Campitiello managed to defeat Jillian Auteri with two sets of 6 - 0.
In the Women's B Semi Finals, Gaby Adia managed to defeat Monique Carlson with 6 - 4, 0 - 6 and 6 - 2, and Jillian Auteri defeated Melinda Trang, with 3 - 6, 6 - 3, and 6 - 4.
In the Women's B Backdraw Quarterfinals, Maria Windhausen managed to defeat Jeanine Khoury with 6 - 2 and 6 - 4 and Lauren Gibbons managed to defeat Lauren Ferrentino with 6 - 3 and 6 - 0.
Photo Credits: Staten Island Interscholastic singles title gallery
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