Day 3 Schedule

Thursday: June 3, Quarterfinals 4:00 PM

COURT 3: (1) Estenger vs. Benson

COURT 1: (3) Paredes vs. McFarlane

Semifinal #1 5PM

COURT 3: Winner of Estenger/Benson vs. Zarcone

PREVIEW OF THURSDAY: Another Paredes victory

over McFarlane will give Paredes his fourth consecutive

trip to the GSC Tennis Tournament Semis. He will be an

overwhelming favorite to win. If Estenger defeats Benson,

he will then immediately play Zarcone on the same Court 3 as he did last year while defeating Zarcone in the semis.

And like last year, Estenger has again agreed to play a

doubleheader on Thursday to accommodate Zarcone.

Zarcone can not play on Friday's after work because he

heads off to his summer weekend get-away.

Friday: June 4 Semifinal #2 4:30 PM

COURT 3: Eagon vs. Winner of Paredes/McFarlane

Monday June 7: Finals 4:30 PM

Day 2 Results......#2 KHAN UPSET BY EAGON!

Eric Eagon moments after his dramatic upset of #2 Khan

In a dramatic match that took over two hours to complete, Progress teacher Eric Eagon handed EBT Junior Yousaf Khan a devastating defeat 7-6(4), 3-6, 7-6(5) in a three set tiebreak thriller. Khan looked like he had the match well in hand as he led the third set 5 games to 2, but he failed to hold serve twice and Eagon took the match to a climactic tiebreak. There again, Khan had a 5-2 lead in the tiebreak and was just two points from the match. Eagon won the next five points to stun the #2 seed. Eagon remarked later that he was determined to fight until the end, "I'm a teacher, and teacher's never quit." The 23 year-old Wisconsin native was able to neutralize both Khan's powerful serve and his crafty spins and slices made Khan's forehand ineffective.

Eagon now moves on to a spot in the Semifinals Friday where he will meet the winner of tomorrow's Quarterfinal match between Segundo Paredes and Corey McFarlane. McFarlane has never beaten Paredes in three previous matches and Paredes has been in top form lately. An Eagon-Paredes Semifinal promises to be quite exciting!

Match point and the reaction of Khan after his defeat

There is no doubt however, that once this tough
loss is digested, that Khan will come back even
more determined next year to bring home
the first place trophy. He has the skills to
do it, and no one should bet against him.
Khan will be back!

Other Day 2 Results.....

Wednesday's Results

Court 5: Benson def Cordero 6-0, 6-0 (first round)

Court 4: (4) Zarcone def DeJesus 6-2, 6-2 (quarterfinal)

Court 2: McFarlane def Chavez 6-4, Ret (first round)

Court 3: (2) Khan def Kollerer 6-0, 6-0 (first round)

Court 3: Eagon def Khan 7-6(4), 3-6, 7-6(5) (quarterfinal)

It wasn't a good day for the kids at GSC today. Not only

was Khan bounced from the tournament but he was

joined by DeJesus and Cordero. Cordero was beaten

by Benson 6-0, 6-0 while Zarcone breezed into his

second straight semifinal by crushing DeJesus 6-2, 6-2.

Afterwards, Zarcone said, "I expected more out of

Dennis."

Meanwhile, tournament officials watched in horror as

McFarlane and Chavez played a bizarre set of tennis

capped by Chavez' eventual quitting after that lone

set which he lost 4-6. Officials privately hinted that

the match was one good reason to make the

tournament an invitational next year with only top

flight players who respect the game.

It was stated that a smaller tournament with perhaps 6

players in a round robin format would eliminate the

shenanigans that transpired on court 1. Officials are

confident that by the end of play Thursday the field will be cleared of

such individuals.