By Larry Hodges
Under 22 Men
In the quarterfinals, #2 seed Han Xiao was down 7-10 in the fifth, triple match point, to Samson Dubina. "My backhand wasn't working," Han said afterwards. "I decided I had to play all forehand." When asked when he made that decision, he said, "At 8-10 in the fifth." At 7-10, Samson had served off, giving Han the serve. "I was pretty sure if I served short to his backhand, he'd return to my backhand, so I was ready." Han won the last five points, including all three on his serve with serve and forehand loops to win the match, -7,8,9,-5,10.
Also in the quarterfinals, #4 seed Misha Kazantsev had his own struggle with Pan Lin, just pulling it out, -10,5,-3,9,8, to move into the semifinals...
...where he'd find himself at 10-10 in the fifth with #1 seed Mark Hazinski! But two points later, Mark was in the final.
On the other half, Han led 2-1 against #3 seed Adam Hugh, but Adam came back to win the last two easily, 9,-10,-5,3,6.
In the final, two games were close, but Mark won, 9,5,10.
Under 22 Women:
The top four seeds easily made it to the semifinals without losing a game. In the semi's, #1 seed Jackie Lee had her hands full with #4 Judy Hugh, coming back to win at 5,-7,-7,1,8. On the other side, it was #2 over #3, Whitney Ping over Michelle Do, -9,5,5,9. In the final, a red-hot Jackie Lee attacked relentlessly from over the table, forcing Whitney off the table defensively as Jackie won, 7,9,8.
Over 40 Men
If there is such thing as a buzz saw in table tennis, it was Cheng Yinghua in Over 40. With David Zhuang not playing, it was left to another New Jersey player, Barry Dattel - #2 seed - to battle his way into the final, including a 4,-8,-8,6,6 win over Jiri Hlava in the quarterfinals. Ren Yong did put a glitch in the buzz saw in the semifinals, winning a game and making Cheng work, 9,-6,9,9. In the three rounds before that, Cheng had given up 39 points in nine games (3.3 per game). In the final, Cheng lowered that average, 7,0,2.
Over 40 Women
The huge upset here was Simone Yang over #1 seed Lily Yip in the semifinals - 3,10,4! Simone went on to win the final, 8,2,6, over Chen Dongye.
Under 22 Men – Final: Mark Hazinski d. Adam Hugh,
9,5,10; SF: Hazinski d. Misha Kazantsev, 4,-8,4,-9,10; Hugh d. Han Xiao,
9,-10,-5,3,6; QF: Hazinski d. Auria Malek, 6,7,-7,3; Kazantsev d. Pan
Lin, -10,5,-3,9,8; Hugh d. David Umel Jr., -7,9,4,4; Xiao d. Samson Dubina,
-7,8,9,-5,10.
Under 22 Women – Final: Jackie Lee d. Whitney
Ping, 7,9,8; SF: Lee d. Judy Hugh, 5,-7,-7,1,8; Ping d. Michelle Do,
-9,5,5,9; QF: Lee d. Laura Xiao, 7,2,5; Hugh d. Jennifer Mast, 7,4,3; Do
d. Amanda Dubina, 9,9,4; Ping d. Katie Poon, 5,5,8.
Over 40 Men – Final: Cheng Yinghua d. Barry Dattel,
7,0,2; SF: Cheng d. Yong Ren, 9,-6,9,9; Dattel d. Loc Ngo, -5,11,6,8; QF:
Cheng d. Avishy Schmidt, 5,8,4; Ren d. Michael Wang, 3,5,6; Ngo d. Santos Shih,
7,8,9; Dattel d. Jiri Hlava, 4,-8,-8,6,6.
Over 40 Women – Final: Simone Yang d. Dongye Chen,
8,2,6; SF: Yang d. Lily Yip, 3,10,4; Chen d. Charlene Liu, 8,2,2.
Over 40 Hardbat – Final: Steve Berger d. Ray Mack,
13,12; SF: Berger d. Timothy Kelly, 13,-19,14; Mack d. Larry Hodges,
15,17; QF: Hodges d. Zoltan Boldy, 16,16; Mack d. Scott Gordon, 14,19;
Kelly d. Lim Ming Chui, -14,15,13; Berger d. Bruce Liu, 20,-20,15.
Hardbat Doubles – Final: Timothy Kelly/Ray Mack d.
Bruce Liu/Marty Reisman, 11,18; SF: Kelly/Mack d. John Pratt/Noel
Huermann, 9,12; Liu/Reisman d. Hermann Luechinger/Al Papp, 19,19.
Over 60 Doubles – Final: Howard Grossman/Richard
Hicks d. Ragnar Fahlstrom/George Brathwaite, -4,7,-6,9,4; SF:
Grossman/Hicks d. Samuel Liang/Nick Mintsiveris, 4,8,5; Fahlstrom/Brathwaite d.
Andy Phan/Chong Keng Tay, 4,9,9.
Under 4200 Doubles – Final: James Therriault/Scott
Gordon d. Loc Ngo/Alicia Wei, -10,9,7,8; SF: Therriault/Gordon d. Trevor
Runyan/Derrick Poon, 4,-9,7,9; Ngo/Wei d. David Samuelson/Wade Sun,
10,10,-6,-3,8.
Under 3700 Doubles – Final: Simon Ng/Vincent Tai
d. Cesar Serna/Jeffrey Torres; SF: Ng/Tai d. David Taylor/Bernard Savitz,
4,-11,9,10; Serna/Torres d. Ken Trinh/John King, 5,8,-8,5.
Under 3200 Doubles – Final: Julian Waters/Toby Kutler d. Ed Cohen/Franck/Gascoin, 10,4,4; SF: Waters/Kutler d. Daniel Bryan/Felix Shtorper, 5,-7,9,-4,9; Cohen/Gascoin d. Willy Castillo Jr./Wilfredo Castillo, 9,-6,7,7.
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