Norwich Crowns Tennis Tournament Champions
Oneonta's Mike Ulrichs nearly pulled off a sweep at the 2000 Norwich tennis Tournament this past weekend. Matching the strong winds of Friday, Hurricane Mike blew through the competition to capture the single title. However, his run to a doubles title was stopped short by a couple of boys from Sherburne and Norwich.
In singles action on Friday, unseeded Scott Strong of of Binghamton used wicked top spin and sustained baseline rallies to surprise 1999 champion Tom Mody 6-3, 6-3. Other winners on Friday were Henry Carpenter, 1998 singles finalist Fred bateman and 1999 singles finalist Brian Murphy.
Saturday after the storm blew through, Ulrichs began his run in singles and doubles along with partner Tim Handy. Advancing on in singles play on Sunday were Strong, Murphy and Bateman. In doubles it was Mody teaming with partner Peter Karaman, along with partners Fazio/Carpenter and Murphy/Cunning. On the woman's side, Sonali Shahi advanced to the final against Gail Murphy.
In Sunday's semi's, Strong topped Murphy 7-5, 6-2 and Ulrichs beat Bateman 6-3, 6-1. In doubles, Mody/Karaman outlasted Fazio/Carpenter 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, while Ulrichs/Handy smacked Murphy/Cunning 6-3, 6-0.
Norwich High's Sonali Shahi captured the first title of the day beating Murphy in straight sets 6-2, 6-0 while Ulrichs won his third match of the day over Strong 6-3, 6-2. Mody and Karaman would end Ulrich's run in a classic nail-bitter 7-6(5), 7-6(4).
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