Fierce Competition Highlights Day One Under The Sun At Saint Barnabas Medical UTR Men’s Professional Tournament

Chatham, NJ, Fierce Competition Highlights Day One Under The Sun At Saint Barnabas Medical UTR Men’s Professional Tournament

As the Saint Barnabas Medical UTR Men’s Professional Tournament kicked off, there was plenty of competition to go around for all to see. Play kicked off and was highlighted by number one seed and Long Island native, Noah Rubin (15.11 UTR) who breezed through his opening round against Rodrigo Vallejo, a wild card entry from the Dominican Republic, with a 6-0, 6-4 victory. The match of the day though came from one court over, featuring a marathon battle between former Columbia University standout, Winston Lin (13.62 UTR) and current Tulane University Junior, Tyler Schick (13.62 UTR). After a long hard fought battle, Lin was able to edge out Schick in three sets, coming through with a 3-6, 7-6, 7-6 victory.

Not to be forgotten during the latter half of play, was the Men’s 40s Singles play, which saw quite a few competitive matches of their own. Featured players included Centercourt’s own Clay Bibbee, CEO + Managing Partner, along with Sean Cahill, Centercourt’s Adult Tennis Director. As play continues, on what is expected to be a hot and sunny Saturday, featured matches can be seen beginning at 11am at Centercourt Athletic Club of Chatham. A full schedule of play can be found below:

Saturday, July 13th Schedule of Play

Men’s Open Singles – Quarterfinals (11am)

• Noah Rubin (1) vs. Winston Lin – Court 12
• Matija Pecotic (2) vs. Gary Kushnirovich – Court 11
• Jose Olivares (3) vs. Karl Poling – Court 10
• Sam Shropshire (4) vs. Shawn Hadavi – Court 9

 

Saturday, July 13th Schedule of Play

Men’s 40s Singles (2pm)

• Raj Vaswani (1) vs. Steve Millerman (4) – Court 12
• Martin Bengtsson vs. Clay Bibbee (3) – Court 11

 

A Full list of results from Day One can also be found below:

Friday, July 13^th Results

Men’s Open Round 16 Results

• Noah Rubin (1) defeated Rodrigo Vallejo – 6-0, 6-4
• Winston Lin defeated Tyler Schick – 3-6, 7-6, 7-6
• Shawn Hadavi defeated Sam Turchetta – 6-4, 6-2
• Sam Shropshire (4) defeated Christopher Racz – 6-2, 6-1
• Jose Olivares (3) defeated Abhijeet Joshi – 6-1, 6-4
• Karl Poling defeated Cameron Silverman – 6-3, 7-6
• Gary Kushnirovich defeated Julian Zlobinsky – 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
• Matija Pecotic (2) defeated Brett Winters – 6-0, 6-1

 

Men’s 40s Quarterfinal Results

 

• Raj Vaswani (1) defeated Johnathan Klein – 6-0, 6-0
• Martin Bengtsson (2) defeated Chris Soulios – 6-1, 6-1
• Clay Bibbee (3) defeated Frances Verpoucke – 6-0, 6-1
• Steve Millerman (4) defeated Sean Cahill – 6-2, 7-6

 

Matches are FREE to watch throughout the week (just mention “St. Barnabas Open)

MEDIA: If you’re wishing to cover the event you can contact Asma Haq at asma@centercourtclub.com