Tymkiw wins spring tennis tournament at Tryzub sports center near Philadelphia

HORSHAM, Pa. - Jerry Tymkiw of USO Tryzub, was often a contender at Tryzub's 32 tennis tournaments, but never a champion. He broke this string by winning this year's Tryzub Spring Tournament held the weekend of May 4-5 at the Tryzubivka center.

The win did not come easily. In the finals Mr. Tymkiw defeated past champion Pavlo Rehulyk in a three plus hour marathon by a score of 6-2, 6-7, 6-3, the second set lasting one and a half hours. In the semis he won against Alex Olynec, 6-3, 6-0, advanced by default in the second round and, in the first round, prevailed over super senior Alex Mychaluk, 6-0, 6-1.

Top-seeded Mr. Rehulyk reached the finals with a semifinal win over Ihor Buhaj, 6-1, 6-3, a second round win over Walter Dziwak, 6-1, 6-1, and a bye in the first round.

Third place in the tournament went automatically to Alex Olynec when the feed-in tournament could not be finished due to injuries incurred during previous matches to Boris Tatunchak and Bohdan Krawtchuk, and some defaulted matches.

Presenting the trophies to the winners was George Sawchak, tournament director. The next USCAK tennis tournament will be held at Soyuzivka in Kerhonkson, N.Y., during the July 6-7 weekend.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, June 2, 2002, No. 22, Vol. LXX

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