Sports federation holds annual Eastern tennis tournament at Soyuzivka (07/21/02)

Sports federation holds annual Eastern tennis tournament at Soyuzivka

by Petrusia Sawchak

KERHONKSON, N.Y. - The 2002 USCAK-East Tennis Tournament was held on Soyuzivka's tennis courts during the weekend of July 6-7. Played in both singles and doubles, the tournament attracted 19 singles players and 11 doubles teams - a number of entries much greater than in recent years.

In the men's singles the final match was between two brothers, Yuriy and Albert Kolb, with Yuriy winning the championship by the score of 6-2, 6-4. In the senior group, which had the largest number of participants, George Sawchak won the tournament by defeating George Hrabec in the finals 6-1, 6-0.

Both semifinal matches in this group were closely contested three-set battles with Mr. Sawchak overcoming Ihor Buhaj 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 and Mr. Hrabec defeating George Petrykevych 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2).

In the girls' group Larissa Szczupak became the winner over Tanya Petrykevych, 6-0, 6-1. Miss Petrykevych received second place by defeating Laura Diduch 6-1, 6-0. Tanya's brother Damian won the boys' division with wins over Mikhaylo Szczupak, 6-3, 6-1, and Wolodymyr Szczupak, 6-4, 6-2. Mikhaylo took second place in the division by defeating his older brother Wolodymyr 6-1, 6-4.

Yuriy Kolb became a winner yet again when he and his brother Albert defeated Messrs. Sawchak and Hrabec in the men's doubles finals by the score of 6-1, 6-0. In the semifinals the Kolb brothers beat the team of Peter Dubas and Orest Wasyluk 6-3, 6-3 while Hrabec/Sawchak advanced when Messrs. Petrykevych and Chapel could not return to play the next day.

The mixed doubles tournament ended with the team of Vera Popel and George Sawchak retiring to the winners, Nusia Dubas and Danylo Wasyluk, with the match being tied at one set each. In the semis Dubas/Wasyluk defeated Anna and Walter Szczupak 6-3, 6-3, while Popel/Sawchak had a more difficult time winning over Larissa and Mikhaylo Szczupak, 6-7, 6-4, 6-3.

At the conclusion of the tournament, trophies were presented to the winners and finalists by George Popel from the host club, the KLK Ukrainian American Sports Club and Mr. Sawchak, tournament director.

The next Ukrainian tennis tournament will be Ukrainian Sports Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada (USCAK) championships held at Soyuzivka during the Labor Day weekend. The tournament will be held in all divisions and in singles only. Advance registration is required. Tennis players who have not received an entry form for this tournament may contact Mr. Sawchak via e-mail: [email protected].

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