TTC- Day 1

Bateman and Shaw in action

   What a great start to the tournament.  100 competitors battling it out in Open, A, B, C, D, Women's 40+, Doubles A, B, Mixed and Women's.  A fun twist to this year's tournament has been the bracket challenge in the very full B draw.  47 people entered in hopes that their picks would take home half the purse ($117).  You can find the live updated scoring here.
     Many great matches took place tonight but some of the more entertaining matches that took place where in the B draw.  Young upstart tennis player, Adrian Mag, took on former Windsor-turned Toronto squash player Paula Kuzic.  The match was tight all the way with Mag diving all over the court but it was veteran experience that sent Paula through to the next round.
     In another entertaining match saw Windsor junior take on Lisa Bogden from London.  Nagy was the overwhelming favourite and many bracket challenges and he may have felt the pressure.  Bogden played consistent with a lot of retrieving and steady drives.  As the match closed on Nagy, it also closed on many people's brackets.
     And what would a tournament be without the classic Phil Dimitrov vs. Luca Dalla Bona match.  Dimitrov has been dominating this matchup of late but Dalla Bona proved to be too much tonight with an impressive 3-0 win.