TTC- Day 2

   

     The second day of the TTC saw a ton of squash matches played.   The big news is that pretty much everyone's bracket is busted (unless you are from Chatham).  The B draw saw many surprises with John Leslie (Ohio), Steve Mitchell (Chatham), Jan Potmesil (Toronto), and Chris Chamandy making it through to the semis.  The Open draw got under way with Graeme, Mick, Mark E, and Mark P moving through to the semis.  The semis provided quite a bit of excitement with Mark upsetting Graeme in a see-saw battle that saw age win over beauty.  Mick also advanced with a win over Mark Porter.
      The A draw saw Gabreal upset by Ryan Leslie (Ohio).  Also advancing to the semis were Berto Mill, Dan VanMorsel, and Seth Rogers.  Berto put up quite a fight but couldn't hold off Ryan.  Dan was just too steady to allow Seth to get into any kind of routine.  Ryan vs. Dan in the finals.
     The C draw saw Kevin Donde, Jeff Hartley, Maxi Bistrev, James Konrad advance to the semi finals.  I am not sure how much gas James Konrad has left in the tank after his gruelling 5 game match with Luca Dalla Bona.
     The bottom half of the D draw had WSF junior Jagroop Bhangoo going through to the finals untouched while in the other half, fellow junior Hannah Guthrie had her hands full with a hard-hitting Colin Bateman.  After going down 2-0, Hannah clawed back to take it in five.  It will be a WSF junior final in that division.
     Today was an incredibly long day of squash yet many of the participants chose to head to Rockhead for the Saturday night festivities.  We'll see what the morning look like.....