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Kandinata, Wang alive in Mideast Regional

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A number of local high school tennis players participated in the NCHSAA individual girls tennis Mideast Regional last week. Play was halted before the semi-finals could be started, and will resume today.
 
The only local players still alive are in singles, and it's two Green Hope teammates in Melissa Kandinata and Helen Wang.
 
Here is how the rounds have played out (as found on http://nchighschooltennis.pbworks.com), with local players in bold

Singles:

ROUND 1

Kandinata (GH) def. A. Huang (ECH) 6-0, 6-0

Alford (ND) def. Gay (LC) 6-3, 6-3

Prior (WF) def. Payne (PC) 6-0, 6-0

Sasser (RV) def. DelForge (AD) 7-5, 6-3

Robertson (BR) def. Sun (ECH) 6-1, 6-3

Brown (MB) def. Zaccardelli (AD) 7-5, 6-3

Runyans (BR) def. Ansley (LC) 6-3, 6-0

Wang (GH) def. Garimelli (E) 6-3, 6-2

 

ROUND 2

Kandinata (GH) def. Alford (ND) 6-1, 6-0

Prior (WF) def. Sasser (RV) 6-1, 6-2

Robertson (BR) def. Brown (MB) 6-2, 6-2

Wang (GH) def. Runyans (BR) 6-1, 6-1

 

*** Semi-finals and finals postponed until Monday 10/26 at 3 pm at Cary Tennis Center

Melissa Kandinata (GH) vs. Ally Prior (WF)

Laura Robertson (BR) vs. Helen Wang (GH)

 

Doubles:

ROUND 1

Iyengar/Kane (BR) def. Williams/Channell (GH) 6-1, 6-1

Orlando/Kohls (WF) def. Klanz/Sedlak (DJ) 6-2, 6-1

Bickel/Bowser (APX) def. Busch/Weischedel (LVL) 6-4, 6-3

Johnson/Flynn (ECH) def. Menius/Reister (AD) 6-0, 6-1

Davidson/Lovett (BR) def. A. Nuguyen/Namboodri (PC) 6-3, 6-0

Ervin/Albrecht (WF) def. Boyd/Gerepka (ND) 6-1, 6-1

Stokes/Steele (GH) def. Peters/Tucker (FV) 6-0, 6-0

Hill/M. Huang (ECH) def. Wach/Q. Nguyen (PC) 6-0, 6-0

 

ROUND 2

Iyengar/Kane (BR) def. Orlando/Kohls (WF) 6-1, 6-0

Johnson?Flynn (ECH) def. Bickel/Bowser (APX) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4

Davidson/Lovett (BR) def. Ervin/Albrecht (WF) 6-2, 7-5

Hill/M. Huang (ECH) def. Stokes/Steele (GH) 6-2, 6-2

 

*** Semi-finals and finals postponed until Monday 10/26 at 3 pm at Cary Tennis Center

Asha Iyenger and Katie Kane (BR) vs. Tessa Johnson and Tegan Flynn (ECH)

Katie Davidson/Hamiton Lovett (BR) vs. Tamara Hill and Megan Huang (ECH)

 

 

Legend:

GH = Green Hope, ECH=East Chapel Hill, ND=Northern Durham, LC=Lee County, WF=Wakefield, PC=Panther Creek, RV=Riverside, AD=Athens Drive, BR=Broughton, MB=Millbrook, E=Enloe, DJ=Durham Jordan, APX=Apex, FV=Fuquay-Varina, LVL=Leesville 

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J. Mike Blake has played against or covered teams in southern Wake County for six years. He is the Sports Editor for The Cary News and Southwest Wake News. He graduated from N.C. State in 2008. He loves getting young athletes' names in the paper, but hates hearing "CALL IT BOTH WAYS REF!!" 4,000 times every basketball game.

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