Tryzubivka's fall tournament concludes 2001 tennis season (10/21/01)

Tryzubivka's fall tournament concludes 2001 tennis season

HORSHAM, Pa. - The last Ukrainian tennis tournament of the 2001 season was held here on the Tryzubivka estate during a cold and very windy October 6-7 weekend.

Sponsored by the Tryzub Ukrainian American Sports Center, the tournament was played in men's singles competition only, with full-feed consolation rounds.

During the two-day event 15 individual matches were played. The tournament winner was George Sawchak of Tryzub, who in the finals of the main draw defeated George Petrykewych of West Hartford, Conn., by a very close score of 7-6, 6-4.

In the semi-finals of the main draw Sawchak beat Steven Sosiak, Colonia, N.J., 6-4, 6-3, and Mr. Petrykevych, Jerry Tymkiw of Tryzub, by an identical score. In the quarterfinals Mr. Petrykevych had a very close match against Pavlo Rehulyk of Philadelphia, winning 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, while Mr. Sawchak had an easier time in that round, beating Ihor Buhaj of Tryzub 6-2, 6-1.

Third place in the tournament went to Mr. Sosiak, a winner of the feed-in final over Mr. Rehulyk, by a super-pro set score of 10-4. To reach that final Rehulyk had to defeat three opponents: Alex Olynec, 10-5, Walter Dziwak, 10-7, and Jerry Tymkiw, 10-4.

In one of the best matches of the tournament, in the semifinal feed-in Mr. Sosiak defeated Buhaj 14-12 to reach the finals.

At the conclusion of the tournament, trophies were presented to winners and finalists of the main tournament and feed-in by tournament director Mr. Sawchak.

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