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Durbak
wins Tryzub's Tennis Tournament
Ivan Durbak from Ramsey, NJ, a five time men's Ukrainian American and Canadian (USCAK
) champion added another victory to his already impressive tennis
accomplishments by winning this year's USO Tryzub's Sixteenth Annual Spring
Tennis Tournament. Held at Tryzubiwka, Horsham, PA during the weekend of3-4 of
May, the tournament was contested in men's singles competition only with a
feed-in division.
To win the tournament, Durbak had to defeat three former Tryzubiwka champions.
In the quarterfinals he beat Jerry Tymkiw 6-4, 6-2; in the semifinals, Steven
Sosiak 6-1, 6-3; and in the finals, another USCAK champion, George Sawchak
6-2, 6-2.
Sawchak
reached the final round with a 6-3, 6-2 semifinal win over last year's champion
Pavlo Rehulyk and a 6-2, 6-1 quarterfinal win over Bohdan Krawtschuk. Rehulyk,
in the quarterfinal round eliminated ever dangerous Ihor Buhaj in a long three
set match 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Steven
Sosiak won the feed-in bracket and thus received a third place in the
tournament.
In
the final round of this division Sosiak eked out a victory over Rehulyk 4-6,
6-1, 7-5. In the semifinals Sosiak defeated Buhaj and Rehulyk, Tymkiw by a
pro-set scores of 10-6 and 10-2 respectively. Other noted matches in this
bracket were Boris Tatunchak's
victory over Krawtschuk and Walter Dziwak's win over Alex Olynec both by the
score of 10-8.
At
the conclusion of the tournament trophies were presented to the winner,
finalist, and feed-in finalists.
The
next Ukrainian tennis tournament will be held at Soyuzivka, UNA Estate in
Kerhonkson, NY during the 4th of July weekend. Known as USCAK-East Tournament,
the competition will be in singles, doubles and mixed doubles groups. Advanced
registration is required. For more information contact G. Sawchak at 215-576-
7989.
From l to r: Steven Sosiak,
Ivan Durbak, George Sawchak, Pavlo Rehulyk
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