NC Men's 4.0 Champions - Northbrook

It has been a long while since Northbrook’s Men’s 4.0 team has made it to the Finals. So the grin and look of relief on Richard Michalski’s face was understandable. For River Trails, a couple of key players on their team had to make a choice. Do they play in the Finals of CITA’s Men’s 4.0 league or do they represent the USTA Chicago District team in the Midwest Senior Team Championships in East Lansing? Bob Zumph and Bob Shineflug opted to play the Midwest Seniors and ended up coming out winners in their age division there. Here at CITA’s finals, on court 1, NRC’s Mark Rawlins/Dennis Weil took on RTTC’s Les Kero/Bill Johnston. Bill Johnston opted to stay in town to try to help his team but NRC ended up winning 6-3, 6-4. On court 2, NRC’s Mark Campanile aka The Racquet Man/Jeff Callen played against RTTC’s Mike Boyle/Jon Erickson and won 6-2, 6-4. On court 3, NRC’s Sebastian Sabbione/Dani Barron have had a solid year playing against RTTC’s veteran players John Wentworth/Brooks Male who have also had a solid year. NRC pulled ahead and didn’t look back winning 6-2, 6-1. On court 4, NRC’s David Perez/Dale Hsu played well together against RTTC’s Warren Erland/Dan Robin. And then the tides turned in River Trails’ favor. On court 5 and court 6, RTTC’s Phil Dlouhy/Brian Lowy and Renato DiSandro/Michael Schultz pulled ahead themselves and didn’t look back against NRC’s Kent Donewald/Rick Murray (ct. 5) and Andy Doppelt/Andrew Rubanovich (ct. 6) winning on both courts 6-2, 6-1. Northbrook won 4-2 against River Trails