VC pair headed for state tennis tournament

By Mike Zummo
Posted 6/1/22

It was the end of two long days of tennis at Match Point Tennis Center in Goshen.

Valley Central’s doubles tennis team of Henri Pothier and Dan Zindani finished third on Wednesday at the …

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VC pair headed for state tennis tournament

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It was the end of two long days of tennis at Match Point Tennis Center in Goshen.

Valley Central’s doubles tennis team of Henri Pothier and Dan Zindani finished third on Wednesday at the Section 9 boys’ tennis championships on Wednesday to clinch a berth in the upcoming New York State Public High School Athletic Association championship, beginning Thursday at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City.

They opened the second day of sectional play, suffering a hard-fought 6-4, 6-7 (7-3), 7-6 (7-4) loss to Middletown’s Jaden Jones and James Cangialosi.

Valley Central coach Paul Berkowitz called that match a “heartbreaker.”

They punched their ticket to states with a 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory over Washingtonville’s Owen Strommer and Jack Godfrey.

Pothier and Zindani advanced to the semifinals with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Washingtonville’s Brandon Retchko and Joey Calandra. They opened the tournament with a first-round win over FDR’s Waheed Saroyia and Cameron Ottaviani.

Wallkill’s Ryan Greene and Eric Blackshear were eliminated in the first round by Newburgh’s Michael Deyo and Henry Goings-Perrot, 6-1, 6-0, and Marco Martini and Ben Buchalter suffered a first-round loss to Washingtonville’s Owen Strommer and Jack Godfrey, 6-1, 6-1.

Wallkill’s J.J. Wagner suffered a 6-2, 6-1 defeat in the singles quarterfinals to Cornwall’s Gav Suri. He opened the tournament with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Kingston’s Jonathan Kuster.