Session #2 got underway Thursday. John Van Lokeren won his upper level court and moved up a spot in the standings. He is now tied for #5 with a 13.27 average in 11 sessions. Scott Vaaler also won a court outright and two other courts had ties for first place. Click for current standings or week #9 results.

Ryan Baxter & Zach Held from Indianapolis won the "Battle at the Mudhole" summer platform tennis tournament at Elysium Tennis Club in Columbus. Baxter & Held defeated Platform Tennis Leaguer Rob Bakker & partner Eric Miller (Charlotte, NC) 6-4, 6-1 in the final. Bakker & Miller defeated the #1 seeds Scott Kahler (Pittsburgh) and Randy Lofgren (Charlotte) in three sets in their semifinal. Baxter & Held defeated Brian Heil & Mark Barry from Columbus in their semifinal 6-3, 6-2. PT Leaguers Doug Jones and Wil Lofgren finished 5th. The 4th Annual event featured the strongest field to date with numerous nationally ranked players and teams: Kahler #5, Baxter #11, Bakker #19, Heil & Barry #27, Held #36 and the Lofgrens #43.

Two teams survived round robin group play and two elimination rounds to advance to the finals of the Platform Tennis League's Summer A/B Tournament. Olivia Capannari and Wil Lofgren will face off against Richard Canelas and Sheri Frey in a two-of-three set final.
Results: 2017 Summer A/B Tournament
Group A:

1. *Richard Canelas - Sheri Frey - 34 games
2. *Austin Hensley - Lawre Bonekemper - 33 games
3. *Doug Jones - Doug Hladky - 26 games
4. *John Van Lokeren - Teddi Lofgren - 25 games
5. Pete Tarnowski - Scott Patti - 20 games
6. Bob Kooris - Carlos Canelas - 14 games

*advance to QF.
Group B​:

1. *Tony Teufel - Robert Glenn - 30 games
2. *Yiran Liu - Todd Wise - 26 games
3. Ryan English - Aleksas Juskys - 21 games
4. Rob Martin - Scott Vaaler - 15 games
5. Kevin Kula - Andy Taylor - 6 games

*advance to QF.
Group C:

1. *Olivia Capannari - Duy Vu - 27 games
2. Patty Nash - John McConnaughey - 17 games
3. Tim Traut - Ralph Winterhalter - 16 games
4. Brian Bonner - Linda Pruis - 6 games
5. *Wil Lofgren - Doug Jones - 32 games

*Capannari/Lofgren & Jones/Vu play quarterfinals
Quarterfinals:
Canelas/Frey d. Van Lokeren/Lofgren  6-3
Hensley/Bonekemper d. Jones/Hladky  6-2
Teufel/Glenn d. Jones/Vu  7-5
Lofgren/Capannari d. Liu/Wise  7-5
Semifinals:
Canelas/Frey d. Hensley/Bonekemper  7-5
Lofgren/Capannari d. Teufel/Glenn  6-4
Finals:
Canelas/Frey v. Lofgren/Capannari - TBD