Boys Tennis: Thunderbolts Defeat Hurricanes

The Cranston East Thunderbolts (2-8)  beat the Warwick Vets Hurricanes (0-10) in a boys tennis match at Park View Middle School on Tuesday afternoon.

The Hurricanes were forced to forfeit three doubles matches because some of their players could not attend the match. As a result, the Thunderbolts needed to win only one of the four singles matches, to defeat the Hurricanes. They managed to win two of them, thus winning the match 5-2.

All four matches were won in straight sets. Thunderbolts senior Arthur Vezikov defeated Tensho Yano 6-2, 6-3, clinching the match for Cranston East. East senior Victor Li lost his match in straight sets against Vets captain Christian Valladolid.

Thunderbolts senior Jacob Calkins won his match against Hurricanes senior Jacob Bedard 6-1, 6-2. In the final game of the match, Vets senior Jacob Bedard defeated Bolts junior Maksim Krishchek 6-3, 6-2.

Thunderbolts head coach, Richard Perrotta, reflected on his team's youth. "It has been a learning year for a lot of the guys," he said, "We have a lot of younger guys and if they stay with it we can build on it for next year."

In every tennis match there are four singles matches, and three doubles. A team needs to win four of those matchups, to win the event