
The 28th Grant Thornton Southeasterns pulled 90+ players to
Midtown in late February, competing for free entry to the National
Skill Levels in April and a generous travel stipend. Play was
spirited throughout… standout performances from the entire Saleem
family: Danial won the 4.5s, Nabil won the 4.0s and Arhum beat just
about everybody in sight without getting a winner’s trophy. Rob
Burton played a good tournament, saving six match points against
first seed John Mahorner in the 4.5s to get to the finals.
2.5: Mo Solis d. Paris Orfandis, 6,4,3
2.5 Con: Davis Gleaton d. Sameer Chervu, 9,7,4
3.0: Joe Cullen d. Roberto Trevino, 8,2,73.0 Con: John Brumby d.
Rick Byrd, 3,(10),2,9
3.5: Matt Morris d. Joe Cullen, 4,10,(4),6
3.5 Con: David Dean d. Pierre Ferrari, 6,9,(10),(10),7
4.0: Nabil Saleem d. Pritesh Patel, 10,(8),8,7
4.0 Con: Michael Yang d. David Bridges: 9,(9),7,(7),7
4.5: Danial Saleem d. Rob Burton, 5,11,1
4.5 Con: Neel Swami d. William Cloherty, (10),(9),3,4,10
5.0: Allen Post d. Tom Rumpler, 6,7,8
5.5: Chris Tham d. Justin Mather, 8,5,7