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Nick Mundel battled on Court 2 to determine the year-end champion. First, there was the NYC Marathon scene going north on Bedford Avenue, with a major water station set up all around the street and lawn in front of the courts. Loud and jarring cheers would erupt from the water station area as hundreds of volunteers screamed for the fit multitude who ran by. "I felt like I was playing Davis Cup," said Michael Moshan. Then there was the helicopter -- obviously filming the marathon -- flying overhead. Then there was the DJ/house music blaring on large speakers set up near the marathon water station, which was so loud you could barely here the strike of the tennis ball. Then there was the 

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Moshan defeats Nick in 2015 McCarren Tennis Ladder Championship.

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Moshan defeats Nick in 2015 McCarren Tennis Ladder Championship.

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It was quite a scene there at Mccarren Tennis Court #2 on Sunday, November 1st, as #1 seed Michael Moshan and #7 seed Nick Mundel battled on Court 2 to determine the year-end champion. First, there was the NYC Marathon scene going north on Bedford Avenue, with a major water station set up all around the street and lawn in front of the courts. Loud and jarring cheers would erupt from the water station area as hundreds of volunteers screamed for the fit multitude who ran by. "I felt like I was playing Davis Cup," said Michael Moshan. Then there was the helicopter -- obviously filming the marathon -- flying overhead. Then there was the DJ/house music blaring on large speakers set up near the marathon water station, which was so loud you could barely here the strike of the tennis ball. Then there was the Sunday softball league playing on the concrete adjacent to the courts, with all of the accompanying screams of softball passion and mayhem, flying softballs landing onto the court and of course the stink of weed.

But in the end, through all the chaos and noise, a tightly contested and high-level tennis match occurred, with Michael Moshan outlasting the Southpaw from New Zealand, Nicholas Mundell, 8-6 in a dramatic match.

Nick began the match with top quality tennis, including passing shots when Moshan rushed net and big winners when rallying from the baseline. Leading 3-0 and then 4-1, 30-0, all the momentum was with the Big Kiwi.

"I tried to hang in there," said Moshan after the match, obviously relieved. "I told myself I had to go for it more and play more aggressive, even though the wind was swirling and it was difficult to trust my strokes."

At 7-6, the two had perhaps their longest rally, at 15-15, at least 20 shots with Nick pressing Moshan's backhand and Moshan hitting cross court and then down the line, trying to make Nick miss in the swirly wind. Finally, Nick's backhand sailed long and Moshan lead 30-15. A serve and volley winner brought Nick to 30-30. Moshan returned a second serve and Nick again forced the action, rushing net, but this time Moshan grooved a backhand cross court to pass. At 30-40, Nick served wide, again rushing net, but Moshan returned the ball at Nick's feet. Nick's short hop volley went wide to his right and the match ended there.

Michael Moshan summed it up this way, "It was a tight match it could have gone either way really. Those conditions were extremely tough and so I'm really happy to win the match and tournament against such an unbelievable player. It's a great rivalry. Our games are so different and so when we play, we end up challenging each other and bringing out our best tennis."