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Jul 22, 2012 Sports
Top seeds in the Men’s Doubles category Jeremy Miller and Jason Andrews had to battle hard to edge out last year’s Single champion Anthony Downes who teamed up with Andre Lopes in their encounter at the GBTI Tennis courts on Friday evening.
Downes and Lopes started off brilliantly in the first set as they secured two early service breaks and were able to go ahead 5-2 in the set. Last year’s champions Miller/Andrews however refused to give up and after a marathon game they were finally able to break Downes serve on the third attempt on a break point.
Miller then kept his cool and supported by Andrews volleying at the net were able to bring the score to 5-4 with Lopes getting a chance to serve out the set. In what turned out to another marathon game which included 8 deuce points, Lopes finally cracked with a double fault on break point to tie the score up at 5 all. Andrews was then broken at love by Downes and Lopes before they again could not finish off the set.
In the resulting tie-breaker which included some brilliant points including two retrievals of overhead smashes and some deft volleys, Miller/Andrews took the tie-breaker 7-5.
The second set saw Miller/Andrews reversing roles as they instead secured a 5-2 advantage before Downes/Lopes mounted their own comeback which started with Downes holding serve and then breaking Miller on his attempt to serve out the match. Despite tying up the match at 5-5, the comeback was not to be as Miller/Andrews completed the set 7-5 to book their place in the semi-finals.
In the other Men’s Doubles match, Nicholas Fenty /Andre Erskine scored a close 6-4 6-4 victory over brothers Nicholas/Jason Glasgow in another high quality game. In Men’s singles Gavin Lewis booked a place against Benedict Sukra in the quarter finals when he defeated veteran Rudy Grant 6-2 6-2 in their match, whilst Gilbert Barckoy won 6-1 6-2 against Albert Madramootoo in the Men’s 35 singles.
Matches continue today.
In results:
Men’s Singles Gavin Lewis defeated Rudy Grant 6-2 6-2
Men’s Doubles Jeremy Miller/Jason Andrews defeated Anthony Downes/Andre Lopes 7-6(7-5)7-5
Men’s Doubles Andre Erskine/Nicholas Fenty defeated Nicholas Glasgow/Jason Glasgow 6-4 6-4
Men’s over 35 Singles Gilbert Barckoy defeated Albert Madramootoo 6-1 6-2
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