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Apr 16, 2013 Sports
Watched by a small, but yet vocal crowd, top seed Anthony Downes and second seed Jeremy Miller treated the fans to a superb display of tennis in the Men’s final as the Assuria Invitational Classic came to an end.
Downes made a very strong start, breaking Miller to open up a 4-0 in the first set, before clawed his way back to level the match 4-4.
He then inched ahead 5-4, but Downes held serve to put the contest back even.
He then lost his serve at a pivotal point in the twelfth game to lose the set 7-5.
The second set was an error prone one for Miller as he was broken three times to lose the set 6-0 to setup the super tiebreak with the first player to reach the tenth point declared the winner.
Miller staged a hard fought comeback, but was upstaged by a persistent Downes. Miller was two points from a defeat at 8-5 in the super tie break third set, but rallied to take 3 of the next 4 points to inch at 8-9.
His inconsistent serve and backhand proved to be his downfall in the end.
He served to stay in the match at 8-9, but his weak backhand was under immense pressure from a strategic Downes.
The top seed aimed for the lines at which point Miller forced to utilise his suspect backhand slice produced an error to hand Downes the title
That sealed Downes’s second consecutive tournament win going along with the Pegasus 2012 open.
In other action, Carlos Adams stayed perfect to win the men Over-35 crown with a straight sets win over Berbician Godfrey Lowden, while another Berbician Carol Humphrey claimed the Women’s Singles title after beating Shawna Gentle, also in straight sets.
President of the GTA Ramesh Seebarran said that he was impressed with the tournament and the way it ran and mentioned that the staging of tournaments depend on sponsors and with that he thanked Assuria for their support.
Seebarran pleaded with players to be more prompt when playing tournaments, noting that players were late for scheduled matches without any prior notification.
Assuria confirmed that this tournament would be a regular feature on the tennis calendar.
The next tournament scheduled is the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry championships, tentatively scheduled for July.
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