SDA North American Open Doubles Semis: Mudge/Gould Lose To Price/Leach For Second Straight Time
by Rob Dinerman
Dateline January 27th --- For the second tournament in a row (previously in the Boston final two weeks ago), the previously near-invincible Damien Mudge and Ben Gould were eliminated by Clive Leach and Paul Price when the two teams met at the Greenwich Country Club Sunday afternoon in the semifinals of the North American Open Doubles championship --- and unlike in Boston, when Leach and Price had to save a third-game match-ball against them, this time they won convincingly, rebounding from a narrow first-game setback by running off the next three games 15-6, 10 and 10. The outcome means that Mudge and Gould, the two-time defending champions in this tourney, who had dropped only one of their first 74 matches over the past two and a half seasons, have now lost two of their last three, their two defeats sandwiching a taut (15-14 10-15 15-14 15-13) quarterfinal win over Jonny Smith and Greg Park. Facing Price and Leach Monday evening in the final will be Manek Mathur and Yvain Badan, who won 14-15 15-13 15-14 15-8 in the bottom-half semi against Preston Quick and Matt Jenson.
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by Rob Dinerman
Dateline January 27th --- For the second tournament in a row (previously in the Boston final two weeks ago), the previously near-invincible Damien Mudge and Ben Gould were eliminated by Clive Leach and Paul Price when the two teams met at the Greenwich Country Club Sunday afternoon in the semifinals of the North American Open Doubles championship --- and unlike in Boston, when Leach and Price had to save a third-game match-ball against them, this time they won convincingly, rebounding from a narrow first-game setback by running off the next three games 15-6, 10 and 10. The outcome means that Mudge and Gould, the two-time defending champions in this tourney, who had dropped only one of their first 74 matches over the past two and a half seasons, have now lost two of their last three, their two defeats sandwiching a taut (15-14 10-15 15-14 15-13) quarterfinal win over Jonny Smith and Greg Park. Facing Price and Leach Monday evening in the final will be Manek Mathur and Yvain Badan, who won 14-15 15-13 15-14 15-8 in the bottom-half semi against Preston Quick and Matt Jenson.
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