$40K SDA Johnson Pro Doubles Round of 16 Report
by Graham Bassett



February 20, 2014 - The round of the 16 of the 2014 Johnson is officially complete, and it’s safe to say a very talented field has advanced to the quarters.

A packed crowd was on hand tonight for the second straight day of first round matches.

Proceedings opened with a much tighter contest than yesterday’s opener as Greg Mcarthur and Preston Quick fended off a serious challenge from Canadian duo Brinkman and Mariani.

Imran Khan and Mark Chaloner also advanced to the quarters with a 3-0 win over the young team of Vargas and Judson.

In the third match of the night, second seeded Leach and Price looked very sharp as they demolished Racquets world champion James Stout and Philly native Todd Ruth in three games.

The best match was saved for last this evening as our very own Whitten Morris and an on-fire Mike Ferreira came back from 1-0 down to pummel Chris Walker and Fred Reid.

An impressively large and very partisan crowd helped the local qualifiers advance to tomorrow’s quarter-finals which will kick off at 4:30.

Thursday's Results:

·         McArthur/Quick def. Brinkman/Mariani 3-1: (13), 14, 12, 10

·         Khan/Chaloner def. Judson/Vargas 3-0: 12, 8, 10

·         Price/Leach def. Stout/Ruth 3-0: 9, 11, 10

·         Morris/Ferreira def. Walker/Reid 3-1: (14), 13, 8, 3

Friday's Quarter-Finals:

·         4:30pm – Ferriera/Morris vs. Khan/Chaloner

·         5:30pm – Mudge/Gould vs. McArthur/Quick

·         6:45pm – Smith/Park vs. Price/Leach

·         8:00pm – Mathur/Badan vs. Russell/Nanda






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