Mudge/Gould To Face Mathur/Leach In Finals Of $35K ISDA Johnson Memorial Doubles
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February 26, 2012 - Australian top seeds Damien Mudge and Ben Gould got past Chris Walker and Mark Chaloner of England in a tight four games last night to advance to this afternoon's championship match in the $35,000 David Johnson Memorial in Brooklyn, New York.
They will take on the team of Manek Mathur of India and Clive Leach of the UK, who came back from two games down against the second seeds Yvain Badan of Switzerland and Matt Jenson of Australia to win 15-5 in the fifth.
All four semi-finalist teams, the top four seeds in the event, won their quarterfinal matches in three.
Of note earlier in the event was the play of American singles star Julian Illingworth, who with partner Todd Ruth won three tough qualifying matches, including two down-to-the-wire five-gamers, before being eliminated in the round of 16 by the sixth seeded team of Imran Khan of Pakistan and Raj Nanda of Australia.
Today's final is set for 1pm EST.
Results: $35K ISDA David Johnson Memorial, Heights Casino, Brooklyn, NY
Quarters:
Damien Mudge/Ben Gould d. Bernardo Samper/Mark Price, 15-6, 10 and 12
Chris Walker/Mark Chaloner d. Dan Roberts/Greg McArthur, 15-12, 9 and 14
Manek Mathur/Clive Leach d. Jonny Smith/Paul Price, 15-12, 14 and 13
Matt Jenson/Yvain Badan d. Imran Khan/Raj Nanda, 15-9, 9 and 10
Semis:
Mudge/Gould d. Walker/Chaloner 15-9 15-7 12-15 15-12
Mathur/Leach d. Jenson/Badan, 7-15 10-15 15-7 15-11 15-5
Main Draw
Qualifying Draw
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