SDA Baltimore Cup Update: Mudge/Gould To Play Smith/Park In Final
by Rob Dinerman
Dateline March 2nd --- Not content with their giant-killing exploits in their opening-round stunning five-game Friday-afternoon win over the heavily favored second seeds Paul Price and Clive Leach, Dan Roberts and his first-time partner Fred Reid Jr. gave Jonny Smith and Greg Park all they could handle this afternoon in the semifinal round of the $20,000 Baltimore Cup before the latter tandem finally pulled away in the closing stretch of the fourth game to punch their hard-earned 15-13 15-14 13-15 15-9 ticket to Sunday's final. There they will meet Damien Mudge and Ben Gould, who asserted themselves over Preston Quick and Matt Jenson in the balancing semi by a 15-11, 9 and 12 tally. Reid and Roberts had a double-game-ball opportunity in the second game but were thwarted when Park nailed a clean forehand cross-court winner past Reid at 14-all. The eventual finalists then let a 9-4 third-game advantage slip away but regained control late in the fourth to qualify for their second final as a team, the first having occurred last season in Cleveland, where they won a thrilling five-game semi over Leach and Manek Mathur before losing to Mudge and Gould.
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