James Stout/Jacques Swanepoel, Alister Walker and John White Capture William White Crowns by Rob Dinerman for DailySquashReport.com
Dateline January 7th
--- Following up on their semifinal win over defending champs Whitten
Morris and Trevor McGuinness, first-time partners James Stout and
Jacques Swanepoel surged to a 17-15 15-17 15-13 15-5 victory Sunday
afternoon over Imran Khan and Todd Ruth in the final round of the 51st
annual William White Invitational, hosted as always by the Merion
Cricket Club in suburban Philadelphia. Khan and Ruth, semifinal winners
over top seeds John White and John Russell, surrendered late-game leads
in both the first (14-7!) and third games against Stout/Swanepoel, who
then raced out to an early advantage at the outset of the fourth game
and never looked back. White did recover to win the hardball singles
competition in a four-game final over Alex Stait while in the Elite
Eight softball tourney, Alister Walker emerged victorious with a
four-game final-round win over Miguel Rodriguez.