Top Two Seeds Toppled In Canadian National Doubles Semis
by Rob Dinerman
Dateline April 14th, 2012 --- Defending champions and top seeds Michael Pirnak and Willie Hosey were defeated this afternoon by Will Mariani and Ian Power in the semifinals of the Canadian National Doubles Championships in downtown Toronto. Mariani and Power, doubles partners on the ISDA pro circuit (on which Pirnak and Hosey were the No. 2 ranked team in the early-2000's), will face Scott Stoneburgh and Chris Deratnay, semis winners over second seeds James Hewitt and Martin Heath, Sunday afternoon in the final.
The women's Open final will feature reigning World Doubles champs Steph Hewitt and Seanna Keating going up against Jessica DiMauro and Dana Betts. There are a number of intriguing age-group finals set as well, including the 65's final between Tom Poor and Len Bernheimer of Boston and the Toronto team of Tony Swift and Molson Robertson, a 2011-12 rubber match between these two longtime rival pairings, with Poor and Bernheimer's five-game early-season win in the Smith Chapman in Montreal being balanced in Rye at the U. S. National Doubles earlier this month, where Swift and Molson prevailed, also by a 3-2 margin.
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