Carlos Adams wins GBTI Men’s 45 title over Panday

Jul 25, 2012 Sports

Seweon McGarrell takes Novice title from Demchenko

In the end no matter how well Harry Panday played he could not get past Carlos Adams in the Men’s 45 Singles final at the GBTI Tennis Open. Panday must have had revenge on his mind for last year’s lopsided loss to Adams and he came out focused against his nemesis. The pair put on a good show as they had many marathon points in their encounter.

Harry Panday (left) and Carlos Adams after the match.

In one such point, Panday hit about 15 volleys before Adams persistence gave him a winner. The match was tied up until 4-5 when Panday cracked under the pressure of serving to stay in the set and lost 6-4. Despite starting the second set with an ace, Adams was no match for Panday in the second as his net charging tactics paid off against the consistent Adams. Panday took the set 6-1 to force a super tiebreak decider.
Adams then forced the issue by coming to net and after 3 winners took the early lead which he never relinquished. Coming within 4-3 in the tiebreak was the closest Panday would get to victory as Adams took control and won 10-5 to claim the title.
In the Men’s Novice category, Seweon McGarrell bagged his first title when he turned back the challenge of Russian Victor Demchenko in a close match. Demchenko, who posed problems for all the other novices, met his match in McGarrell who played well to edge the Russian 7-5 in the one set encounter.
In the other match played, Benedict Sukra again proved to be no match for Gavin Lewis who defeated him 6-1 6-0 in their Men’s Open matchup. Lewis will next face top seed Jeremy Miller in the semifinals.
The tournament winds down this weekend. In Thursday’s matches number two seed in the Men’s Open Anthony Downes will take on GLTA Public Relations Officer Sandeep Chand in the quarterfinals, while Gilbert Barckoy will face his doubles partner, Leyland Leacock in the next scheduled match.