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It’s Downes vs Miller for the GBTI Men’s Open Title

Jul 28, 2012 Sports

 

Rematch of last year’s final

The eagerly anticipated rematch between top two seeds in the GBTI Men’s Single Open will happen tomorrow afternoon after both Jeremy Miller and Anthony Downes posted impressive wins in their semi-final encounters.
Miller was especially impressive as he put on a high intensity effort against junior Gavin Lewis which had the younger Lewis running down powerful grounstrokes all night and totally exhausted after the match.  Miller who is mostly a baseline player hit heavy topspin shots which had Lewis in retrieval mode and unable to take the initiative. Lewis put up a brave effort as he matched Miller in several rallies including a memorable one where he returned two overhead smashes before winning the rally.
Miller was not to be denied a spot in the finals and he advanced with a 6-2 6-1 win over Lewis who represented Guyana in the last Junior Davis Cup. Miller will face Anthony Downes in the finals in a repeat of last year’s finals which had a memorable three set encounter between the top two players in the country.
Downes, who has rounded into form as the tournament progressed, had his hands full with consistent performer Leyland Leacock who threatened to take the first set when serving 5-4 and up a break. Downes however dug deep and eliminated the unforced errors that he was committing as he broke Leacock’s serve to tie the match up.
Leacock at the same time seemed to be struggling as Downes turned on his game and took the set 7-5.  Leacock’s drive to win the game seemed to dip in the second set as Downes started to hit more winners and had Leacock on the defensive.  Downes completed the second set 6-2 to book his rematch with Miller in the finals which will take place tomorrow afternoon at the GBTI Recreational Centre in Bel Air Park. The Mixed Doubles and Men’s 35 finals will be played today.

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