Downes, Miller, Leacock and Lewis into Men’s Open semi-finals

Nov 17, 2012 Sports

Lowden and Adams face off for Over-35 Title

Top seeds in the Men’s Open category at the Pegasus Tennis Open, Anthony Downes and Jeremy Miller both booked places in the semi-finals with impressive wins. Downes had the tougher assignment as he faced five times winner of Pegasus Phillip Squires who despite being off the circuit is still a dangerous opponent.

Carlos Adams

Downes took advantage of his opponents’ ability to play consistently and forced the issue with some aggressive play.
Downes serve and forehands were on song despite him being under the weather with the flu and he quickly secured a break on Squires serve to go ahead, which he maintained until taking the set 6-2.
Squires had his moments in the set as he secured some break points which he could not convert as unforced errors piled up.
The second set saw Squires changing strategy and getting into a groove as the players were tied at 2 all.
Downes who has lost to Squires on several occasions in the past was however prepared for Squires comeback and raised his own level to pull away and take the set 6-3. Downes is on course for a showdown against second seed Jeremy Miller should he get past Leyland Leacock who had an easy path to the semi-finals as he dismissed Benedict Sukra 6-0 6-1.
Miller course to the semi-finals included wins over Viraj Jugdeo who battled gamely in his 6-2 6-1 defeat and Daniel Lopes 6-2 6- 2 who could not match Millers’ power from the baseline in their many rallies.
Miller serve was on song as he sent down some big first serves that Lopes had no chance of returning.
Also posting impressive wins was Carlos Adams who cantered into the finals with comprehensive wins over Anthony Amerally and Rudy Grant and Godfrey Lowden who got past Andre Lopes and Mario Niamatalli.
The two will face off in Men’s 35 singles final on Friday evening which will be followed by the Men’s Doubles semifinals which will see defending champions Jeremy Miller and Jason Andrews taking on Gavin Lewis and Benedict Sukra.
Men’s Open Singles Anthony Downes def Phillip Squires 6-2 6-3
Men’s Open Singles Jeremy Miller def Viraj Jugdeo 6-2 6-1
Men’s Over 35 Singles Carlos Adams def Rudy Grant 6-1 6-2
Men’s Open Singles Leyland Leacock def Benedict Sukra 6-0 6-1