AMRITRAJ, MALIN EMERGE AS CHAMPS.Byline: Jim Inghram Staff Writer Doubles dominators Dan and David Bohannon were gone. The duo that has become legendary with its four consecutive doubles titles from 1995 to 1998 lost to Larry Belinsky and Bob Wright in the semifinals Saturday. With that victory it appeared Belinsky and Wright had set themselves up to be the new doubles kings. Anand Amritraj Anand Amritraj, born March 20, 1952, in Madras, India, is a former tennis champion. Anand Amritraj and his brothers, Vijay Amritraj and Ashok Amritraj, were among the first Indians to play in top-flight international tour tennis. and Gene Malin Gene Malin (June 30, 1908 - August 10, 1933) was an American actor, emcee, and drag performer during the Jazz Age. He was the first openly gay performer in Prohibition-era Speakeasy culture, and started the Pansy Craze. , however, made sure it didn't happen. Amritraj and Malin, the No. 2 seed, defeated Belinsky and Wright 6-3, 7-6 Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. at the Westlake Tennis and Swim Club to earn the doubles title in the USTA USTA United States Tennis Association USTA United States Telecom Association USTA United States Trotting Association USTA United States Telephone Association USTA United States Twirling Association USTA United States Trademark Association Men's 45 Hardcourt Championships. The doubles victory was a first for Malin in the Men's 45 division, who owns four singles titles, and for Amritraj. It denied Wright the opportunity to be the singles champion and part of the winning doubles team, which has never been done in the tournament's nine years in Westlake. Earlier, Wright of Temecula defeated Wesley Jackson Jackson. 1 City (1990 pop. 37,446), seat of Jackson co., S Mich., on the Grand River; inc. 1857. It is an industrial and commercial center in a farm region. 7-6, 2-6, 6-2. ``Bob appeared a little slow,'' Malin said. ``He had to be tired from his singles match, but he rallied later in the match.'' Amritraj and Malin cruised to victory in the first set but were down throughout the second set, with neither team able to break the others' serves. Amritraj and Malin finally tied the set at 6-6 in the second and easily won the tiebreaker tie·break·er n. An additional contest or period of play designed to establish a winner among tied contestants. Also called tiebreak. tie 7-3 to close out the match. ``A key for us,'' Amritraj said, ``is that we were able raise our game when it mattered most. We won all four tiebreakers we had (in the tournament), including an important one in the quarterfinals, where we were nearly eliminated.'' Said Malin: ``We returned so well that we really stopped everything they were trying to do.'' The victory was a first for the Amritraj-Malin team. Wright's victory in singles was his first. It also was his first appearance in a national tournament final. Jackson, the No. 3 seed, is adept at running around the court and frustrating frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: players with his quickness, but Wright's powerful serve eventually became too much for him. Wright earned $1,000 for his singles victory, with Jackson taking $500. Amritraj and Malin's victory was worth $600. Belinsky and Wright will split $300. |
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