Saturday afternoon saw the finals of the remaining matches...Mens and Womens doubles. Its amazing how we can count on these matches to provide fans and spectators with some awesome competition and great matches to watch. Today we saw the best of the best...and were rewarded with some really great play. Court 1: Ladies A Doubles final beween Susan Armstrong and Jane Severson versus Laura Croney and Karen Heckmen. This was a highly touted match for sure. These ladies play it out during the week so everyone was familiar with everyone's game. "Poodle" and Laura CRONEY, now know as team "Cronoodle", started off focused and raced to a 4-1 lead in the first set. Jane, ever the mistress of consistency and placement spurred Susan on to rebound to 3-4 but team Cronoodle closed it out to take the first set. 4-1 is the key score again as Jane and Susan lead in the second but the "Cronoodle" charges back...they take the second set 7-5 and the title of champions. This was a highly entertaining match which had the peanut gallery cheering and gasping during the great points and great play. Jane by the way, not only played great but seriously had the best outfit on the court today. This is saying a lot because ALL the women looked amazing today! Way to go Janie! Court 3: Ladies B Doubles also saw the top seeded team fall in straights to a new team. This tournaments "IT" girl, Jeri Ferrante and her partner Emmeline Simmons took out the #1 team of Jackie Mashburn and Sharon Quinn. Jeri and Emmeline had plans, and they stuck to it. Pounding servies by Emmeline and with aggressive net play by Jeri throughout the match, they shocked the formidable team of Jackie and Sharon in straight sets. Jackie had great groundies and some smart placement by Sharon, but it just wasn't enough today. Great tournament for all of the ladies and some real class acts on the court today.
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