2007 Alaska State Doubles

WOW!!.. There is no other word that I can think of to describe this years State Doubles Tournament. In the Men's Open the number 1, 2, and 3 seeded teams were all knocked off in the first round, The semi final matches came down to 2 teams from Anchorage and 2 teams from Fairbanks. In the first match up the young guns of Fairbanks Matt Howell & Sunji Spencer defeated Ken Williams & Robert Bailey 15-9, 15-5 and in the other semi the Father & Son Team Ben & Brandon Cuaresma kept their Cinderalla story alive by coming back from a 10-4 deficit in game three to defeat Shane McAfee & Jim Hage of Fairbanks to set up a Final no one would have imagined, In game 1 of the final Ben and Brandon were hanging tough 3-3, 4-4, 5-5, keeping the team of young HARD SHOOTERS close Ben used his half lobs and forced weak returns while Brandon did as he always does, ran almost everything down and used both his touch and power shots to keep the pressure on, as the game went on Matt & Sunji started adjusting to the game plan and went on a scoring spree and closed out game one with a 15-9 win. As game 2 started it became clear very early on that Matt & Sunji were on their way to becoming the 2007 State Open Champions as Ben & Brandon were defeated 15-3. The Mixed Open had 4 teams that competed in a round robin with Leda Evans & Jesse Keaveny going 3-0 to take the title. We also had 6 Women B/C players who competed in a blind draw 2-Round (Round Robin) 1st Place: Jenny Philip & Jackie Seiffert, 2nd Place: Carloyn Knowles & Amanda Philip, and 3rd Place: Gina Strawn & Anglee Brooking.