ACTION HEATED up at the NCB Open Doubles Championship tennis tournament at the Liguanea Club, New Kingston on Tuesday night, in men's Class One.
Two of the matches were decided by third set tiebreaks with Yussuf Migoko and Dwayne Pagon overcoming Htut Htiek and Marlon Lambert 6-2, 5-7, 7-4 while Rene Phillips and James Sampson scraped past Kristofer Martin and Tyler Chin in another nail-biter, 3-6, 6-2, 7-3. There was also a tense clash in Class Two where veterans Carl Blissett and C. Lloyd Allen held off the challenge from Andy Fennell and Everton Morgan, 3-6, 6-4, 7-4. In Class Three, Leon Senior and Ashford Knight accounted for Oliver Thompson and Terrence Forrester, 6-0, 6-3 while Carl Chen and Calvin Gray had little trouble getting by Andre Taylor-Morris and Nelton Forsythe, 6-1, 6-0.
In Ladies B doubles, Myrna Lowe and Shaneka Knight defeated Marcia Johnson and Daniella Gentles 6-1, 6-0.
The men's Open singles on Tuesday night saw Peter Azar, Adam Harris and Justin Morgan emerge victorious. Azar downed Michael Riley 6-1, 6-1 while Harris beat Dax Vernon 7-6, 6-0 and Morgan trounced Angel Gonzales 6-1, 6-0.
