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Huy Tran sends a backhand shot to Alex Le in the Men's Singles A finals during the second day of the 11th AsiaXpress.com Tennis Tournament on Sept. 6, 2009 at the Arvada Tennis Center. Tran won the match 9-7. (Photo by Joe Nguyen/AsiaXpress.com)
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2009 AsiaXpress.com Tennis Tourney recap – day two
Huy Tran claims first Men’s singles title; Loan Cao, Christina Tran add to illustrious resume
By Joe Nguyen, AsiaXpress.com
Sept. 13, 2009
2009 AsiaXpress.com Tennis Tournament finals results
Mens’ Singles A – Huy Tran d. Alex Le, 9-7
Mens’ Singles B – Viet Hua d. Tod Nguyen, 9-7
Mens’ Singles C – Andrew Phan d. James Bui
Womens’ Singles A – Loan Cao d. Vie Nguyen, 9-3
Womens’ Singles B – Amanda Phan d. Nara Shagdar, 9-3
Juniors Singles A – Khoa Tran d. Sarah Nguyen, 9-7
Juniors Singles B – Rohan Mylavarap d. Jennifer Phan, 9-1
Men’s Doubles A – Jay Yoshimura and Hugo Jimenez d. Vu Nguyen and Phuc Nguyen, 9-3
Men’s Doubles B – Vinh Luu and Phu Do d. Don Yoshimura and Joe Yoshimura, 9-4
Men’s Doubles C – James Bui and Andrew Tran d. Duke Tran and Nick Nguyen, 9-8 (12-10)
Women’s Doubles A – Loan Cao and Christina Tran d. Vie Nguyen and Tien Nguyen
Women's Doubles B – Kieu Do and Jeannette Bui d. Sarah Nguyen and Aria Nguyen
Mixed Doubles A – Huy Tran and Leslie Rios d. Andrew Largo and Tien Nguyen |
ARVADA – In a match between the younger brothers of last year’s Men’s Singles A finalists, Huy Tran outlasted six-time finalist Alex Le 9-7 at the 11th AsiaXpress.com Tennis Tournament on Sept. 6 at the Arvada Tennis Center.
Tran defeated four-time champion Buu Le, while Alex stopped 2008 finalist Vu Tran in the semifinals the day before.
Tran started strong, connecting on his first 14 first serves and mounting a 7-2 lead. But Le rallied back, and cut the score to 7-8. As light rain began to come down, Tran closed out the match, holding his serve on four consecutive points.
“My stretch of losing in finals is over,” Tran said after the match, referring to his losses in the Colorado Asian Tennis Association and Tennis Hope tournaments earlier this year.
Men’s Doubles C finals
In one of the most exciting matches of the tournament, James Bui and Andrew Tran narrowly defeated Nick Nguyen and Duke Tran, 9-8 (12-10), for the Men’s Doubles C title.
Bui and Tran held a commanding lead throughout most of the match, but Nguyen and Tran took four straight game and the lead 8-7. On the brink of defeat, Bui and Tran rallied to force a tiebreak.
The momentum swung back and forth as both teams had opportunities to close the other out. In the end, Bui and Tran held strong and won on the 22nd point of the tiebreak.
Men’s Singles B finals
Viet Hua staged a late rally to defeat Tod Nguyen 9-7 to win the Men’s Singles B title.
In a match where the two combined to hold 13 of their 16 games, Hua broke Nguyen in the 12th game to tie the match before breaking him again in the 16th and final game.
In other matches, Loan Cao held off both Joan Cabarrus and 2008 champion Vie Nguyen to win the Women’s Singles A title.
Cao would team up with longtime partner Christina Tran to win the Women’s Doubles A title over Vie Nguyen and Tien Nguyen.
Amanda Phan defeated Nara Shagdar 9-2 in the Women’s Singles B finals match.
Andrew Phan defeated 2008 finalist James Bui 9-2 in the Men’s Singles C finals.
Khoa Tran held off Sarah Nguyen, 9-7, to win the Juniors Singles A title.
Hugo Jimenez and Jay Yoshimura stopped Vu Nguyen and Phuc Nguyen 9-3 for the Men’s Doubles A title. For Yoshimura, this is his third title.
Vinh Luu and Phu Do defeated uncle-and-nephew duo Don and Joe Yoshimura 9-4 for the Men’s Doubles B title.
Huy Tran picked up his second title of the day, teaming up with Leslie Rios to win the Mixed Doubles A title over Andrew Largo and Tien Nguyen.
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