Good crowd cheer on competitors in Busselton Tennis mixed doubles championship

The Busselton Tennis Club held a mixed doubles championship event last weekend. Nine pairs took part in the knock-out tournament and another four pairs took part in the 65+ mixed doubles category. The early rounds of the championship matches were best of two advantage sets, with a tie break at 6-all and a 10-point match tie-break if sets were one set each. The championship final was the best of three sets. The title went to Michelle Vandercroft and Paul Rutty, who defeated Tracy Adams and Alex Meares 7-5 6-4 in an exciting match that had several momentum swings. One notable match was between Jo Smith and Dennis Kelly against Leah Doncon and Andrew O’Neill, with the later winning 2-6 6-2 and 10-2 in the match tie-breaker. In the 65+ mixed doubles event, Wendy Weir and Mac McDonald took the title with a convincing three wins in the first-to-nine round robin event. All the players received support from the enthusiastic and often rowdy band of spectators at the club throughout the day.