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Saturday, January 28, 2006

Damico and Schnugg Survive Third Set Tiebreak to Reach Australian Junior Open Doubles Final




Damico and Schnugg Survive Third Set Tiebreak to Reach Australian Junior Open Doubles Final~~~
©Colette Lewis 2006
Melbourne--

After a fast start, the fifth seeded team of Kellen Damico and Nate Schnugg (USA) fought off unseeded Kei Nishikori (JPN) and Peter Polansky (CAN) to take a 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (4) semifinal contest Saturday evening at Margaret Court Arena.

Down 0-40 at 4-4 in the third on Damico's serve, and 15-40 at 5-5 on Schnugg's, the longtime friends hung on to force a tiebreak. Down 4-2 at the change of ends, Damico and Schnugg were oblivious to the drops that began to fall, and saving their best for last, took the next five points to earn a place in the final against the unseeded Polish team of Blazej Koniusz and Grzegorz Panfil, which is scheduled for 5 a.m. Sunday, EST.

Koniusz and Panfil defeated Bassam Beidas of Lebanon and Mateusz Kecki of the U.S. 7-6 (1), 6-0.

Complete coverage of the Boys Doubles Championship will be posted later.

For photos, seeustaboys.com

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