Evernden in tennis open final
NZPA-AP New Haven, Connecticut Fourth-seeded Kelly Evernden, of New Zealand, defeated unseeded Stephen Krueger, of South Africa, 64, 4-6, 7-5, on Saturday to advance to the finals of the Pilot Pen open tennis tournament. Evernden, aged 22, will meet the sixth-seed, Gary Muller, of South Africa, in the championship round today at Yale University courts.
Muller advanced with a 63, 5-7, 6-4 semi final victory
over the tenth seed Brent Greenwood of Australia. In doubles semi-finals, the top-seeded team of Evernden and Peter Doohan, of Australia, defeated the unseeded team of Dale Houston, of Australia, and Chuck Nunn, of the United States, 6-1, 6-4. In today’s doubles final, Evernden and Doohan will play the second-seeded team of Krueger, and Kevin Moir, another South African. The pair beat the unseeded team of Dean Johnson and Marius Maasencamp, 6-2, 65, in the other semi-final.
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