Two doubles teams and one singles

netter win Manti 4th tourney

7/19/2018

            MANTI—Five winners emerged victorious in the annual tennis tournament held in Manti City on the Fourth of July, and all 38 participants braved the 95-degree temperatures.

            The participants were divided according to their abilities, with the 20 who had college-level tennis-playing experience in A Division.

            These 10 doubles teams, who were randomly paired, competed in modified two-out-of-three sets with a 10-point tiebreaker as the deciding set.

            According to Douglas Dyreng who ran the tournament, “The matches were very competitive in the A Division with all but one match going into a third-set tiebreaker.”

            The A Division winners were Paul Dyreng and Brady Aste, defeating Paul Braithwaite and Quinn Allred 4-6, 6-4, (10-2) in the finals.

            In B Division, 12 participants were paired randomly in doubles teams, and most of these individuals had significant high-school-level tennis-playing experience.

            The B Division played a pro set (first to win eight games ahead by two) and was won by Bennett Thompson and Grady Thompson, defeating John Willmore and Kent Larsen 8-1 in the final.

            “Six young netters who are just beginning to enjoy the great lifetime sport of tennis,” Douglas Dyreng said, each played a regular set in the C Division.

            In this C Division singles contest, Thane Thompson defeated Preston Thompson 6-2 in the final to win.