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| 2002 National Championship - May 21, 2002 |
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May 21, 2002 Hot Quebec teams make it to doubles finals Brossard, Quebec – Giant-killers Vincent Gagnon and Francis Guillemette from Quebec continued on their way to the top by uprooting the top seeded pair of Michael Green and Tom O’Brien from Ontario, to the great delight of the local crowd in semi final action at the Canadian racquetball championships at Club Sani-Sport, in Brossard, Quebec. Gagnon, from Longueuil, and Guillemette, from Deauville, frustrated the number one duo by rallying from a loss in the opening match to win the following two. “I felt like this was to be our toughest match as if it was the finals. It’s a tough one to swallow,” said O’Brien, of Hamilton. “We served on their weaknesses and it paid off as the game progressed,” said Gagnon. The local favorites will face veterans Mike Ceresia and Gary Waite of Ontario in Wednesday’s final. Ceseria and Waite upsetted Brian Istace and Bill Shepley of Calgary, winning 11-5 in the tie breaker. “I think Mike and Gary have the edge in the final due to their experience but the French kids are hot,” said Istace. In women’s action, Josee Grand’Maitre, of Longueuil and Chantal Turgeon of Rock Forest, Quebec had a near-perfect game to clear past second seeded Lori-Jane Powell of Calgary, and Jennifer Saunders of Winnipeg in two straight matches. The local squad took off with 8-1 and 9-0 leads in each matches. “We really felt in control of this game. We played solid and Chantal was really able to kill the ball,” said Grand’Maitre. Amanda MacDonald and Karina Odegard of Saskatoon overcame a slow start to defeat Julie Nebauer, of Calgary and Veronique Guillemette, of Deauville, Quebec. They are now expecting a tough battle in Wednesday afternoon’s final. “They’re a consistent team, they make very few errors but again we’ve had good success against them in the past so we’ll go in there playing as we always play, strong and solid,” said MacDonald of her opponents. |
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