New Caledonia and Vanuatu to fight out men’s doubles tennis final
By Jacklyn Sirias, Games News Service
PORT MORESBY, July 16 – The New Caledonian pair of Julien Delaplane and Nickolas Ngodrela have advanced to the men’s doubles final where they will meet Cyril Jacobe (VAN) and Aymeric Mara (VAN) to decide who will take the Port Moresby 2015 Pacific Games gold medal.
Deplane and Ngodrela got past Tahiti’s Heve Kelley and Angelo Yersin in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, while Jacobe and Mara turned their match against Daneric Hazelman (FIJ) and William O’Connell (FIJ) around to win in three, after going down 6-1 in the first set.
Deplane was philosophical after the win, saying that without playing the game, they had little chance of winning.
“It was a tough match,” said Deplane. “We were the favourites, but we had to play the game to win the match.”
“We did not have a game plan, but we were focusing on serving the ball, trying to put the first serve in.”
Vanuatu’s Mara said he and Jacobe’s slow start almost cost them, but eventually they got into the match.
“Today was a really really tough match,” he said. “We started quite slow and they played very very good at the beginning.”
“Slowly we started building up and [the match] started getting tighter, we forced a third set and eventually we got the win,” said Mara.
Mara added that following the semifinal his priority was getting his body ready for Thursday’s final.
“Right now we are going to take care of our bodies, make sure we relax and recover and then we will start taking care of our tactics,” he said.
The men’s doubles final starts at 13:00 on Thursday at the Port Moresby Racquets Club.
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PORT MORESBY, July 16 – The New Caledonian pair of Julien Delaplane and Nickolas Ngodrela have advanced to the men’s doubles final where they will meet Cyril Jacobe (VAN) and Aymeric Mara (VAN) to decide who will take the Port Moresby 2015 Pacific Games gold medal.
Deplane and Ngodrela got past Tahiti’s Heve Kelley and Angelo Yersin in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, while Jacobe and Mara turned their match against Daneric Hazelman (FIJ) and William O’Connell (FIJ) around to win in three, after going down 6-1 in the first set.
Deplane was philosophical after the win, saying that without playing the game, they had little chance of winning.
“It was a tough match,” said Deplane. “We were the favourites, but we had to play the game to win the match.”
“We did not have a game plan, but we were focusing on serving the ball, trying to put the first serve in.”
Vanuatu’s Mara said he and Jacobe’s slow start almost cost them, but eventually they got into the match.
“Today was a really really tough match,” he said. “We started quite slow and they played very very good at the beginning.”
“Slowly we started building up and [the match] started getting tighter, we forced a third set and eventually we got the win,” said Mara.
Mara added that following the semifinal his priority was getting his body ready for Thursday’s final.
“Right now we are going to take care of our bodies, make sure we relax and recover and then we will start taking care of our tactics,” he said.
The men’s doubles final starts at 13:00 on Thursday at the Port Moresby Racquets Club.
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