2021 Champions of STC Mixed Doubles/50 and Over Singles Tournament
Last July, Phil Mercurio and Jody Jackman captured the 50 and Over Singles titles at Scranton Tennis Club, while Steve Lehan and Kathleen McKenna took the Mixed A Doubles crown and Jerry Hahn and Jackie Caraballo won the Mixed B Doubles title.
Top-seeded Mercurio's consistency proved to be too much for his hard-hitting opponent, John Sinclair, and he won comfortably by a score of 6-2, 6-1. Jackman and Marianne Cleary battled for over 2 1/4 hours in the women's final, with Jackman pulling out a 6-4, 6-4 win. Jackman, the returning champion, led 5-0 in the first set before Cleary found her rhythm and got it back to 5-4, but Jackman closed out the set in the next game, and then persevered to pull out the second set as well.
In the Mixed A Doubles Lehan and McKenna avenged a loss to John and Nicole Sinclair two years ago, and knocked off the top seeds 6-1, 6-4.
Hahn and Caraballo overcame a stiff challenge from Sivam Arjunan and Joan Davis to win the Mixed B Division title 6-4, 6-3.
Jackman returned to the court with Jack Lennox in the Mixed A Doubles Consolation final, and pulled out a 6-4, 7-5 win over Ravi Vinayak and Kelly Arp. Kyle Wind and Sofia Flores-Weidner were the Mixed B Doubles consolation champions over Lou Cuck and Joan Theilgard by an injury default.
The STC Club Championships will continue on August 5-8. The events will include Men's and Women's Singles and Doubles in A and B Divisions. You must be an STC member to participate. Sign-up sheets are on the large bulletin board. The entry deadline is Tuesday, August 3 at 12 noon.
