Men's singles finalists Ben Duffy (left), of Otago, and
Craig Dye, of North Harbour, play together in the doubles
at the South Island championships in Dunedin on Saturday.
Photo by Craig Baxter.
Aucklander Craig Dye was a surprise and dominant winner
of the men's singles at the South Island championships in
Dunedin on Saturday.
Dye thumped Otago's Ben Duffy 12-10, 12-10, 11-4, 11-5 in the
final at Bayfield High School.
Dye had been in top form all day and had swept Canterbury's
Grant Wilson aside 11-4, 11-2, 11-6, 11-7 in one semifinal.
In the other semifinal, Duffy reversed his heavy defeat to
Wang Qi in the Otago Open final with an 11-7, 11-5, 10-12,
11-7, 11-9 win over Qi.
Dye and Duffy to combined to win the open doubles title after
a round-robin competition. Wilson and fellow Cantabrian Jeff
Mason were runners-up.
Brodie Smith (Otago) and Mimi Walle (Canterbury) claimed the
open mixed doubles title with an 11-8, 11-7, 11-8 win over
Robin Sew Hoy (Otago) and Ola Ratka (Canterbury).
Southland's Debbie Garrett won the open women's singles
title, decided after a round robin. Garrett combined with
Otago's Debra King to win the open women's doubles round
robin, with Walle and Ratka finishing second.
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