Legends tennis is simply smashing
There were three finals being played at the KPMG Legends tennis finals at the Ritz Carlton tennis courts.
The Junior Finals came first, with Alex Leonard beating William Hayward six sets to three.
The singles final was between Thomas Blake and Wayne Ferreira. Ferreirra won the first game decisively, but then it looked as though Blake was going to get the upper hand, and at one stage in the match Blake was ahead of Ferreira by six games to four.
But Ferreira caught up, bringing the score up to seven games all. The game was decided with a 12-point tie break, won decisively by Wayne Ferreira, 7 points to 1.
It was with the mixed doubles that the evening’s entertainment really got into full swing, however. Chanda Rubin and Murphy Jensen formed one side, and Martina Hingis with Mark Philippoussis on the other
In the end, Martina Hingis and Mark Philippoussis won the match eight games to five, but the entertainment came equally from the tennis, as well as from the players funny antics and witty quips – which never seemed to stop. The comedian of the match was surely Murphy Jensen, who pulled funny faces, and got up to all kinds of mischief, even jumping over the net to play a shot from his teammate.
The feel-good factor was high throughout the match, and plenty of laughter from the crowd, with all players throughout the match really having fun.
It was, after all for two really good causes. Cayman Crisis Centre and the Junior Tennis Federation were the two organisations which benefitted from the whole tournament’s proceeds.