Rhone and Stanley win National Indoor Championship
Boise--Rollin Rhone is writting a book on playing in the zone; today in front of an appreciative crowd at the Boise Racquet and Swim Club he found it. He and partner Andrew Stanley won their first Men's 55 Gold Ball in straight sets this afternoon over Leslie Curtis of Shaker Heights, Ohio and Bruce Van Maanen of Omaha, Nebraska.
The hard-hitting team from California got it done 6-3, 6-4 in a battle of serves, nerves and breaks. "I had a 15 year break, this is my 9th tournament back and just my third national tournament. The Indoor National was research for the book I'm writing on being in the zone and I had a blast, tennis is a phenominal game," said Rhone.
In singles, top seed Fred Robinson took out Carl Sechen 6-1, 6-1. Robinson was diabolically deliberate in each point, forcing Sechen into forced errors. In the other semi-final Sal Castillo overcome a sore knee to beat defending champion Chris Bennett. Castillo found relief for his healing knee in a deadly top spin forehand. The high looping ball bought the Texan time in long rallys and forced Bennett to change from a cross court-open court pattern. Castillo prevailed in a nail-bitting third set 6-4, 1-6, 6-4.
The Men's Singles final is scheduled this morning at 10-AM.
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