Saturday, the top-seeded May-Treanor and Walsh swept through their competition at the Brooklyn Open. They defeated No. 8-seeded Carrie Dodd and Tatiana Minello, 21-12, 21-14, then got by No. 4 Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson Jordan, 21-16, 21-15 to advance to the semis.
Fifth-seeded Boss and Ross lost their first match of the day to Davis and Johnson Jordan, 21-13, 21-16. But they battled through the contender’s bracket for a 21-14, 17-21, 15-12 win over Dodd and Minello, then topped No. 6-seeded Dianne DeNecochea and Barbra Fontana, 21-16, 21-10.
On the men’s side, Costa Mesa resident Mike Lambert did the best among locals. But Lambert and partner Stein Metzger, the No. 2 seeds who had gotten through the winner’s bracket unscathed, lost in the semifinals to top-seeded Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers, 21-14, 21-18. Lambert and Metzger finished tied for third and split $13,300.
Estancia High grad Matt Fuerbringer and partner Casey Jennings, the No. 7 seeded team, lost a tough match in the winner’s bracket to Lambert and Metzger, 15-21, 21-19, 15-13. Fuerbringer and Jennings then eliminated Costa Mesa resident Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal, 21-19, 21-18.
But Fuerbringer and Jennings, who split up as a team at the start of the year before reuniting this summer, fell a match short of the semis by losing to Dalhausser and Rogers, 21-16, 21-17. They finished tied for fifth, splitting $8,500.
No. 3-seeded Gibb and Rosenthal finished tied for seventh, splitting $6,500.
Dalhausser and Rogers won their fourth straight AVP tournament, defeating No. 11-seeded Aaron Wachtfogel and Scott Wong, 23-21, 24-22, in the final.
— From staff reports
