Paul Alleyne won both the singles and, with the aid of Mark Jordan, the doubles tennis tournament events held in San Quentin for Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
Alleyne’s path to the championship match was difficult at best. He faced Young in the first match to play into the round of eight. N. Young forfeited after multiple foot-fault calls, advancing Alleyne.
Alleyne dropped the first set 12-6 to Paul Oliver, but won the match by winning the next two sets. Alleyne beat Lee 2-0 to face Tim Thompson in the final and won in three sets, 12-8, 8-12 and 12-10. Thompson played on a sore ankle but made a match out of it and came in second.
In the doubles, Jordan and Alleyne took first and Rick Hunt and Terry Slaughter took second.
The doubles tournament was much more straightforward. Both finalists rolled through the competition until meeting up in the championship match. Jordan and Alleyne grabbed the lead in the first set and never looked back, winning in straight sets, 21-7, 12-9.
Alleyne’s tenacious net play and fast feet, combined with Jordan’s big serve and heavy ground strokes were too much for Hunt and Slaughter.
Each set was close early on, but opened up at mid-point by several key mini-break points.
