{"id":10778,"date":"2017-03-17T20:37:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T09:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/?p=10778"},"modified":"2017-03-17T20:52:50","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T09:52:50","slug":"positive-usa-secures-doubles-1-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/news\/2017\/03\/17\/positive-usa-secures-doubles-1-title","title":{"rendered":"Positive USA secures doubles #1 title"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good vibrations and a positive outlook are key strategies for longtime friends Nathan Pasha<\/strong> (USA) and Evan King<\/strong> (USA), who together secured the ACT Claycourt International #1 2017 doubles title, defeating Aussies Maverick Banes<\/strong> (QLD) and Gavin Van Peperzeel<\/strong> (QLD) 4-6, 6-3, 10-4.<\/p>\n

“We keep it light out there\u201d King said. “We talk about American football, we talk about rap [so] there was good vibes and a lot of positivity out there.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019ve known each other for a long time and we feed off each other\u2019s energy. We can joke around and still keep it serious when the moment is right.”<\/p>\n

The Australian duo started the match strong taking the first set 4-6. However Pasha and King found their groove in the second, taking the set 6-3.<\/p>\n

“I was a little irritated that we lost the first [set], I think we could have won it,” said King. “But then we just kind of got on a role in the second.”<\/p>\n

The Americans came out firing at tiebreak, exercising a 5-1 lead at change of ends.<\/p>\n

“I think it helped that we started the breaker with the wind in our favor,\u201d King continued. \u201cIt makes it easier to serve and you can get points with the wind.<\/p>\n

“Overall, we played well. We beat some good teams this week, we almost lost first round but we ended up finding a way through so I\u2019m happy.”<\/p>\n

The pair have known each other for many years off and on the tennis court, their communication at an all-time high in todays doubles final in Lyneham.<\/p>\n

“He [Pasha] made some unbelievable calls on my serve to get us out of trouble. And I\u2019d like to say that I made some pretty good calls on his, and then we executed them and kind of fed off that momentum because we got all pumped up.”<\/p>\n

The winners were comfortable with the surface throughout the week, happy with the facility and early Autumn Canberra conditions.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s my first win on red clay, because in America we have green clay [Har Tru],” King said. “So it\u2019s my first time on red clay in a while and it was awesome, I like it better than green clay.”<\/p>\n

“The facility is amazing and the gym is unbelievable. You\u2019ve got your hard courts, you\u2019ve got your clay, you\u2019ve got the artificial grass courts and you\u2019ve got a tone of space.”<\/p>\n

At tournaments end, Pasha will have competed in all five Canberra Pro Tour events, also competing in the 2016 Apis Canberra International and 2017 East Hotel Canberra Challenger.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s very easy to stay here for two weeks,” he said. “I\u2019m going to Indonesia after this, and it\u2019s not a bad place to be, but I would rather be somewhere like here [Canberra], as it\u2019s a bit more refreshing when you\u2019re on the road. It\u2019s a great place to have a tournament for 2 weeks.”<\/p>\n

Pasha and King will play doubles together again and will compete in singles next week in ACT Claycourt International #2.<\/p>\n

“It always feels good when you win a tournament, said Pasha. \u201cAnd the extra court time if really valuable.”<\/p>\n

“Obviously when we go onto court we want to win, but we don\u2019t get stressed out about the result or the score.”<\/p>\n

Saturday marks the ACT Claycourt International singles semi finals with remaining top seeds Marc Polmans<\/strong> (VIC) and Omar Jasika<\/strong> (VIC) preparing for a\u00a0key capital clash. Banes will continue his singles campaign tomorrow against fourth seed\u00a0Blake Mott <\/strong>(NSW).<\/p>\n

The quartet will\u00a0pave the way to an all-Australian singles final on Sunday 19 March.<\/p>\n

Play starts at 11am and entry is free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Good vibrations and a positive outlook are key strategies for longtime friends Nathan Pasha (USA) and Evan King (USA), who together secured the ACT Claycourt International #1 2017 doubles title, defeating Aussies Maverick Banes (QLD) and Gavin Van Peperzeel (QLD) 4-6, 6-3, 10-4. “We keep it light out there\u201d King said. “We talk about American […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5971,"featured_media":10781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5971"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}