Tennis: J5 Mijas Costa |30 September 2019

Damien Laporte and Keann Shah are the men’s doubles winners of the J5 Mijas Costa Tournament

Damien Laporte, Keann Shah doubles winners

Local tennis player Damien Laporte has added another piece to his sideboard of silverware after teaming up with partner, Kenyan Keann Shah to win the men’s doubles final at the J5 Mijas Costa Tournament held recently in Malaga, Spain.

Laporte and Shah won a bye into the first round, before eliminating Joan Torres Espinosa and Ivan Mengual 2-0 (6-2, 6-1) in the second round.

In the quarterfinal, the dynamic duo was up against Liam Gavrieldes and Pablo Ginel where they had to come from a set behind, after losing the first set 4-6 to win the match 2-1. Laporte and Shah redeemed themselves in the second and third sets which they won 6-2 and 13-11 respectively to win the match 2-1 and advance to the semifinal.

The semifinal match was not a tough challenge as they easily cruised past Charlie Penman and Barney Fitzpatrick 2-0 to reach the final. The set scores were 6-1 and 6-1.

In the final, Laporte and Shah were up against Nils Anderson and Ross Weibull and again the pair had no difficulty winning the match 2-0 (6-3, 6-1) to win the top prize.

R. D.