NBVA Jazz Festival Event - 30th September 2001

Final Standing were:

Guys AA:

1st Victor Anfiloff with Triston Boyd
2nd Hayden Jones and Daz McKay
3rd Equal : Craig Carracher and Carl Graham

Girls AA:

1st Martine Grant & Jill Hansen
2nd Sarah Bunting & Adrienne White
3rd Sally Bacon & Ester Walls

For a full report on the days go here!

Belgium Open 10th August 2001

Coming off a disappointing 9th at the World Championships in Austria, Julian "the Thunder from Down under" Prosser and Lee Zahner, were out to prove a point at the next stop for the World Tour in Ostende, Belgium.

The main draw commenced on the 10th August. In the first round the Prosser Zahner combination were up against the 16 seeds of Roberto Lopes and Franco from Brazil. Lee and Jules won the match in three sets 2-1 (19-21, 21-17, 15-13).

The other Australian team of Slack-Novosel went down to the 15th seed Ahmann-Hager from Germany in straight sets 21-17, 21-18.

Julian and Lee were up against a wall in the second round facing the number one seeds from Brazil of Emanuel and Tande. In, what can only be described, as the upset of the tournament Zahner-Prosser downed the number one seeds in three sets 1-2 (16-21, 21-15, 13-15).

This fantastic win opened up the draw for the two Australians giving them a relativly easy third round match against the 25th seeded Fabio Diez - Correa pairing from Spain. The Aussies winning in straight sets 21-15, 21-14.

Slack and Novosels campagin ended against the number one seeds Emanuel - Tande in straigh sets 19-21, 17-21. The Brazilians out to prove why they are the first seeded team on the World Tour. This loss gave the second Australian team a 17th in the event.

Prosser and Zahner faced yet another Brazilian team of Ricardo-Loiola. The Australians were defeated in 2 13-21, 20-22.

The Australians were eventually knocked out of the event by the number one seeds that they had defeated earlier in the event Emanuel - Tande in two easy sets 21-17, 21-12. This gave Prosser and Zahner a 5th Finish in the event.

For the record the final placings for the event saw Emanuel-Tande (Brazil) get the Gold Medal, Second Ricardo-Loiola (Brazil) with third going to Swiss pairing of Laciga P.- Laciga M.

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World Championships from Austria.