Duesler eyeing two USTA titles

Four doubles teams and one singles player remain in the hunt with

wins Friday as play heats up in the men’s United States Tennis

Association national 60s, 65s and 70s hard-court championships at the

Lindborg Racquet Club in Huntington Beach.

The top-seeded doubles team of Newport Beach’s Bob Duesler and

partner Jim Nelson (Palisades Tennis Club) advanced to today’s

semifinals in 65s doubles with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Henry

Lancaster and John Roberts. The duo will face the fourth-seeded team

of Jim Landin and Lenny Lindborg today at noon.

Duesler, the second seed in 65s singles, swept seventh-seeded

Lloyd Goldwater, 6-0, 6-0, to advance to a semifinal today at 10:30

a.m. against sixth-seeded Bob Helton.

In 70s doubles, the top-seeded duo of Newport Beach’s Dick Doss

and partner John Powless of Madison, Wisc., advanced to the division

final with a 6-4, 6-3 triumph over the fifth-seeded team of Roger

Hing and Michael Ohara. Doss and Powless face the second-seeded team

of Jim Perley and Russell Seymour today at 1:30 p.m.

Two doubles teams with Costa Mesa players in the 60s division

advanced to the semifinals with wins Friday.

Costa Mesa’s Bill Harader and partner Chris Brown defeated Frank

Fulton and Fred Hardy, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, while Phillip Degaillande and

Hamilton Sah downed John Grazer and Alan Gow, 6-1, 6-4.

Both semifinals will be held at 1:30 p.m. today with the finals at

the same time Sunday.