Duesler advances to final

Bob Duesler of Newport Beach received small, yet fair consolation

after losing a tight semifinal match in the men’s 65s singles of the

United States Tennis Association national 65s and 70s hard-court

championships at the Lindborg Racquet Club in Huntington Beach

Saturday.

Duesler lost to Bob Helton in a semifinal, 6-4, 7-5. He was

supposed to play in today’s third-place match, but Herman Ahlers of

Las Vegas defaulted because of injury in the other semifinal. Thus,

Duesler took third place in the tournament Saturday.

However, he will still play today, as he advanced to the

championship men’s 65s doubles final with teammate Jim Nelson of Palm

Desert. The duo defeated Jim Landin of Naples, Fla. and Leonard

Lindborg, 6-1, 6-4. Lindborg is the owner of the club.

Duesler and Nelson will face Bill Hyde of Tucson, Ariz., and Art

Wahl of Laguna Beach today at 1:30 p.m. for the championship. Hyde

and Wahl won, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 in their semifinal to advance to today’s

match.