With the fourth consecutive victory for The Bahamas International Club's (IC) team on Thursday, they are set to meet the United States of America (USA) for the SG Private Banking Trophy, given to the overall winner of the International Tennis Doubles Week.
On Thursday, The Bahamas' team of John Antonas and Mas Kimball lost the opening match to the International team, causing a bit of concern for the hosts. However, the Ladies team of Larikah Russell and Sue Kimball then levelled the tie up for The Bahamas. This was followed by another men's doubles match in which Neil Mactaggart and Kit Spencer had a slow start but came back to win and put The Bahamas ahead 2-1.
Next up was a mixed doubles match. After losing the first set, 7-6 in a tiebreak, Kim O'Kelly and Kit Spencer came back to win the second set and then the third set to ensure an overall fourth win in four days for The Bahamas. In the last match, John Antonas and Larikah Russell won to give The Bahamas a comfortable 4-1 victory over the International team.
They will now play the USA, who are also 4-0, for the title on Friday.
The strong USA team defeated Barbados on Thursday to remain undefeated.
In addition to the championship match-up on Friday, Barbados will play Canada to decide the third and fourth places while Great Britain will play the International team for fifth and sixth place.
On Wednesday, The Bahamas defeated Canada 3-0.
In the opening match, Antonas and Mas Kimball defeated Shaheer Mikhail and John Payne, 6-4 and 6-2. In the next match Russell and Sue Kimball overcame Pam Olley and Pam Rosenbaum, 6-1 and 6-1. The tie was sealed when Neil Mactaggart and Sandy Reid had a very close match with Peter Nielsen and Owen Pellew, but prevailed 3-6, 7-6 and 10-8. That clinched the victory for The Bahamas, who finished second to the USA in the previous International Tennis Doubles Week.
This is the third time this event has been held in The Bahamas, and in addition to an excellent week of tennis played in the IC spirit of "Hands across the net, friendship across the Ocean", it has provided over 1,000 overnight stays to The Bahamas' tourist industry and SuperClubs Breezes where the event is being held.
For more information and full detailed results for all teams, the public is asked to visit the website www.ictennis.net and click to The Bahamas site and 2015 Doubles Week where photos of on and off court activities are shown.

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