Antigua and Barbuda’s only professional tennis player, Jody Maginley, has captured his second doubles title on the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) Challenger Tour.
Maginley and teammate Andre Ilagan of the United States of America captured the title at the M25 ITF Championship on the hardcourt in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, held from June 9 to 15.
The Antiguan and his American teammate clinched the title with a 7-5, 6-7, 11-9 victory over the Brazilian duo of Lucas Andrade Da Silva and Lucca Pignaton in the keenly contested final.
On their way to the final, the combination of Maginley and Ilagan ousted the team comprising Peter Bertram of the Dominican Republic and Mwendwa Mbithi of the USA 6-0, 6-2 in the semi-final.
In the quarter-finals, the Maginley and Ilagan duo defeated the Dominican Republic duo of Alejandro Gandini and Emmanuel Munoz 6-3, 6-4.
Maginley and Ilagan also combined their efforts to prevail 6-7, 6-4, 10-4 against the American pair of Dakotah Bobo and Ronald Hohmann in a keenly contested first-round encounter.
This year has already turned out to be the most successful year on the ATP Challenger Tour for Maginley.
Maginley won his first ATP Challenger Tour event when he and teammate Alfredo Perez of Cuba captured the doubles title at the Morelos Open in Mexico in April.
Maginley and teammate Clement Chidekh of France also captured the runner-up spot at the Ivory Coast Open 1 in West Africa on Sunday, April 20.
Maginley’s participation in the ATP Challenger Tour has been supported with the assistance of Heritage Sports, the Changeover, Tennis Antigua, Wilson Tennis, Antigua Power Company, and Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority.
