"We had a very slow start to the match," Maatta said. Back-to-back aces from Le gave them a 5-3 lead. Unfortunately for Maatta and Tribler, Su and Le soon found themselves hitting all corners of the court, taking 12 of the next 15 points. When the second set began, Maatta found his return game and Tribler dominated at the net as the team reclaimed control of the match, jumping out to a 3-0 lead. I was locked in today and it really made a difference." "One of my strong points is my return-of-serve game," Le said.
Le blasted crosscourt returns to set up easy putaways at the net, while Su kept his opponents off-balance with slice and topspin serves to their backhands. Su, the most prolific server in the match, won all three of his service games, including the decisive set winner. Tribler and Maatta both lost service games due to a strong return game from Le.
Momentum then took its first shift of the match as Su and Le went on to dominate the next five games en route to a first-set win. They quickly took the first two games to go up 3-1. Tribler and Maatta, both former Hawaii Pacific standouts, came out strong to start the rain-delayed match. "We hit for 1 hour before our first match. "We had not seen each other for seven years," Su said. They were able to blend their games and overcome a 44-team tournament bracket. Su and Le, two former BYU-Hawaii stars, had not been in touch for more than seven years. In a match where momentum switched sides throughout, third-seeded Wei-Yu Su and Minh Le played to their individual strengths to defeat fifth-seeded Mikael Maatta and Jan Tribler 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-4 in the Blue Moon Kailua Racquet Club Men's Night Doubles championship. Following a night when Mother Nature reigned supreme, two evenly matched teams regrouped to play a classic tournament final.
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