Sven Holcomb, a native of Australia, has not lost in a city tournament since he moved to Ann Arbor in 2008. Last summer, he scored a trifecta by winning the open singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles.

On Sunday, in the semifinals of the open doubles division, Holcomb's partner, Adzic Marijana suffered an Achilles' heel injury, forcing the team to withdraw from the tournament.

Holcomb's absence opened the door for a mixed doubles final that pitted teachers against students - Betsey and Craig Capelli, pros at the Chippewa Tennis Club, faced college students Stephan Hanselman and Emily Chiao. 

Despite lacking the power of their youthful counterparts, the finals proved the students still have room to learn. The Capellis won in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5 at the Varsity Tennis Center. 

The Capellis had advanced to the finals by defeating Leigh Formicola and Stefan Welch in their semifinal, a match of interest to Hanselman because it involved two of his former coaches.

"Stefan coached me for four years at Huron High School, and Craig coached me at Chippewa since I was young," Hanselman said.

Other Results

9.0- Eight seeds Andrew Berriz and Jackie Wang had the most convincing win of the finals, they cruised to a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Jon Bowdler and Linda Grosh.

8.0- The sixteen seeded team of Crissy Rodriguez and Brian Conrady won a tight two set match over Chiquta Berg and Jeff Rhodes 7-5, 7-6 (3).

7.0- The longest match of the afternoon, clocking in at over 3 hours, saw SeokHoon Ahn and YonJu Lee come from behind for a 5-7, 7-6, 6-3 win over Martha Gove and Jim Douglass.

6.0- Sarah Hsiu-Feng Lee and Michael Shen outlasted Anne Garcia and Michael Quail winning in back-to-back tie breakers 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5).

Full tournament results can be found here.

- By Bob Gross, AnnArbor.com staff reporter