The inaugural SDA award winners were revealed during the first event of the SDA Pro Tour’s fourth season—the 2015 Maryland Club Open. The awards were voted on by the tour professionals and presented during an on-court ceremony in between semifinals Saturday night. Andrew Cordova, Maryland Club Open tournament director and one of the founders of the SDA tour four years ago, accepted the Tournament of the Year award on behalf of the Maryland Club in front of a standing ovation from the packed gallery. “Selfishly speaking, it’s a great honor to be on court with these players tonight,” said Cordova during his acceptance speech. “I’ll remember this forever, it’s a great honor that we’re all receiving something on the same night. I’m the only non-player, but I don’t care, it’s going in the books. Thank you very much, they’re all really well deserved so congratulations to everyone. “This is very much a team award. Everyone in this […]

All matches are available for replay on SDA live. Mudge & Gould began their 2015-2016 season by losing their first game 15-10 against Imran Khan & Raj Nanda in the quarterfinals, which would be the only dropped game of their title run. The five-time defending champions then dispatched SDA rookies of the year Robin Clark & Scott Arnold in the semifinals Saturday evening. Clark & Arnold made a strong first impression for the new season by defeating Philadelphia’s Ed Garno & Alex Stait in the first round, then upsetting fourth-seeded Trinity graduate duo Bernardo Samper & Yvain Badan in a four-game quarterfinal. World Doubles champions Russell & Leach made a seamless run to the final with two, three-game victories, including over new partnership Michael Ferreira & Chris Callis in the semifinals. Callis collected the Most Improved Player award Saturday night having risen to world No. 17 from world No. 33, and enjoyed a successful start to […]