Weald TTC’s Diccon Gray returned home from Spain having lifted two doubles titles in the Salou International Veterans Tournament.

Some 320 athletes from 27 countries competed and Kent’s Gray, with partner Tim Dyson (Yorkshire), won the men’s over-60s doubles title, but it was far from easy.  

Having comfortably won their group, they reached the semi-finals of the knockout, where they had to save three match points at 8-10, and 13-14 down in the fifth game, before scraping through against Spanish pair Jaime Jofre & Benito Larcia, 16-14.

The champions (pictured above) were also taken to a deciding game in the final, winning 3-2 against Josep Manuel Maille Pera & Francisco Javier Escola (Spain).

Playing with his regular partner in international events, Birgit Matthias (Germany), Gray also won the over-60s mixed doubles, overcoming Romanians Frank Lukaschek & Virginia Stanescu, 3-1 in the final.

But Gray was disappointed by his performance in the men’s over-60s singles.   After easily winning his group, Gray fell in straight games to fellow left-hander Antonis Aguinalde (Philippines) in the first round of the knockout – Aguinalde was the eventual losing finalist.