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hat Kailua Racquet Club\u2019s Blue Moon Men\u2019s Night Doubles Tournament has managed to remain the signature tennis event in Hawaii for more than four decades has never kept the club from trying new things, especially if it means enhancing the experience for the spectator.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the phrase \u201cfan friendly\u201d summarizes the event, which is free to the public. Background music played between points and post-game interviews with<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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the players via the public address system, for example, is an innovative staple of the tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur philosophy always has been that we\u2019re throwing a big party and every- one in attendance is our guest,\u201d said Bruce Nagel, tournament director and club manager. \u201cThat\u2019s the key to it. If you get people there, the players will want to come. We also always try to put together a really nice players\u2019 pack- age.\u201d<\/p>\n

The field has steadily grown under Nagel\u2019s leadership and has become a showcase for current and former college players with ties to Hawaii. When the 42nd annual event begins this Sunday (it runs through Aug. 4), 50 doubles teams will fill out the brackets, with defend- ing champions Michael Maata and Jan-Axel Tribler as headliners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The fifth time around was the charm for Maata and Tribler last summer win the event after four previous appearances. The pair also won the other two events included in Hawaii\u2019s new Triple Crown of Tennis \u2014 the Waikiki Tennis Club\u2019s Clay Court Championships and the Oahu Club Men\u2019s Night Doubles Tourna-ment.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey\u2019re a really fun team to watch,\u201d Nagel said.<\/p>\n

Maata and Tribler will be among the top seeds when the pairings are finalized. The tournament seeds the top eight teams, all of whom advance to the second week\u2019s main round. The rest of the field will go through a qualifying round, which begins Sunday, in hopes of making the champi- onship round with the seeded teams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ikaika Jobe also is back after finishing as runner- up last year with then- teammate Thomas Shubert. He is expected to have a new partner this time around.<\/p>\n

Nagel also noted that the team of Wei Yu Su and Minh Le also will take part this year. The pair won four straight Men’s Night Doubles tour- naments from 2005 to 2008 before a third-place finish in 2009. The pair did not compete last year. The third-place team of Bradley Lum-Tucker and Michael Wojnarovicz from 2011 also has committed to this year\u2019s field.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In addition to Blue Moon Brewing Co., the Honolulu Star-Advertiser<\/em> is among the tournament\u2019s 2012 sponsors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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