The action and excitement of mixed doubles day on Friday was punctured by an unfortunate accident that resulted in Meghan Dizon pulling out of the women’s doubles draw on Saturday.
Federico Staksrud and Dizon were partnered up for mixed doubles and had a successful day through the bracket that included wins over No. 12 seeds Lacy Schneemann/Collin Johns and No. 4 seeds Jessie Irvine/AJ Koller. They ultimately fell in the semifinals to AL Waters and Ben Johns and later returned to the court to play out the bronze medal match against Connor Garnett and Etta Wright.
During the first game of the bronze medal match, both Staksrud and Dizon set up for a midcourt putaway ball that flew high between the pair of them, with Staksrud swinging a forehand and Dizon swinging a backhand. Unfortunately, with Dizon in front and both players lunging to swing at the ball, Staksrud’s paddle ended up connecting with the back of Dizon’s head.
The pair ended up finishing the match and ultimately fell to Garnett/Wright 11-6, 11-13, 11-6, giving Garnett his first mixed medal and Wright her second, but upon breaking after the first game, Dizon noticed she had a noticeable bump on her head that wasn’t going down.
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