'Tourette Twins' stay quiet in clinching second gold

DOM McLuskey and Patrick Ogier certainly do not like to make life easy for themselves.

It seems that all week at the Idrottsparken, their matches have gone to championship tie breaks. They like to take the first set, only to go off the boil in the second and then win the match on a championship tie break.

And this was the pattern for the Guernsey pair in their doubles final victory over Isle of Man's Bruce Wagstaff and Johnny Wagstaff yesterday.

'I don't know why it happens,' said McLuskey afterwards.

'Once we've won the first set, we tend to relax and we play some sloppy shots. They capitalised on that today.

The gold medal went with their first place in the team event at the start of the week and they were keen to win the doubles after they lost the final in Rhodes two years ago.

For the first time in the tournament, the proceedings were overseen by the tournament referee John Treleven in the umpire's chair. There was a reason why he was there as McLuskey and Ogier have earned themselves the moniker of the 'Tourette Twins' for their on court outbursts.

But the pair are cherubs compared to Wagstaff, who is volatile to say the least.