Jenson & Brown Win Australian National Titles

Top seeds Dan Jenson and Kasey Brown lived up to their billings when they took out the men's and women's titles at the Australian Nationals in Bendigo today.

Jenson beat Cameron White 6-11 11-2 11-9 11-6 while earlier in the day Brown accounted for Amelia Pittock 10-8 9-3 9-2.

Jenson and Brown have both been in very good form in recent months, notching up a string of tournament victories on the Australian satellite tour, and this showed as they fought off strong challenges from their opponents.

Jenson, the former world number four from Adelaide, cruised into the semi-finals with a straight games win over Scott Arnold, while White, from Victoria, fought out a classic semi-final with unseeded Queenslander Craig Rowland, eventually winning 9-11 11-8 11-5 4-11 11-5.

But Jenson's class and experience showed in the final as he took the title to add to his recent wins in the South Australian Open, the Barossa Valley Open and the Naracoorte Open.

Brown and Pittock will spearhead Australia's challenge at the Women's World Team Championships in Canada in September but in Sunday's final Brown showed the form that has carried her to a career-high world ranking of 25.

She has won five titles on the Australian tour over the past two months, including the recent Australian Open, and she was always the favourite in Sunday's final.

Pittock pushed hard in the first game but Brown gained control after that and never looked in real danger.