Out at Buangor, the men played out a tight contest, with the father-son combination of Chris and Phil Hartwich, who managed to outplay Hayden Price and Doug Newberry.

Steve Jardine and Mark Fenn managed to edge out Will Hope and Jack Newberry to even out the ledger. A similar circumstance for the ladies too, as Julia Boatman and Kate Vance came out on top for Crowlands against Kim Hartwich and Sophie Dyer, while Buangor's Matilda Hope and Alison Pitcher proved too good for Alana Newberry and Annabelle Price.

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The Crowlands side has managed to win both the Men's and Ladies section by 5 and 4 games respectively leading into the mixed section.

The Crowlands side, on their return to the ADTA competition, took out the convincing fashion to finish the day with maximum points to get themselves into early finals contention after just one game.

Meanwhile, up the Western Highway in Ararat, the reigning champions were able to successfully defend their title against a motley Ararat crew.

Elmhurst-Amphitheatre's Josh Barker and Trevor Field started out strong against Nick Oliver and John Hannett, making short work of the opening game, with a similar situation next door with Elmhurst taking out the opening ladies game, Kate McLoughlin and Aimee Harrison defeating Tahni Skewes and Kat De Deminico.

Ararat's men fought back, with Alex Drosg and Graham Greenbank defeating Will Edgar and Cam Roberts, with Ararat continuing on strong in the men's, taking the points for the section.

The ladies for Elmhurst were too strong, with Sally Roberts and Mel Murnane making it look easy against the young Ararat combination of Ella McLoughlin and Rishi Kalluri.

The matches of the day at Ararat were definitely the mixed section, with each side taking a convincing win (Nick Oliver and Tahni Skewes for Ararat and Trevor Field and Aimee Harrison for Elmhurst).

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The final two sets of the day were very hotly contested, with youth and experience on both sides of the court. The experience of Alex Drosg, combined with the youthful exuberance of Ella McLoughlin prevailed in a tight tiebreaker against young Will Edgar and Sally Roberts.

Next door, the other Ararat side also managed to scrape a close victory, with ring-in's Graham Greenbank and Rishi Kalluri barely avoiding a tiebreaker against Cam Roberts and Mel Murnane.

All in all, yet another wonderful display of young talent made this round an exciting clash at both locations.

This Saturday November 20th, Round 3, sees Landsborough head to Elmhurst Amphitheatre to try and topple the ladder leaders, and Ararat City heads to Crowlands to see who will take their second win for the season, with Buangor enjoying the bye weekend.

All matches will start at 1:00pm and all participants and spectators are reminded to check-in at the venue and be COVID-safe.

Best of luck to all teams, and please get in contact with clubs or the tennis league if you would like to get involved with tennis in the Ararat District Tennis Association.

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