PLAYERS hit the ground running when the Ararat City men’s tennis summer competition commenced last Wednesday.
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Autopro’s Ross McGregor fought it out against a classy Andy Tucker until the third set when Tucker was joined by the in-form Neil Blizzard for an 8-2 win.
Ben Hartwich performed well at number 1 for AME, winning two matches while Andy Marx made a good return to tennis. James Zwirs and Greg McInnes traded blows all night with hard drives, powerful serves in windy conditions. There were great rallies between Claire Harricks and Alex Drosg in the final set of the evening.
Fishers IGA lost both opening sets by a total of 10 games. Harry Wills fought hard for Fishers and was involved in 10-0 and a 10-3 victories. However, they were still not enough to win as Fosters’ Ed Bush claimed all of his sets comfortably.
In the McDonald’s-Malloy Bros clash, big serving Louis Robinson won his first two games well but Garry Hurst and Chris Hartwich took out the last 6-5. Ben McInnes performed well for the victors.
RESULTS – ROUND ONE:
Autopro 20 lost to Ararat RSL 37.
R McGregor/G Hurst 4 lost A Tucker/S Barr 5. B McInnes/A Ghazal 3 lost J Christie/N Blizzard 8. R McGregor/B McInnes 4 drew A Tucker/J Christie 5. G Hurst/A Ghazal 3 lost S Barr/N Blizzard 8. R McGregor/A Ghazal 2 lost A Tucker/N Blizzard 8. G Hurst/B McInnes 4 drew S Barr/J Christie 4.
Chemmart 30 lost to AME 40.
M Hope/M Verdon 7 drew B Hartwich/A Marx 7. T Guthrie/W Flamstead 4 lost D Rowe/M Stevens 10. M Hope/T Guthrie 6 lost B Hartwich/D Rowe 7. M Verdon/W Flamstead 3 lost A Marx/M Stevens 7. M Hope/W Flamstead 3 lost B Hartwich/M Stevens 5. M Verdon/T Guthrie 7 d. A Marx/D Rowe 4.
Tyrepower 44 d Mitre 10 27.
J Zwirs/R Thomas 8 d G McInnes/W. Gason 6. C. Harricks/G. Bush 9 d. A. Drosg/A. Ives 6. J. Zwirs/C. Harricks 5 lost G McInnes/A Drosg 8. R Thomas/G Bush 8 d W Gason/A Ives 2. J Zwirs/G Bush 6 d G McInnes/A. Ives 2. R Thomas/C Harricks 8 d W Gason/A Drosg 3.
Fishers IGA 29 lost Fosters Mensland 34.
A Wills/J Rowland 1 lost K Hurst/M Connellan 8. H Wills/T Hartwich 2 lost C Newson/E Bush 5. A Wills/H Wills 10 d K Hurst/C Newson 0. J Rowland/T Hartwich 2 lost M Connellan/E Bush 9. A Wills/T Hartwich 4 lost K Hurst/E Bush 9. J Rowland/H Wills 10 d M Connellan/C Newson 3.
McDonald's 39 d Malloy Bros 24.
J Hannett/L Robinson 10 d S Brennan/G Hurst 2. P Brennan/B McInnes 5 drew C and P Hartwich 5. J Hannett/P Brennan 5 lost S Brennan/C Hartwich 7. L Robinson/B McInnes 8 d G Hurst/P Hartwich 2. J Hannett/B McInnes 6 d S Brennan/P Hartwich 2. L Robinson/P Brennan 5 lost G.Hurst/C Hartwich 6.