It was the opening round of the new summer seasons for both Juniors and Senior divisions on Saturday Tennis Geelong competitions.
In Section 1 Open, last year’s Junior Section 1 Boys finalists were too good for Newcomb when Geelong Lawn White won the first match of the round four rubbers to love, eight sets to love. The young guns from White took both doubles relatively comfortably when Jack Remilton teamed with Rhys McNabb and then Jake Bucek to win 6-1, 6-3 and 6-1, 6-2 while Bucek cruised to a 6-2, 6-0 win in the first singles.
McNabb had to fight hard in his win over the experienced David Kos, but managed to tough it out 6-4, 6-3.
Another team of Geelong Lawn Juniors hosted Surfcoast Jan Juc, and came away with a four rubber to love, seven sets to one win.
Illija Sasic took a comfortable win over Andrew Osborn in the first singles while Anthony Williams and Minami Tan came from behind to best Sam Rogers and Jon Stephenson 2-6, 6-3, 10-7 in the first doubles.
Tan and Stephenson then battled out the second singles, and after a tough first set, Tan polished off the win 7-5, 6-2. Sasic and Williams rounded out the win for Lawn with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Osborn and Rogers.
Geelong Lawn Green hosted Hightonand proved too strong three rubbers to one, and five sets to three.
Saxon Richardson battled for the day against Highton’s Jamie Heaton with Heaton winning a close one in the first singles 7-5, 6-3, while Richardson counted in the second doubles, pairing with Teal Studer to just get over Heaton and Jason Raselli 6-3, 5-7, 12-10.
The remaining rubbers were comfortable wins to Green, with Jackson Varney taking the second singles 6-1, 6-0, and the first doubles with Teal Studer 6-0, 6-2.
The final match of the day was the closest with Grovedale hosting Barwon Heads and the visitors got up three rubbers to one and five sets to three in a match that lasted over three and a half hours.
Ryan Lee and Brett Armstrong opened the day in the first singles with Lee winning through in a marathon 6-3, 7-6 for the home team while Toby Mitchell and Alex Boyle bested Tim Morrison and Tyler Krumholz 6-4, 6-4 to level the match.
The tussle continued in the second singles with Mitchell outlasting Morrison 6-3, 2-6, 10-4, while in the doubles, Armstrong and Boyle took the first nine games of the rubber, before Lee and Krumholz started their fightback. The lead though was insurmountable with the Heads taking the final rubber 6-0, 6-4.
