It was perfect tennis weather for the final round before the holiday break and all players enjoyed the favourable conditions.
Section 3 Girls were no exception and the race to the finals got a little tighter with the results from Round 10.
Geelong Lawn narrowed the gap to the top four this week when they travelled to Ocean Grove and upset the second placed team. Monique Fox and Charlie Coles did well for the home team winning their singles 6-2 and 6-4, but from there Lawn’s Danielle Rydberg and Stella Goldstraw won through in their singles 6-1 and 6-5 with the team’s tied on sets and games.
In the doubles, Goldstraw won her second tie break for the day with Ryberg while Lily Stewart and Sienna Liang took Lawn’s fourth set for the day, giving them the win by a set and four games.
Highton pushed themselves into second this week, with a win over sixth placed Wandana Heights with a close 4-2 win at home.
While the overall result looked comfortable, it was anything but that. Ruby Dowd did well in the second singles winning through 6-2, while Madelyn Wills and Amelia Vesty toughed it out in tie-breaks for the home team, before Emily Pianto got up in the third singles for Wandana, winning 6-4.
Dowd and Wills faced another tie-break in the doubles, this time going down to Gracie Lord and Anya Brown, but the team proved too steady with Vesty teaming with Michelle Depaoli to take the sixth set 6-3 sealing the win for Highton.
The final match saw ladder leaders Inverleigh take on third placed Leopold. Clara Blersch and Holly Verlin had a long day with tie-break sets in both their singles and doubles, with Blersch successful in the singles for Inverleigh and Verlin teaming with Ellie Gibson to take the doubles for Leopold.
Gibson was the other shining light for Leopold winning her singles 6-0, but with Lucy Blersch and Ellie Broadhurst winning through in their singles 6-0, 6-1, then teaming to take the second doubles 6-2, Inverleigh maintained their lead over the section winning 4-2.
