Tennis Geelong’s Saturday Senior Pennant finalists faced more than just their opposition this week, when the wind picked up making the conditions more challenging.
Wandana Heights Blue had no trouble with the conditions in 4 Mixed when they faced club counterparts White.
Blue’s mixed combinations proved too strong in the first semi, helping the team to a 5-1 win.
Eastern Districts didn’t have it quite so easy in the second semi against Western Heights Uniting. After the doubles the teams were level on sets and games with two sets to play. The reverse mixed went one set each way, but with the Heights winning 6-4 and Districts winning 6-3, Districts won through by the smallest of margins.
Hamlyn Park managed wins in both their finals with 2 Mixed dropping the first set, before charging to a 5-1 win over Moolap Gold, while 1 Men had a much tougher task.
Surfcoast Torquay were level on sets with the Park, but four games down going into the final two sets. Torquay won the sixth set 6-4 while the fifth was tied at 5 all. Both teams held serve to take the set to a tie-break, leaving the match result with the winner. Torquay had a match point at 6-5, but the Park’s Luke McNabb and Lou Arzanovski fought to win the tie-break 8-6, and take the match.
Surfcoast had a bad day in all three of their matches. Barwon Heads dashed Torquay’s chances in 1 Open when they won the first singles and both the reverse singles and doubles to put them through to next week’s final.
Jan Juc pushed Highton White in 4 Open’s second semi, with each team winning two rubbers, but with Joshua Palmer taking a set in the second singles, White were ahead on sets to give them the win.
Highton’s counterparts Blue faced Barwon Heads in the first semi and with wins in the first singles and both doubles, secured an all Highton grand final with the win.
It was an all Moolap affair in 3 Mixed with Gold hosting Black. Black won the first and second mixed before Gold won the men’s and women’s with Black 2 games up. The teams split the final two sets and Black progressed with their five-game lead.
Grovedale went two for two when 2 Open had their second win over Moolap Black and 1 Mixed got through by 7 games against Wandana Heights.
Wandana had a tough time against Moolap in 5 Open in the first semi, with each team winning a singles and a doubles, leaving them teams level on rubbers and sets, but Wandana will play next week due to the three-game advantage.
Things were even tighter in the second semi when Highton Blue traded rubbers with Geelong Lawn, with the final result two rubbers and four sets all, but Blue ahead by just one game.
Bannockburn cruised through their 2 Men’s match against Lara winning the first four sets,while Lara’s 3 Open team levelled their ledger for the day getting over All Saints three rubbers to one.
