Tennis Report

Saturday 23 November 2024

Firsts Report

The First Tennis won 5-4 against Scots on an unpredictable and tense day. Despite only winning one of three doubles, they regained the lead on the day following clinical performance from Felix Harrop and Ollie Wilcox. With every match being worth so much, the team was extremely unlucky in losing two very close matches to fall behind 4-3. With the day looking bleak and the undefeated record looking in doubt, an incredible third-set comeback from Ari Ganassin silenced the hostile Scots crowd and tied the day at four matches each, with one to play. Despite being down 5-2 in the first set, Harper Cunningham put on an impressive display of mental fortitude to win the set 7-5 and played an incredible second set in a tiebreak to seal the day 5-4 in favour of Shore. The team was gracious in victory and looks to have a strong result against premiership rivals Newington this week.

Oliver Wilcox
First Captain

Seconds Report

In a challenging match against Scots, Shore’s Seconds Tennis team faced a tough day, losing 9-0. Despite the result, Oli De Koch delivered an inspiring performance in his singles match, battling back from 4-1 down in the second set before narrowly losing 7-5. The doubles matches were fiercely contested, but unfortunately, Scots were able to close out the games. All players demonstrated commendable determination and sportsmanship, with several close games reflecting the team’s hard work. The boys are determined to regroup and bounce back stronger in their next match.

Alex Yu
Seconds Caption

Opens Report

The Third Team fought through a mixed set of results in a highly competitive round. George Story and Oscar Chadban started with a closely contested doubles match, narrowly losing in a tiebreaker, 6-6 (6-8). Lachie Assheton and Oliver Moufarrige bounced back with a strong win, taking their doubles 6-4.

In the singles matches, George Story gave a valiant effort but fell short 4-6, while Lachie Assheton struggled against a formidable opponent, losing 0-6. Oliver Moufarrige put up a good fight but narrowly lost 4-6. Oscar Chadban closed the day on a high note, clinching a strong 6-5 (7-5) victory in his singles match.

The Fourth Team delivered a stellar performance. Archie Jones and Daniel Burgess kicked things off with a 6-1 doubles victory, while Andrew Gilchrist and Nathan Lu followed suit with a confident 6-2 win.

In singles, the team continued their dominance: Archie Jones and Daniel Burgess each won 6-1 and 6-2, respectively. Andrew Gilchrist held off a late rally to secure a 6-4 win, and Austin Xu breezed through his match 6-0.

The Seventh Team showed great resilience in a series of competitive matches. Conrad Lo and Jono Loy opened with a solid 6-4 doubles win, followed by Hugo Mason-Jones and Alexander Taubman narrowly taking their doubles 6-5 (7-5).

In singles, Jono Loy faced tough opposition and lost 4-6, while Conrad Lo had a challenging match, falling 0-6. Hugo Mason-Jones redeemed the team with a determined 6-4 victory, but Alexander Taubman couldn’t hold off his opponent, ending his match 3-6.

The Eighth team faced a challenging set of opponents but showed admirable perseverance. Hamish Richards and James Cochineas had a difficult match, losing 0-6, as did Henry Marshall and Mitch Bowen.

In singles, James Cochineas and Mitch Bowen both gave it their all but lost 3-6. Hamish Richards and Henry Marshall faced similar challenges, finishing their matches 1-6 and 2-6, respectively. Despite the results, their commitment and effort were commendable.

George Story
Opens player

U16s

The U16’s had a close game against Scots this weekend with the As, Bs and Ds Winning and the Cs losing resulting narrow win. In the As and Bs, Jack Conner-Brent and Benji Loy had a solid 6-1 Win and Issac Metcalfe and Loki Lam had a close match wining 7-2 in the tiebreak. In the Singles, Max Scarlett had another close match winning in the tiebreaker if 7-4. In the Cs and Ds, Archie Court and Will Gordon had the only doubles win of 6-3. Furthermore, In the Singles, Luca Westcott had a closely matched 7-5 tiebreak, resulting in a win, which was also the only singles win in the Cs. Our last game is next week against Newington, and hopefully, we can have similar results of a win.