Tennis Report
Saturday 8 March 2025
Firsts Report
The Firsts went down 5-4 in their first home loss in almost two seasons following an exceptional display of tennis from both schools. Felix Harrop and Ollie Wilcox won their singles and their doubles match along with with an impressive three set win from Ari Ganassin. While the boys put everything they could into it, they narrowly lost the other matches. Shore leads the premiership by one point going into the final week, with a must-win at Newington College deciding the result of the premiership. As many boys possible are encouraged to attend to help get the Firsts over the line as they aim to make history with back-to-back premierships.
Oliver Wilcox
Firsts Captain
Seconds Report
Shore’s Seconds lost 8-1 playing away at The Scots College. Despite the score the team had many close matches and fought hard in rainy conditions. In doubles the number one pair, Josh Cottee and Connor Fung, fought hard in the first set to win 7-5, winning the second 6-2 set displaying deep ground strokes and aggressive net plays to close out points. The second pair, Alex Yu and Taj Gupta, showed big serves and approaches to the net but were unable to close out the game despite great net plays and serves. The third doubles pair, Chris Hunter and Anay Mishra Mall, were also beaten but showed great determination when building up points and encouraging each other to win the next points. In the singles, number one player Connor was beaten 6-4 in the first set but played well holding his opponent at the base line. Taj played phenomenally, losing the first tie break 11-9, then unfortunately losing the second tie break 8-6. He served amazingly well to secure service games and approached the net to close out his points. Finally, after losing his first set Anay came back from 4-2 down in the second to taking the set to a tie break. He ended up losing the tie break 8-6 however he built up points and pressured his opponent to make mistakes extremely well. The team is ready to improve for a better score next week.
Alex Yu
Seconds Captain
Opens
Thirds: Win 5-1
The Thirds showed dominant form with a 5-1 victory. Ralphie Fowler and Daniel Burgess kicked things off with a solid 6-3 win. Unfortunately, George Story and Archie Jones were on the losing side, falling 3-6. However, individual performances were strong: Ralphie won his match 6-4; George triumphed 6-2; Archie J secured a 6-4 victory; and Daniel clinched his match 6-3.
Fourths: Win 5-1
The Fourths also enjoyed a 5-1 win. Oliver Moufarrige and Andrew Gilchrist delivered a confident 6-3 win, while Austin Xu and Jono Loy lost 2-6. Singles performances were excellent, with Oliver securing a 6-3 win, Andrew triumphing 6-2, Conrad Lo winning 6-4, and Austin adding a 6-4 victory to the tally.
Fifths: Loss 1-5
The Fifths struggled with a 1-5 loss. In the doubles Hugo Mason-Jones and Jared Lin were defeated 3-6, and Alex Taubman and Hamish Richards lost 2-6. However, Hugo came through with a 6-4 win in his singles match. Alex faced a tough 1-6 loss, Jared went down 3-6, and Hamish was defeated 4-6 in his singles match.
Sixths: Win 4-2
The Sixths managed a 4-2 win. Lachlan Tam and Dylan Germain lost a close match 5-6 (4-7), but Jayden Pan and Jaeyun Koh turned things around with a 6-2 win. Lachlan then dominated his match, winning 6-0, though Dylan fell 2-6. Jayden fought hard for a 6-5 (7-3) victory, and Jaeyun sealed the win with a 6-1 triumph.