Tennis Report: Shore versus Newington
On Saturday, the Firsts played Newington during an away game. The boys seemed unbothered by the swirling wind and started strongly with aggressive volleying. After the doubles, Shore led by two matches to one. In singles, Sam Wensley and Oliver Wilcox went on first, and set the tone. Both boys played high quality matches and won in tight straight sets resulting in a Shore lead of 4-1. However, Newington’s team proved to have good depth, and they fought back. Nonetheless, Zac Little dug deep to come back from a set down to clinch a match that lasted nearly three hours. Shore ended up winners in the end 5-4. Newington were coming 2nd on the AAGPS ladder, so Shore made a statement to the rest of the teams with this win.
After the Seconds tight win last week against Scots, the task of Newington looked to be a breeze. An easy win from Connor Fung and Chris Mathur 6-1 6-0 gave Shore a great highlight for the day, but underestimating your opponents is never a good idea.
Newington was determined to prove themselves to the competition and cleaned up the other two doubles within the next hour. There were six points still to play for after the doubles and plenty of time to bring it back. But the Newington steamroller was in full force, winning three quick singles matches to give them an almost guaranteed win. There was still hope though, each match counted, and the three remaining boys managed to pull in two wins (Connor Fung 6-4 6-2, Matt Hogg 6-4 1-6 6-2), and a draw to Jimmy Nicholas who debuted for the team and managed this with the pressure of both teams watching on. Overall, this round was a grounding experience and will hopefully wake the boys up for a win against Riverview next week.
In the 15s, the team played very well and showed vigor. With 18 wins in total out of 24 matches. The A team especially, with five out of six games being won. Shout out to Oliver Moufarrige for winning 6-0 in his singles game. The 15s Tennis squad is improving at an extraordinary rate each time improving their overall skills.
For the Under 14s, their Saturday match day against Newington was a tough round. Although we were not able to come away with many victories, we all put in a valiant effort playing away from Northbridge. Our star team for this week was again the Ds, pulling away with the most wins and an excellent match played by Archie Court from coming 3-1 down to winning 6-4. Another excellent match was played by our Bs player, Ed Dunnett, who unfortunately lost his singles on an 8-6 tiebreak but put in his best effort all the way, coming so close to a victory. Congratulations to the Under 14s Tennis Squad and good luck for the next round!
The 13s had a number of highlights going up against a strong opposition. Daniel Wallwork as C4 was down 4-5 match point and was able to fight back to 5-5, then won the tiebreak 7-5 and took the match. Two other notable mentions are Tom Hazel and Alan Zhai. Both boys were down 1-4 and 1-5 respectively and ended up losing 4-6, 4-6. They both showed great competitiveness and determination when the chips were down.
Win-Loss in Rubbers (Matches)
| Age Group | Under 13s | Under 14s | Under 15s | Under 16s | Opens | Seconds | Firsts |
| Week 4 Results (Wins-Loses) | 6-18 | 1-23 | 18-6 | 3-18 | 5-19 | 3.5-5.5 | 5-4 |
Mr J Straney
MIC Tennis
