Thu, Oct 28, 2021 8:44 PM

Rapaura team wins tight tennis encounter

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Peter Jones

Rapaura Wairau River Noir notched their second consecutive win in the Wine Brokers NZ premier interclub tennis competition on Wednesday evening.

They downed Marlborough Forrest Wines, another first week winner, 4-2 on the grass courts of Rapaura.

The night’s highlight was the match between Rapaura’s Glen Cameron and Chris Nott from the Marlborough combination.

In an epic encounter, which went to three sets, Glen prevailed 6-4, 6-7, 12-10, providing what turned out to be a crucial point for his side.

Hamish Morrow got Marlborough off to a good start in the singles, beating Hugh Robinson 6-3, 6-2, then Stephen Dempster beat Ella Sowman to put the visitors 2-0 up. However, Cameron’s win and victory to Pauline Fudge over Amber Lyons in the women’s single saw the scores tied going into doubles play.

Robinson produced his A game to team with Cameron for a 6-4, 6-7, 10-7 win over Nott and Morrow, then Sowman and Fudge beat Lyons and Dempster 6-1, 7-5 in the mixed to clinch the points.

In the other scheduled premier division one match, Renwick defaulted to Rapaura River Blanc due to lack of players.

There was plenty of action in division two though, Marlborough Nga Hau Wha beating Rapaura Wairau River Rose 5-1, then Marlborough Next Gen defeating Renwick Jana 4-2. Both winning teams also prevailed last week.

In the first match, the Marlborough combination of Jaco van Hensbergen, Ivan Fedoryshchev, Koos Richter and Josh Joseph prevailed in all four singles clashes to set up their victory.

In the other clash, Luke Marusaki and Lauren Fisher notched wins in both their singles and double matches for Next Gen, Dan Clarke’s top singles win over Jason Bryant becoming a key result.

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