Rapaura tennis derby produces close result

The Rapaura stablemates fought out a thrilling tie during the latest round of the Wine Brokers NZ premier tennis competition.

After six matches and 16 sets Rapaura Wairau River Blanc and Rapaura Wairau River Noir were inseparable. It took a countback of games won and lost to find a winner, Blanc prevailing 86-83.

All the singles encounters were decided in supertiebreaks.

Blanc’s Anthony Walkenhorst beat Hamish McRae 7-5, 3-6, 10-6, Glen Cameron pulled one back for Noir, downing Clyde Sowman 6-3, 4-6, 12-10, Jared Bell from Blanc beat Ben Burridge 5-7, 6-2, 10-3 then Noir’s Jane Davidson defeated Eveline Apthorp 6-3, 4-6, 10-7.

McRae and Cameron beat Walkenhorst and Sowman 6-3, 7-6 in the men’s double, before Apthorp and Bell levelled the tie by beating Burridge and Davidson 6-1, 6-3.

The second premier division one match saw Marlborough Forrest Wines account for Renwick 5-1.

Chris Nott, Amber Lyons and Stephen Dempster all scored two wins for the victors.

In the division two match-ups, Rapaura Wairau River Rose and Marlborough Nga Hau Wha claimed wins.

Rapaura came out on top of a close encounter with Renwick Jana, prevailing 7-6 on set countback. Hiro Kishida and Jimmy Rumble managed two wins for the winning combination.

In the other match, Nga Hau Wha came out on top of Marlborough Next Gen 4-2, Koos Richter and Jaco van Hensbergen picking up wins in both singles and doubles.