Booming serve: LBU’s Harrison Condliffe leaps to serve the ball.
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Rochester 1 vs Rich River 1
Rochester has secured a crushing victory over Rich River, securing a 10-89 to 3-47 win at Rochester Lawn Tennis Club at the weekend.
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Jaycob Dingwall got the hosts off to a flyer, claiming his singles match up 6-1 over Josh Boyd, before Rich River hit back through Hudson Jasper, who claimed his rubber 6-3 over Lachlan Smith.
Rochester dominated the men’s doubles match-ups, winning all three to take a commanding lead in the overall standings, with Smith and Jacob Grieve’s 8-1 triumph over Jasper and Matthew George the most resounding of the wins.
Winding up: Noah Condliffe mid-serve.
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Charlotta Groenewald would steal some ground back for Rich River, steering a doubles win over Kate Lee and Rachael Major, although Rochy’s Michelle Winchcomb and Karen Taylor returned serve with an 8-0 win of their own.
Another 8-0 win followed as Taylor combined with Major to further extend Rochester’s margin, wrapping up all four women’s doubles sets as the lead ballooned.
Boyd and Groenewald pinched back an 8-5 mixed doubles win for Rich River. However, the damage was done, as Rochester won all three remaining sets to walk away with the points.
Rochester will face LBU next week as it continues to occupy a top-two spot on the ladder, while Rich River will look to hand Echuca 1 its first defeat.
Echuca 1 vs Echuca 3
Echuca 1 continued on its merry way, securing its sixth consecutive victory to open the season after beating Echuca 3 8-85 to 5-65 at Echuca Lawn Tennis Club.
Underdogs Echuca 3 made a quick start to the match, claiming both singles rubbers through Matthew Rosendale and Silas Kingma, who earned 6-1 and 6-3 victories respectively.
Rosendale then combined with Joshua Hunter to clinch the first of the men’s doubles 8-6, and reinforce the early lead for the lower ranked of the two Echuca sides.
But Echuca 1 got on the board shortly after through Nick Bush and Shane Coatsworth, who claimed victory 8-2 over Kingma and Hugh Melville, although Echuca 3 again hit straight back through the pairing of Melville and Hunter, who claimed an 8-4 win in the last of the men’s doubles.
Made it: Echuca 2’s Maddie O'Nial returns with a backhand.
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Roxanne Dicketts and Vicki Bavich handed Echuca 1 its second set, winning their women’s doubles match-up 8-6, before Celine Joyce joined the party, combining with Bavich to claim an 8-4 win, also earning victory in her other women’s doubles match.
Echuca 1 rode the momentum into the mixed doubles matches, claiming three of the four rubbers including an 8-1 win for Roger Carmody and Dicketts, to claim the overall honours.
Echuca 1 will face Rich River next week as it looks to extend the streak to seven wins, while Echuca 3 will line up against Echuca 2.
Echuca 2 vs LBU 1
Nice return: Echuca 2’s Ryan More sends one back over the net.
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Echuca 2 crushed LBU at Echuca Lawn Tennis Club, claiming a 10-91 to 3-66 win.
The two sides split the men’s singles rubbers, with Ryan More claiming a 6-2 win for Echuca 2, while Darryl Squires won 6-4 to put LBU on the board.
Ryan More and Chris Milnes won 8-5, as did Shaun Trice and Chris Potter, to establish a big lead for Echuca 3, before Milnes and Potter claimed the final set to sweep the men’s doubles for the home side.
Great shot: Echuca 2’s Lucy Higgins plays a forehand.
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Katie Condliffe and Nacelle Bacon claimed the first women’s doubles rubber for LBU 8-3, before Echuca 3 hit back with an 8-0 win through Judy Poole and Tanya Godfrey, wrapping up the final two women’s doubles rubbers to take a commanding lead into the mixed doubles matches.
On top of it: LBU’s Noah Condliffe stretches to return a forehand.
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Noah Condliffe and Bacon claimed a win for LBU in the mixed doubles. However, it was the final success for the visitors, as Echuca claimed the remaining sets to secure a big overall win.
Echuca 2 will face club mates Echuca 3 next week, while LBU will host Rochester 1.
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