By Joanna Campe
This week marked the start of the Eastern Region Tennis Summer Season which runs from October through to the end of March. This season Lilydale Tennis Club has 17 kids playing in the competition across five teams.
Junior Open Doubles (JOD10) Lilydale v Mooroolbark Heights
Lilydale was represented by Haady Aziz, Nenuka Withanage, Ivy Pieper and Ollie McDonald.
Lilydale played at home this round against Mooroolbark Heights. In a very competitive first round match, it was Mooroolbark Heights that took the win 4 sets to 2 – winning 28 games to Lilydale 24.
Result: 6-2, 2-6, 6-2, 4-6, 2-6, 4-6
Junior Open Singles Doubles (JOSD4) Lilydale v BYE
This team started the season with a BYE. The boys are keen for next week to officially start their season.
Result: BYE
Open Rubbers 19 (OR19) Lilydale Green v Lilydale Blue
Lilydale Green was represented by David Halkidis and Noah Burow and Lilydale Blue was represented by Alex Jerin and Adam Johnson.
It was Lilydale v Lilydale in the first-round match. Lilydale Green were too strong on the day taking the win 5 sets to 0 – winning 30 games to 9.
Result: 6-2, 6-0, 6-2, 6-4, 6-1
Open Rubbers 25 (OR25) v Mooroolbark Heights Green
Lilydale was represented by Levi Daly and Tim Bassett.
Lilydale played away this round against Mooroolbark Heights. In a very close and exciting match it was Mooroolbark that won the day overall 3 sets to 2 – winning 23 games to 17.
Result: 6-4, 6-1, 6-0, 3-6, 2-6
Lilydale Tennis club welcomes all players of any age and ability. For information on how to join Lilydale Tennis Club please visit https://play.tennis.com.au/lilydaletennisclub.
For all coaching enquiries (Juniors and Adults) please contact Andrew at Pro Touch Tennis Academy https://www.ptta.com.au/contact
