JUNIOR tennis continued at Swan Hill on Saturday in hot and humid conditions.
This proved to be one of the toughest mornings for the juniors to get through, with many hot and tired young players at the end of the day.
Team Federer’s Jack Delmenico, Brayden Young, Lachlan Warburton and Breanna Warne were the best players this week after having successful mornings winning all their sets.
Braden Young had the strongest singles win of the morning, winning 6-1.
Others to do well were Oscar Lewis, and Virginia Gleeson.
Many singles wins were decided in tiebreakers.
There were four tiebreakers in the singles indicating good competition among the Federer players.
Brayden Young and Rory Sheldrick played a strong consistent game to win their doubles 6-0, while Oscar Lewis and Virginia Gleeson had a convincing 6-1 doubles win.
Many other doubles games were close and exciting, with some long rallies and some great volleying.
In the Wozniacki section the best players were Chloe Taylor, Natalie White and Ella Stacey, who won their three sets.
Greta Sheldrick and Abby Morrison had a tight tussle, finishing even for the day.
Greta had the upper hand in the singles winning 6/3.
Team Stosur’s group welcomed Sophie Brumby this week.
Although she came away with a minus score, Sophie played some lovely shots and come away with a win in one doubles match with Alana Bookham, against Hannah Everitt and Maddy White, with a score of 6-3.
The weather did not deter the girls today, with all players continuing to encourage each other and try their best.
Best players this week were Grace Farrell, Milly Reed, Ellie Gillingham, Alana Bookham and Claudia Free.
Team Tomic’s best players were Pat Storerand Dustin Burns.
In the end there were 14 hot Tomic players battling against each other.
All of the boys played well with some excellent rallies happening in both groups.
Aussie Mozzies’ best players were Alex Carroll, Mathew Molloy, Campbell Kelly and Mackenzie Kelly.
Ethan Drummond and Harvey Walker played some good shots during the morning.
Chelsea Tofful had a win in her singles while Tianna Molloy also played some nice shots.
Liam White and Kobe McCaig filled in and had some close matches.
Nadal’s two groups saw some close doubles sets, resulting in close scores for the morning.
Flynn Angus, Marty Parsons and Will Gardner were the best players each won all of their matches with Marty Parsons having the strongest singles win of the morning with a 6-1 win.
Some of the boys had to play a fourth match for the morning and were quite weary by the days end, the hot, humid conditions taking its toll.
