31 May 2011 | Tennis NT

DTC Sports hosted Round 4 of the Metro League with the home team having a convincing win over LifeTime Gardens 13 rubbers to 5.

Ryan Palfrey and Nicholas Munro secured a comfortable win for DTC in the number 1 doubles over Daniel Parker and Indra Suherman 6-1 6-2. Palfrey and Munro then backed up with impressive singles wins over Des McLellan and Mark Pead respectively.

DTC Sports’ Jamie Stefanato and Ben Lye combined for an impressive doubles victory over Frank Wallner and Kaarlo Perala 7-5 5-7 7-6 lasting over 2 hours. Both Stefanato and Lye then contested another grueling three-setter in their respective singles matches: Stefanato going down to Wallner 6-7 6-4 7-6 and Lye going down to Ian Redmond 1-6 6-1 7-6.  

DTC juniors Kane Nurton and Hamish Martin also secured tough wins in their singles, with Nurton defeating Lee Watkins 6-4 7-5 while Martin dropped a close tiebreaker in the second set to Gardens’ Dave Bridges before clinching his first singles victory of the season 6-4 6-7 7-6. 

Emily Moo and Madeleine Murray remain unbeaten so far this season. Moo and Murray combined to defeat Lee Watkins and Dennis Scrutton 6-2 6-3.

Sam Giess from DTC Sports sits on top of the Player of the Year leader board with Moo and Murray only one set behind. Ben Lye (DTC) and Des McLellan (Gardens) round off the top five.

DTC Sports extend their lead on the Premiership Table with 48 Rubbers / 105 Sets / 843 Games / 120 points over LifeTime Gardens 24 Rubbers /59 Sets / 620 Games / 56 points 

Round 5 to be played at Gardens Tennis
Saturday 6 August 2011 at 2.00pm

Round 4 Results

Singles
Ryan Palfrey d Des McLellan 6-0 6-0
Nicholas Munro d Mark Pead 6-1 6-0
Kacy Brennan lt Daniel Parker 1-6 1-6
Ben Lye lt Ian Redmond 6-1 1-6 6-7 (8)
Kaelan Bates d Indra Suherman 6-0 6-0
Hamish Martin d David Bridges 6-4 6-7 7-6 (6)
Chris Wevill d Kaarlo Perala 6-2 6-2
Jamie Stefanato lt Frank Wallner 7-6 4-6 6-7 (4)
Madeleine Murray d Dennis Scrutton 7-5 6-4
Emily Moo d Sam Perry 6-0 6-1
Sam Giess d Darren Jakobson 6-0 6-1
Kane Nurton d Lee Watkins 6-4 7-5

Doubles
R.Palfrey/N.Munro d D.Parker/I.Suherman 6-1 6-2
H.Martin/K.Brennan lt M.Pead/D.McLellan 6-2 4-6 6-7 (8)
C.Wevill/K.Bates lt D.Bridges/I.Redmond 3-6 0-6
J.Stefanato/B.Lye d F.Wallner/K.Perala 7-5 5-7 7-6 (8)
E.Moo/M.Murray d L.Watkins/D.Scrutton 6-2 6-3
S.Giess/K.Nurton d D.Jakobson/S.Perry 6-4 6-2