16 August 2011 | Tennis NT

DTC Sports have taken the home court advantage in Round 6 with a nail-biting 10 Rubbers to 8 win over LifeTime Gardens in the last minor round of the Metro League.

With a number of key players absent from both teams it looked to be a close encounter between the rival clubs and the matches did not disappoint.

Rubbers were tied after the doubles round, with both teams securing three wins each. Mark Pead and Des McLellan (Gardens) survived a fight back from DTC Sports pairing of Nicholas Munro and Matt Giess claiming victory 6-4 3-6 10-6. However, the DTC Sports pairings of Chris Wevill / Sam Giess and Tenille Waters / Stephanie Long both came back from a set down in their doubles to claim vital wins for DTC.

The singles also had some close matches. Kane Nurton (DTC) displayed some great fighting spirit to comeback from a set down to defeated Darren Jakobson (Gardens) 4-6 6-2 10-5. Madeleine Murray (DTC) barely survived a fight back from David Bridges (Gardens) with a two point win in the match-tiebreak 6-3 5-7 10-8.

LifeTime Gardens player, Des McLellan is back on top of the Player of the Year leader board with only the Finals remaining this weekend. McLellan has an 8 game lead over Sam Giess (DTC) who is coming a close second. Ian Redmond (Gardens), Nicholas Munro (DTC) and Mark Pead (Gardens) round out the top five. However there is any number of players that could take out the Player of the Year title with scores being very close.

DTC Sports remain on the top of the Premiership Table after Round 6:

DTC Sports: 62 Rubbers/135 Sets/1,155 Games/156 Points
LifeTime Gardens: 46 Rubbers/107 Sets/991 Games/108 Points

The Finals will be played at DTC Sports 20 August 2011 @ 2.00pm 
Presentation and Finals Function at the end of play.

Singles
Nicko Munro d Stuart Thompson 6-1 6-0
Kacy Brennand Mark Pead 6-1 6-1
Hamish Martin lt Des McLellan 1-6 1-6
Kaelan Bates lt Indra Suhraman 5-7 3-6
Maddie Murray d Dave Bridges 6-3 5-7 7-6
Emily Moo lt Ian Redmond 4-6 1-6
Chris Wevill lt Cristian Musalem 0-6 3-6
Sam Giessd Micheal Shepheard 6-0 6-3
Matt Giessd Scott Boller 6-1 7-5
Kane Nurtond Darren Jakobson 4-6 6-2 7-6
Tenille Waters lt Dennis Scrutton 4-6 1-6
Stephanie Long d Tiffany 6-0 6-1

Doubles
N.Munro/M.Giess lt M.Pead/D.McLellan 4-6 6-3 6-7
K.Brennan/H.Martin lt S.Thompson/C.Musalem 4-6 2-6
E.Moo/M.Murray lt D.Bridges/I.Redmond 2-6 1-6
C.Wevill/S.Giess d G.McCulloch/S.Lewis-Driver 4-6 6-4 7-6
K.Bates/K.Nurtond D.Scrutton/I.Suhraman 6-2 6-1
T.Waters/S.Longd S.Boller/D.Jakobson 6-7 6-3 7-6