14 October 2013 | Tennis NT

Grand Final

Club pride was on the line with an all Gardens Tennis Grand Final in the People’s Choice Metro League Grand Final.

Gardens Tennis 1:  3 Rubbers / 8 Sets / 74 Games
Gardens Tennis 2:  3 Rubbers / 7 Sets / 79 Games

Frank Wallner and Mark Pead got GT2 off to a great start with a convincing 6-1 6-4 win in the #1 Doubles over Harrison Lee-Schell and Ben Scott. GT1 pairing of Michael Shepheard and David Bridges squared everything up with a close fought win over Naomi Fellows and Andrew Hawke 7-6(4) 6-4. Fellows got her revenge in the singles with a gruelling win over youngster Shepheard in a match tie-break 4-6 7-5 10-5. The result was reversed in the #1 singles with Lee-Schell taking out Pead 6-4 2-6 10-4.

All tied up with two matches to go Steve Lewis-Driver stepped in for GT1 defeating Andrew Hawke 6-3 6-3 in the #4 singles. With GT1 ahead by 3 Rubbers to 2 they only needed one set to clinch victory, GT1 #2 Ben Scott was trailing GT2 Frank Wallner 4-1 in the first set with a count-back looking likely, however Scott dug deep to take the next five games to claim the set and ultimately the Grand Final for Gardens Tennis 1.

Be sure to check out the updated People’s Choice Metro League section; Honour Roll, Player of the Year, Draws, Results and Photo Gallery.

For full results and player ratings be sure to check out the Tennis NT Competition webpage.