Junior State League – Results
On Friday 21 October saw the 2nd round of the Junior State League competition with Boy’s and Girl’s Rounds returning to home venues. Teams competed hard to try and earn as many points possible to separate themselves from the competition on the premiership ladder.
Goodwood Girls kept the ball rolling defeating Seaside for their first loss of the year with a six rubbers to zero win for the second week in a row. Goodwood’s Nicola Pavlic overcame Caitlin Wyatt at number three singles 6-3. This was followed by a strong win from Goodwood’s Erica Williams against Seaside’s Georgia Plunkett 6-1 cementing the match with four rubbers, Goodwood then went on to win both doubles convincingly.
Trinity and Beaumont played the tightest match of the round for the Girl’s coming down to games in a nail biter. Hayley Waterman held off Beaumont’s Breanna Carroll to give Trinity some needed games with a 6-1 win, with the singles split at two all it came down to the doubles. Beaumont’s Rhita Zhiltsova and Juliette Robinson had a strong win in the top doubles winning 6-3 against Trinity’s Olivia Salvatore and Yasmin Bennett but it wasn’t enough with Beaumont losing the second doubles and going down to Trinity by four games.
Happy Valley had a strong five rubbers to one win over Hahndorf. Heidi Evens set the tone for the night with a 7-5 win over Kara Tscharke at number one single and from there Happy Valley continued to dominate with strong performances from Ebony Harper and Chenoa Norris at three and four.
In the Boy’s competition Coromandel Valley had a six rubber to none win over Seaside showing why they look to be final contenders, Coromandel’s Luke Mascione defeated Seaside’s Lachlan Brain in a nail biter winning 7-6 while Coromandel’s Nick Russell also had a tough win against Seaside’s Cooper Lambert 7-5 proving to be the difference in the outcome of the match.
Goodwood had a five rubbers to one win over Stirling, Goodwood’s number three Terry Karahalios set the scene winning the third rubber for the team defeating Stirling’s Noah Phillips 6-2. Goodwood had the match under wrap when they won the 4th rubber of the match but this didn’t stop Stirling’s Justin Tscharke and Jasper Benson pulling off a well contested doubles match against Goodwood’s Josh Laka and Stefan Bianchet 7-6.
Glenunga got on the board with their first win of the season with five rubbers to one with number one player David Wang having an impressive win over Peake Gardens opponent Alex Haskell 6-2. Glenunga locked in the win when they won the fourth rubber in a tight contested match with Glenunga’s Michael Pace defeating Peak Gardens Kristo Daminato 7-5. The win resulted in Glenunga moving up the ladder winning an important 9 points.
For the second week in row the best match of round featured Trinity Gardens again who were able to hold off a determined Tea Tree Gully only by four games after the rubbers were tied at three all.
Tea Tree Gully’s Dale Nixon was in great form with a dominant win over Trinity’s number one Jared Waterman 6-0. Trinty’s Zac Nurton pulled back the games in the fourth rubber bringing it to two sets a piece winning 6-0 against Tea Tree Gully’s Connor Gibson. With the doubles splitting, Trinity was able to do enough to edge out Tea Tree Gully from the win taking yet again another handy 7 points.
State League action continues again this Friday, for all the latest go to the Tennis SA Summer League webpage.
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