1 April 2015 | Tennis West

Congratulations to Hensman Park Tennis Club and Blue Gum Park Tennis Club who won the Men’s and Women’s State League Final respectively……

Women’s Final 

City Beach TC  2-5-56   DEFEATED BY   Blue Gum Park TC 4-8-64

In matches see-sawing control, Meg Connell and Katy O’Shea gave City Beach an early 2 rubber lead with their wins over Astrid Kanther and Sheridan Currie. Then Nina Catovic took the third rubber for Blue Gum from Brittany Sheed, while a tussle continued between the number 1 players, Marisa Gianotti and Nicole Sewell. Sewell’s preference for grass court shots unsettled Marissa, who lost 1-6 in the third set. The match was now close with City Beach ahead by only 1 set.

Blue Gum brought in an injured Janelle Cuthbertson who teamed with Sewell to beat O’Shea and Sheed in 2 sets.

The Blue Gum pair of Catovic and  Currie had won the first set in their doubles, and games were being added to determine ‘who needed what’ to win. The game difference was only two, and the next set was very close, making for a nail biting finish…

Blue Gum sealed the match winning 7-5 in the second, giving them the title in their first season since promotion into State League!

Men’s Final

Greenwood TC 1-4-53   DEFEATED BY  Hensman Park TC 4-9-63

Greenwood’s Lance Hinds started very strongly against James Stuttard, winning the first set 6-1. In the second set Stuttard came back strongly with some amazing passing shots, and went on to win the third set, tying the day after a strong win by Greenwood’s Strahinja Bobusic over Cameron Fenner. 

Hensman Park’s Ryan Offer was too strong for Louis Corker, and fellow Hensman Park player, Zach Itzstein played in a tight 3-setter against Miles Armstrong to give Hensman a 3-1  lead heading into the doubles.

Hensman duo, Fenner and Stuttard played exceptional doubles to take the first doubles match and claim the win for Hensman Park.