Cottesloe Tennis Club and Blue Gum Park Tennis Club have been named the Men’s and Women’s Tennis West State League Champions for 2015/16. The Cottesloe men used their home ground advantage to put on a dominant performance against Wembley Downs, defeating the visitors 3-1. In the Women’s Final, Blue Gum Park had a come-from-behind win over North Beach Tennis Club, in one of the closest finals in recent history, defeating the visiting team by just one set.
In the Men’s Final, Cottesloe stalwart Brett Patten capitalised on the home side support to get him over the line in a tight contest against the in-form Jake Robinson. Patten took the opening match in straight sets 7-5, 6-4.
In a battle between some of the State’s best, Cottesloe’s Joel Pleydell took on Wembley Downs Captain Brenton Bacon in a tight three set match that saw Pleydell lose the first set 5-7 before taking the next two 6-4, 6-1. Cottesloe number one, Andrew Roberts continued the winning form of his teammates, dominating the first set 6-0 against Wembley Downs’ Dean Cochrane. Cochrane managed to make a second set revival, leading 5 sets to love, before Roberts made a thrilling comeback, taking the set and match 7-5.
Wembley Downs’ Sam Ashenden kept his team alive leading into the Doubles, defeating Scott Jones 6-3, 6-2. However, ultimately Cottesloe proved to be too strong for the Wembley Downs Men, taking both doubles matches, and the Final 5-1.
The Women’s final, held at Blue Gum Park TC, was played over two days after the close and lengthy singles matches caused the doubles to be postponed due to lack of light. Day one ended with North Beach leading 3-1, after Kay Leigh Nicholas, Hannah Innes and Shona Lee all notched up some fiercely contested wins in their singles matches against Nina Catovic, Astrid Kanther and Nicole Sewell respectively. The Final re-commenced at 8.30am on Sunday with North Beach in the driver’s seat to take home their first ever Women’s State League Shield. However, Blue Gum Park fought back with a renewed determination to defend their 2014/15 title, taking out both doubles matches against the visiting North Beach team. With the scores levelled at 3 rubbers all, it came down to just one set, in favour of Blue Gum Park to separate the two teams and decide the ultimate winner.
2015/16 Tennis West State League Final Results
Saturday 19 March 2016
Men’s Final
Cottesloe Tennis Club
Andrew Roberts (COT) def. Dean Cochrane (WD) 6-0, 7-5
Brett Patten (COT) def. Jake Robinson (WD) 7-5, 6-4
Sam Ashenden (WD) def. Scott Jones (COT) 6-3, 6-2
Joel Pleydell (COT) def. Brenton Bacon (WD) 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
Andrew Roberts / Joel Pleydell (COT) def. Sam Ashenden / Jake Robinson (WD) 7-5
Brett Patten / Mitchell Pleydell (COT) def. Brenton Bacon / Charles Williams (WD) 6-1
Women’s Final
Blue Gum Park Tennis Club
Shona Lee (NB) def. Nicole Sewell (BGP) 7-5, 6-4
Kay Leigh Nicholas (NB) def. Nina Catovic (BGP) 6-2, 6-7, 6-2
Hannah Innes (NB) def. Astrid Kanther (BGP) 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
Sheridan Currie (BGP) def. Carmen Watroba (NB) 6-4, 6-4
Sheridan Currie / Hannah Appleyard (BGP) def. Kay Leigh Nicholas / Carmen Watroba (NB) 7-6, 4-6, 10-8
Nicole Sewell / Nina Catovic (BGP) def. Shona Lee / Hannah Innes (NB) 6-4, 6-3
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