Shepparton Lawn's Harry Crosier whips out the forehand.
Photo by
Rechelle Zammit
The Shepparton Junior Tennis Association season reached its halfway mark at the weekend, with the competition pacesetters making themselves known.
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After six rounds, only one game separates second from sixth in a log-jammed A-grade ladder, making the clash between Kialla Park Old Students Blue and Shepparton Lawn Blue an important one.
KPOS aces Yi reh Tay and Lucas Wong’s first-up doubles combination netted a strong 6-2 start, a scoreline Shepp’s Cody Montgomery and Asher mirrored in the perfect second-rubber reply.
The quartet then traded blows in the singles, and it wasn’t until Tay and Ava Hunter combined for a 6-1 victory in the penultimate stanza that Kialla claimed some breathing room.
Wong and Tom Harrington (6-1) clinched the 5-38 to 3-26 victory, sending Kialla to fifth at the expense of the now sixth-placed Shepparton Blue.
Elsewhere, Shepparton White’s undefeated five-game run continued with a convincing 8-48 to 0-17 win over Nathalia Lawn, while at Mooroopna, second-placed KPOS Red defeated Tallygaroopna in a thriller, victorious by just four games.
News photographer Rechelle Zammit was courtside to capture all the highlights of the clash between Kialla Park Old Students Blue and Shepparton Lawn Blue.
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