Clean sweep for Anderson’s Bay, St Clair holds on for close win
ANDERSON’S Bay has claimed a 90 sweep over Balmacewen.
The top women’s singles was the match of the tie, as Ayesha Horley (Anderson’s Bay) overcame Jessie Stevenson in three hard fought sets 46, 63, 62.
It was a match of entertaining rallies as they both prepared to represent Otago in the Southern Teams event in Queenstown next weekend.
Heike Cebulla (Anderson’s Bay) was also able to win the other women’s singles, edging Pippa Sheriff 75, 76(7). Cebulla was forced to fend off a couple of set points in the second set tiebreak to hold on for victory.
The men’s singles were all won in straight sets by Anderson’s Bay as it was able to take advantage of a Balmacewen lineup missing some key players, while the doubles matches followed a similar path as Anderson’s Bay completed the sweep.
St Clair has escaped with a narrow 54 victory over Otago Boys’ High School.
Otago representative Mitchell Sizemore (St Clair) has managed to get his season back on track, proving too much for Shaun Paringatai (Otago Boys’), winning 76(4), 62.
The players each had one break of serve in the first set, but a couple of key serves found the mark in the tiebreak for Sizemore and he was able to carry the momentum into the second set and run away with the victory.
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Paringatai was making his season debut for Otago Boys’.
In the No 1 women’s singles, Rileigh Fields was an impressive 62, 62 winner over Mackenzie Phillips (Otago Boys’) as she got revenge for the 2018 Otago Open final defeat to Phillips in March.
Otago Boys’ was able to claim three out of the remaining four singles matches and this evened up the tie at 33 going into the doubles.
In the men’s doubles, experience overcame youth as Tony Ryder/Robin Verstegg (St Clair) defeated Angus Faulks/Henry Dickson (Otago Boys’) 75, 63 and in the top mixed doubles Field/Sizemore continued their impressive days with a win over Paringatai and Annalise Wilson (Otago Boys’) 63, 62.
This secured St Clair the overall victory as it sought to move off the bottom of the table.