Flawless – Megan and Patsy rack up 24-0 win in Lee’s stroll
Rowlands Castle 1sts continued to fare better in the higher division, beating Courtx 2nds 5-4 on games at home in the Portsmouth Tennis League’s Ladies Division 2.
Dawn Wears and Caron Howe won their rubbers which, with the set Liz Marenghi and Julie Rogers won, gave them two points.
Three rubbers ended 10-8 in match tie-breaks in one Ladies’ Division 3 match. Ryde Lawn 2nds won both opening rubbers this way and took another one in straight sets for a 3-1 home win over a frustrated Steep.
Lee 2nds despatched visitors Abshot 4-0 in the same division, with Megan Cremer and Patsy Scarborough racking up a flawless 24-0 game score.
In Ladies’ Division 4, Warsash 3rds beat summer debutantes Courtx 3rds 3-1 at home, winning two rubbers through full third sets.
Newcomers Fishbourne 2nds also won 3-1 at home in the same division, against Avenue 4ths. And Lee 3rds won 4-0 at Rowlands Castle 2nds, with Rona Thurston and Steph Evans conceding just one game.
In the three-team Mixed Division 1, Warsash 1sts beat Avenue 1sts 3-1 at home, with Sam and Tash Li beating Matt and Emma Boucher 6-3, 6-3 at the end to secure the three points.
In the Midweek Mixed Masters Division 1, Wellow won 3-1 at Swanmore 1sts, narrowly taking three of the four tie-breaks played.
Tie-breaks were also crucial in Mixed Masters Division 3, when Read Mead won both mixed rubbers on match tie-breaks before a tied second half for a 3-1 win at Warsash 2nds. In the same division, Lee won two rubbers on match tie-breaks and two in straight sets to beat Carlton Green 4-0.
In the Men’s Masters, Warsash beat new team Rowlands Castle 3-1 at home.