Back to back shoot-out wins for Charnwood

CHARNWOOD Ladies recently travelled to Louth for their Regional Match in the National League.

Emily Rodbourne and Holly Cheeseman won both their singles and teamed up to win their doubles matches. However, Mary Nevill and Bea Cooper lost their singles and a very close doubles match, leaving the match at 3-3 and so a shootout ensued.

This is where two singles tiebreaks are played to 10 are played, and if it’s 1-1 after this, a doubles tie-break to 10 is played.

Rodbourne and Cheeseman played their singles tie-breaks and both won, meaning Charnwood won the match in around five hours of excellent tennis.

Charnwood Ladies v West Bridgford

Ladies Regional Team Match

EMILY Rodbourne and Rachael Slaymaker won their singles, while Holly Cheeseman and Mary Nevill were both defeated leaving the tie 2-2 after the singles matches.

Cheeseman and Rodbourne won their doubles while Nevill and Anna Randall lost a very close doubles match on a match tie-break, making it 3-3 after the doubles, meaning another tie break shoot out.

Rodbourne won her singles tie-break but Nevill lost a very tight breaker 10-8. So it was 1-1 after the singles, and was all down to the doubles tie-break. This was very close, with Cheeseman and Randall winning it 14-12 and taking the match after around five and a half hours of great tennis.

Syston Northfields v Charnwood Ladies 1sts

Summer League

HOLLY Cheeseman and Emily Rodbourne won all three of their matches, while both other pairings won two meaning Charnwood won 7-2 overall. A very enjoyable match and great performance from the team in their first match of the Summer League season.

Charnwood Ladies 1sts v Ashby Castle

Summer League

IN the first round of matches, Holly Cheeseman and Emily Rodbourne defeated Ashby’s second pair, however Beatrice Cooper and Hannah Holmes lost to Ashby’s first pair while Caroline Wilkinson and Mary Nevill lost to their third pairing in a very close tie-break leaving Charnwood 2-1 down.

In the second round, Cheeseman and Rodbourne beat Ashby’s third pairing and Cooper and Holmes beat their second pair however Wilkinson and Nevill lost to their first pairing.

This left Charnwood at 3-3 going into the final round. Cooper and Holmes lost their match while Rodbourne and Cheeseman won their set in a competitive match 8-4, leaving it at 4-4 with the final match still being played.

Nevill and Wilkinson came out victorious with an 8-2 win, meaning Charnwood won 5-4 overall. A superb effort, with great play from everyone against a talented Ashby team. • Charnwood women’s 2nd team turned in a

superb performance to defeat Hamilton Tennis Club 9-0 at their Nanpantan fortress.

There were fine performances from all players but captain Caroline Wilkinson gave a special mention to Els Braithwaite and Aysel Saracoglu who stuck to their aggressive game plan winning a tight match against Hamilton’s first pair by eight games to six.

Meanwhile, Wilkinson and Emily Clare paired up for the first time and immediately formed a formidable partnership, impressively conceding just one game throughout the night. • Charnwood Ladies fourth team hosted

Hinckley on their clay courts. Despite playing some splendid tennis, they were defeated 6-3.