Last weekend Seacourt Tennis Club, Hayling Island hosted yet another Silver Racquet Handicap Singles for the top Professional and Amateur players. The cut off for the main draw is 9.4 and both Tom and Louis played some very solid tennis to progress through the first two rounds and into the Semi-Finals. Louis (winner 2011) had an epic match against two time winner Adam Player with Adam edging it in three sets. Tom beat young Radley Assistant Professional Zak Eadle 6/3 6/5 to go through to the final. Tom was giving away points for the third match in a row and this time it wasn’t to be. Adam played an incredible game of tennis to close it out 6/1 6/3 although it must be said that he had more than his share of lucky net cords!
Full results of the tournament are below:
Round 1
N Mackenzie (rec 1/2 30) bt C Chapman (owe 30) 6/2 5/6 6/2
T Durack (rec 1/2 15) bt D Long 6/0 6/2
Z Eadle bt G Eden 6/1 6/3
L Gordon (rec 15) bt B Matthews (owe 1/2 30) 6/2 1/6 6/1
T Seymour-Mead bt C Greenhalgh (owe 1/2 15) 6/0 6/4
C Fahey bt A Fowler 6/4 6/5
L Danby rec 15) bt R Fahey MBE (owe 1/2 30) 6/4 6/3
A Player bt A Lyons (owe 1/2 15) 6/1 5/6 6/3
Quarter-Finals
L Gordon (owe 15) bt N Mackenzie 6/5 1/6 6/1
A Player (rec 15) bt L Danby 6/0 6/1
Z Eadle bt C Fahey (owe 1/2 15) 5/6 6/4 6/4
T Durack (owe 15) bt T Semour-Mead 5/6 6/3 6/3
Semi-Finals
A Player bt L Gordon (owe 15) 6/5 3/6 6/4
T Durack (owe 15) bt Z Eadle 6/3 6/5
Final
A Player beat T Durack (owe 15) 6/1 6/3