By Joanna Campe
This week’s results for Lilydale Tennis Club in the Eastern Region Tennis competition – semi final week.
All games were played at home at the Lilydale Courts and with all four teams winning their semi finals, the club is excited for the grand finals on Saturday 25 March.
Junior Open Doubles (JOD8) v Miller Park
At the end of the standard season, Lilydale finished on top of the ladder. For this week’s semi-final, they took on Miller Park who finished the season in fourth place.
Lilydale was represented by Alex Paladino, Adam Paladino, Ari Marappan, Joshua Jamieson and Rishabh Chowdhury.
In a close match, Lilydale took the match 5 sets to 1, with Lilydale winning 35 games to Miller Park 22.
Result: 6-2, 6-4, 6-1, 5-6, 6-4, 6-5
Open Rubbers (OR25) v Wonga Park Blue
At the end of the standard season, Lilydale finished on top of the ladder. For this week’s semi-final, they took on Wonga Park Blue who finished the season in fourth place.
Lilydale was represented by Levi Daly, Harry Trevillyan and Tim Bassett.
Lilydale proved too strong for Wonga Park, taking the match 5 sets to 0 with Lilydale winning 30 games to 8.
Result: 6-3, 6-0, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
Junior Development (JDC2) v Selby Blue
At the end of the standard season, Lilydale finished on top of the ladder. For this week’s semi-final, they took on Selby Blue who finished the season in fourth place.
Lilydale was represented by Lachie Sweet, Ivy Pieper and Ryan Taylor.
In a very close and exciting match, it was Lilydale who won the day overall – 13 games to 11.
Result: 4-4, 5-3, 4-4
Boy singles doubles (BSD2) v East Camberwell
At the end of the standard season, Lilydale finished in second place on the ladder. For this week’s semi-final, they took on East Camberwell who finished the season in third place.
Lilydale was represented by David Halkidis, Noah Burow, Alex Jerin and James Buckland.
In a very close match, Lilydale eventually took the win 5 sets to 3, winning 44 games to 34.
Result: 6-2, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-7, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
Lilydale Tennis club welcomes all players of any age and ability. For information on how to join Lilydale Tennis Club, visit play.tennis.com.au/lilydaletennisclub
For all coaching enquires (juniors and adults), contact Andrew at Pro Touch Tennis Academy ptta.com.au/contact
