Junior tennis favourites prevail

Press, 24 October 1978, Page 28

Junior tennis favourites prevail

In most cases the seedings for the Haywrignts Canterbury junior hard-court; tennis championships at Wilding Park were proved correct yesterday when the finals were completed. All went according to plan! in the under 19 age group. Philip Seeman (Otago) justified his top seeding in the boys’ singles by overwhelming Stephen Chambers, and Ann Davidson, although pushed a little closer by Nicki Robinson, won the girls’ final in straight sets. The top seeds in the doubles also won in straight sets without to much difficulty although Angela Pickering and Cecilia Burke had their chance in the second set to take the fancied combination of Misses Davidson and Robinson to the decider. The biggest surprise occurred in the final of the under 17 girls’ singles. Sally Hughey, seeded fourth, upset her better performed opponent, Angela Brading, in the semi-finals. There was no questioning the superiority of Miss Hughey, who

fallowed her second-seeded i rival only three games in J the two sets. j Miss Hughey was opposed by the top seed, Ruth Seemlan (Otago) in the final, but [again she proved equal to the occasion and overcame her southern opponent m straight sets. The under 17 boys’ singles final was won by the top seed, Alistair Chapman, in straight sets against the unseeded, Paul Beumelburg. However, Beumelburg was a worthy finalist. He extended Chapman to 7-5 in the first set and kept the pressure on Jin the second. As the wind freshened, I Beumelburg found difficulty in controlling his serve in the second set and when Chapman broke his service to love and took the lead, 5-3, in the second set. the match looked over. But the lean Beumelburg fought back to take Chapman’s service without conceding a point, capitalising fully on his opponent’s mistakes.

I Undeterred, Chapman succeeded again in breaking I service, helped considerably by Beumelburg twice doublefaulting. However, he won I the match in style, winning 'the last point with a strong, flowing backhand. 1 Jeffrey Bennett was a surprise winner of the under 15 boys’ singles, but he did it the hard way, beating the top seed, Mark Crosbie, in the semi-finals. The top-seed-ed girl, Julianne Taylor, found the second-seeded Jan Pickering too strong in the third set of their final. John Robinson, seeded (second, beat the top seed, [John Honeywell (South [Canterbury), in the under 13 'boys’ singles final, and those two players teamed well to win the doubles. Results : — UNDER 19 Boys’ singles. Semi-finals: P. Seeman beat K. Agar, 7-5, 6-2; S. Chambers beat 7»I. Wilson, 6-4, 6-2. Final: Seeman beat Chambers, 6-2, 6-2. Boys’ doubles.—Semi-finals: D. Chapman and Seeman beat B. Williams and Agar, 6-3, 6-0; M. Reid and R. Pyne beat W’ilson

and Chambers, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. Final: Chapman and Seeman beat Reid and Pyne, 6-1, 6-3. Girls’ singles.—Semi-finals: A. Davidson beat K. Ross, 6-3, 6-0; N. Robinson beat A. Pickering, 6-0, 6-1. Final: Davidson beat Robinson, 6-4, 6-3. Girls’ doubles. —Semi-finals: Davidson and Robinson beat J. Williams and C. Jackson, 6-1, 6-0; Pickering and C. Burke beat N. Tocker and Ross, 6-0, 6-2. Final: Davidson and Robinson beat Pickering and Burke, 6-1, 6-4. UNDER 17 Boys* singles.—Semi-finals: A. Chapman beat B. Hayman, 6-0, 6-1; P. Beumeiburg beat B. Skjellerup, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3. Final: Chapman beat Beumeiburg, 7-5, 6-4. Boys’ doubles.—Semi-finals: Beumeiburg and D. McKinnei beat G. Ratcliffe and S. Vandenberg, 6-3, 6-0; Hayman and Chapman beat Skjellerup and S. Wilson. 4-6, 6-3, 7-6. Final: Chapman and Hayman beat Beumeiburg and McKinnei, 6-1, 6-3. . Girls’ singles.—Semi-finals: R. Seeman beat J. Hibbert, 7-6, 6-2; 5- Hughey beat A. Beading, 6-1, 6- Final; Hughey beat Seeman, 7- 6-3. Girls’ doubles.—Final: Seeman and Brading beat S. Hughey and A. Miller, 7-5, 6-4. UNDER 15 Boys’ singles.—Semi-finals: J. Bennett beat M. Crosbie, 6-1, 6-3; G. Lawson beat D. McNaughton, 6-7, 6-3, 6-2. Final: Bennett beat Lawson, 6-7, 6-1, 6-2.

Boys’ doubles.—Semi-finals: G. Ruston and McNaughton beat M. Flesher and N. Smith, 6-4. 6-4; C. Dickson and J. Cotton beat R. Richards and Bennett, 4-6, 7-5, 6- Final: Ruston and McNaughton beat Dickson and Cotton, 7- 6-2. Girls’ singles.—Semi-finals: J. Taylor beat E. Daly, 6-3, 6-2; J. Pickering beat K. Drewett, 7-5, 6-2. Final: Pickering beat Taylor, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1. Girls’ doubles.—Semi-finals: Pickering and Taylor beat J. Howe and H. Barlow, 6-1, 6-4; A. Hughey and Drewett beat Daly and G. Watene, 7-5, 6-3. Final: Taylor and Pickering beat Hughey and Drewett, 6-1, 6-1. UNDER 13 Boys’ singles.—Semi-finals: J. Honeywell beat S. Jamieson, 9-6; J. Robinson beat J. Miller, 9-2. Final: Robinson beat Honeywell, 9-5. Boys’ doubles.—Semi-finals: Honeywell and Robinson beat Miller and S. McKinnei, 9-4; A. de Swart and J. Adair beat Jamieson and N. Murray, 9-8. Final: Honeywell and Robinson beat de Swart and Adair, 9-C. Girls’ singles.—Semi-finals: V. Ratana beat R. Ford, 9-1; D. Howison beat N. Chambers, 9-8. Final: Ratana beat Howison, 9-5. Girls’ doubles.—Semi-final: Ratana and Chambers beat J. Hughey and Howison. 9-1; S. and R. Ford beat S. Hughey and P. Murray, 9-6. Final: Ratana and Chambers beat Ford and Ford, 9-1.