Unseeded player wins tennis
The unseeded North Otago player, Hugh Niederer, won . jthe under-19 boys’ singles!, 'with a straight sets victory’!; over Clive Coffey in the Bal-; Jins Easter junior tennis? (tournament at Wilding Park 1 Iyesterday. j However, he and his part-| ner, A. Bishop lost a very J .closely contested doubles]' ]final to the top seeds. Kent ! (Agar and Mark Reid, after, (upsetting the second seeds] |in the semi-finals. Results: — Under-19 ; Boys’ singles.—Final: H. _ Niederer beat C. Coffey. 6-3,1! 16-3. ■ !( Boys’ doubles.—Semi-finals: h K. Agar and M. Reid beat P.y I Robb and W. Barlow, 6-3. • 2-6, 6-2; A. Bishop and Nie-n |derer beat R. Pyne and M.l' Wilson, 4-6, 7-6, 6-3. Final:!] 'Agar and Reid beat Bishop); (and Niederer, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6. q Under-17 : Boys’ singles.—Semi-finals: ! iB. Skjellerup beat B. Hay- 1 'man (South Canterbury), 0-6, 1 (6-4, 6-4; A. Chapman beat J IP. Beumelberg by default. J 1 Boys’doubles.—Semi-finals: ] (Chapman and Hayman beat < (Skjellerup and J. Blazey, 6-2, ’6-4; S. Folster (Marlborough) and D. Evans beat D. McKin- . nel and Beumelberg by de- I fault. Girls’ singles.—Semi-finals: 1 J. Clarke beat A. Brading, 7-5, 6-4; J. Taylor beat J. Hib- . bert. 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. Girls’ doubles.—Semi-finals:if Clarke and Hibbert beat J.li
Hills and D. Hills. 6-2, 6-1; J. Pickering and Taylor beat lA. Miller (South Canterbury) land A. Reese, 1-6. 6-4, 6-3. Final: Clarke and Hibbert beat Pickering and Taylor, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3. Under-15 I Boys’ singles.—Semi-finals: G. Ruston beat J. Honeywell, 6-0, 6-1; B. Tyson beat S. Tomsett (South Canterbury), |6-0, 6-2. I Boys’ doubles. — Quarter'finals: Ruston and S. Pearson beat A. de Zwart and P. Dowell, 6-1, 6-1; P. InnesJones and Tyson beat P. Mir)fin and Honeywell. 6-4. 6-1; ;G. Lawson and J. Robinson I beat C. Scholium and P. Morrison, 6-3, 7-5; J. Cotton and Tomsett beat A. Musgrave iand D. Wilson, 7-5, 6-2. Girls’ singles.—Semi-finals: H. Barlow’ beat R. Pearce, 12-6. 6-4. 6-1; J. Howe beat L. Mason, 6-3, 6-4. Girls’ doubles.—Semi-finals: Howe and Barlow beat V. Ratana and N. Chambers, 6-1, 6-3; D O’Malley and R. Pearce beat L. Mason and S. jMcCormick. 6-3. 6-3. Final: Howe and Barlow beat O’Malley and Pearce, 6-3, 6-3, Under-13 Boys’ singles.—Semi-finals: J. Miller beat J. Hattaw’ay. 9-3; M. McKenzie beat D. Paterson. 9-4. Final: Miller beat McKenzie, 9-4, Girls’ singles.—Semi-finals: A. Wilding beat Morriss. 9-8; A. Barlow beat S. Liggett, 9-4. Final: Barlow beat Wilding, 9-2.
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