Fright for top tennis seed
The unseeded Hamish Faulls gave John Honeywell a huge fright in the open boys’ singles at the Court and Field Canterbury secondary schools’ tennis championships at Wilding Park yesterday. Honeywell (Timaru 8.H.5.), a hot favourite for the title, effected a desperate recovery at a stage when he was being pushed to the brink of defeat by Faulls (Christchurch 8.H.5.). Playing splendid tennis, Faulls took the first set and was 4-0 ahead in the second when Honeywell’s strength and experience began, belatedly, to emerge. The Timaru boy scrambled out of trouble in the second set and went on to win a hard-fought third set, 6-4. In the open girls’ singles, Rachel Wilson, Delia O’Malley and Andrea Barlow advanced confidently to the semi-finals. But the fourth seeded Jillian Lavender was no match for the ebullient Lani Ratana, who volleyed well to take the match with the loss of only three games. Results were:OPEN Boys’ singles.—Quarterfinals: J. Honeywell beat H. Faulls, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4; S. McNabb beat M. Young, 6-2, 6-4; G. Young beat J.-P. Andre, 7-6, 60; J. Robinson beat D. Sandford, 6-2, 6-4. Boys’ doubles.—Quarterfinals: R. Gray and P. Sykes beat Andre and Sandford, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3; McNabb and Faulls beat A. Chesterton and R. Bowers, 6-9, 6-1; S. Perkins and G. Young beat M. Vine and T. Parish, 6-2, 6-1. Girls’ singles.—Quarterfinals: A. Barlow beat K. Trolove, 6-0, 6-0; R. Wilson beat J. Lake, 6-2, 6-1; L. Ratana beat J. Lavender, 6-1, 6-2; D. O’Mal-
ley beat S. Hughey, 6-2, 6-2. Girls’ doubles.—Semi-final: Wilson and Lavender beat J. and S. Hughey, 6-1, 6-1. Mixed doubles.—Semi-finals: G. Young and Ratana beat Robinson and Lavender, 6-2, 62; McNabb and O’Malley beat Faulls and Barlow, 6-3, 6-2. INTERMEDIATE Girls’ singles.—Quarterfinals: K. Mellish beat C. Armstrong, 6-1, 6-3; R. Doerner beat C. White, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1; W. Morris beat M. Tannock, 4-6, 61, 6-2; S. Chesterton beat S. Gosling, 6-2, 6-1. Girls’ doubles.—Semi-finals: Chesterton and Mellish beat J. McCloy and White, 6-3, 6-4; Armstrong and A. Schmack beat Doerner and N. Holmes, 6-2, 6-3. Boys’ singles.—Quarterfinals: J. Brightwell beat S. Clark, 6-1, 6-2; T. Howe beat M. Fox, 7-6, 6-1; G. Beattie beat D. Birch, 6-1, 6-2; H. Jamieson beat A. Whittaker, 6-1, 6-1. Mixed doubles.—Semi-finals: Beattie and Mellish beat D. Kerr and Doerner, 6-3, 6-3; Howe and Armstrong beat Brightwell and McCloy, 6-1, 64. THIRD FORM Girls’ singles.—Quarterfinals: M. J. Burke beat F. Barnes, 6-1, 6-0; L. Hide beat A. Streeter, 6-0, 6-0; J. Monney beat K. Jones, 6-0, 6-0; L. Allan beat L. Gazzard, 6-0, 6-0. Boys’ singles.—Quarterfinals: S. Hanna beat M. Bewley, 7-5, 6-3; P. Brightwell beat A. Batie, 6-1, 6-1; D. Clarke beat J. Alexandre, 6-3, 6-3; R. McKean beat R. Horler, 6-3, 64.
Mixed doubles.—Semi-finals: McKean and Burke beat Alexandre and Gazzard, 6-0, 6-2; Batie and Allan beat Hanna and Monney, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
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