Wollongong has been treated to some great professional tennis over the last few week, and some of our top junior players have had a taste.
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On the coat-tails of Ashley Fisher reaching the final of the Tennis Wollongong International 2 Doubles, Mt Ousley’s Adam O’Shannessy was the youngest player accepted in the draw, at just 15 years of age.
O’Shannessy won two matches in the qualifying draw before receiving a last minute lucky loser entry into the main draw. He put up a great fight going down to a German player ranked ATP 628 in the world.
Dapto’s Brooke Winley was selected to represent the Sydney Saints in the Asia-Pacific Tennis League. The competition, which boasts the likes of Nick Kyrgios, is a professional league with teams from Victoria, Queensland, NSW and the ACT.
Winley headed the line-up but went down in some tightly contested singles in their opening ties. The Saints will play a double-header on Friday and Saturday in Homebush, and then head off to the Sunshine Coast for Sunday’s play.
Semi-final matches have been determined for the Complete Tennis Night Competitions. In the Monday Night Division 1 Mixed Comp it was the team of Regina Schlemmer and Dave, Zac and Anne Rouse, who finished with the minor premiership.
They will play fourth placed team of Jim Issabella, Miq Bermago, Steve Bynon, Nicole McCann and Fats Watson.
The second semi-final will see Ben Taylor, Jason Borg, Bec Ninnis and Sue Monnier play Jason Clarke, Goran Petrovski, Gemma Carr, Karen Tonge and Casey Killen.
In Division 2, Peter Weber, Marina Porteous and Bing, Nicole and Erin Dorahy claimed top spot. They will play Matt Sharman, Scott Vormister, Bryan Southall, Tracey Misios, Karen Barbour and Leanne Galloway.
In the second semi-final Paul Duran, Phil Burnie, Sarah Burnie, Alana Bartlett and Elise Bartlett will take on Andrew Johnstone, Con Constantinou, Holly Robertson, Sarah Zaremba, Kate Stanwix and Jessica Green.
In the Division 1 Tuesday Night Singles comp, the Kiama team of Bjorn Myers, Matt Terentis, Rob Neal, Michael Phipps and Jeremy Huk finished in first place and will play Darren Moffitt, Jason Clarke, Dave and Zac Rouse, Rob Corneteg and Paul Dever.
In the second semi-final the team of Dave Dubois, Ben Blacka, Phil MacKay, Brenton Cook and Mark West will line up against Ben Taylor, Matt Hawkesby, Craig McKenzie, Jono Moore and Chris Jones.
Tips from the Pros:
Training is all about hard work and fitness, however a good “Player” will beat a good “Athlete” any day of the week.