Tennis aces ensure team are unbeaten ahead of final match

The youngsters had started off the season well with a 4-2 away win at Charnwood B and were hoping to consolidate this with a good performance at Loughborough.

The in-form Harrison got the club off to a fine start when he overpowered his opposite number with a fine 4-0, 4-1 win in the first singles.

Despite many long rallies Melton’s number two, Evan Watson was not able to Make it a double for Melton, going down by a 4-2 4-1 scoreline.

This left the match in the balance going into the deciding doubles rubber.

This proved to be a tight affair with many long rallies and deuce points but the Melton lads just held their nerve and played the all-important points really well to clinch the match with a 4-2 ,4-3 scoreline.

This leaves the team at the top of the league with just one match to go against unbeaten Leicestershire A team.

The club’s nine and under team were also hoping to take the top position in their Group 2A match following a bright start, winning two out of two.

But they came up against a strong Oakham team and went down by a 0-10 scoreline, giving Oakham the league and the Melton youngsters having to settle for the runners-up spot.

Despite this result it was another encouraging sign for the club youngsters and a really superb effort by all involved.

Having started with a win over Loughborough the team then notched their second win when they overpowered Charnwood B by a 10-0 score before losing out to Oakham in a league decider.

Against Charnwood Ethan Davidson and James Smith both won their singles 10-0, 10-0, while they succeeded 7-0, 7-0 in the doubles.

Against Oakham, Ethan lost out 1-10, 5-10 and James 4-10, 1-10.

They were pipped 3-7, 4-7 in the doubles.