Melton Mowbray Tennis Club men see off depleted Leicestershire B
Melton Mowbray Tennis Club’s senior teams were all in action again with a mixed bag of results recorded.
The Mens first team took the points with another encouraging result by a 7-2 margin in their Division One fixture with Leicestershire B.
The club were aided by the visitors before a ball was struck when a late illness meant they arrived with just two pairs.
Skipper Ryan Parmar teamed up with Tom Ellis at first couple and they collected a maximum three wins, and they were well supported by Ben Simpkin and Harrison Culpan, who also weighed in with three wins.
Third pair of Olley Aley and Tom Dryell rounded off the victory with a solitary win.
Scores: Parmar & Ellis 8-1,8-3, w/o; Simpkin & Culpan 8-2, 8-2, w/o; Aley & Dryell 3-8, 2-8, w/o.
The Men’s first team also got their National Regional Midlands East League campaign underway when they entertained Lutterworth and went down by a 4-2 scoreline.
Skipper Ryan Parmar despite carrying an injury battled superbly to take his singles in a long three set battle.
The visitors hit back with Tom Dryell going down in straight sets, before teenager Harrison Culpan put the homesters ahead again with a super performance.
The visitors levelled, with number four Giles Constant going down in straight sets, before Lutterworth took both the doubles matches to take the points.
Scores: Parmar 2-6, 6-3, 7-6; Dryell 0-6, 0-6; Culpan 6-4, 6-2; Constant 0-6, 0-6; Parmar & Constant 2-6, 3-6; Culpan & Dryell 2-6, 4-6.
The Men’s second team kept up their good start when they travelled to Charnwood III and returned with the points after a narrow 5-4 win from their Division Four B fixture.
Skipper Giles Constant and partner Justin Horobin were in fine form again and collected another maximum three wins with second pairing of Tom Ursell and Theo Young pruducing a single win and third pairing of Fabrizio Ortu and Jimmi Cox taking a dramatic tie break win with the scores locked at four all.
Scores: Constant & Horobin 8-2, 8-4, 8-2; T. Young & T. Ursell 8-4, 6-8, 5-8; Ortu & Cox 8-7, 5-8, 1-8.
The Ladies first team travelled to Leicestershire A for their first fixture in the Premier Division and just lost out in a narrow 5-4 defeat.
First pairing of Sarah Wright and Laura Cooper collected two wins and skipper Charlie Griffin and Maia Dunn also collected two wins to make it four all before third pairing of Sarah Diver and Beth Lowe just lost out in a long tense tie break.
Scores: Wright & Cooper 8-4, 8-3, 5-8; Griffin & Dunn 8-6, 8-1, 4-8; Lowe & Diver 7-8, 1-8, 2-8.