Bognor tennis aces serve up some thrillers
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Junior members kick-started the day and more than 30 children had entered.
Joshua Tyler beat Sam Woodruff 7-4, 7-5 while Scarlet Jasper beat Alex Crowley 7-5, 7-4.
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Hide AdIn the under-13s, Luke Petronijevich lost to Ronnie Lee-Jones 6-4 and at under-16 level, Louis Adams lost 6-2 to Toby Buck.
The adults played in the afternoon. The mixed doubles was a close-fought match between Jenny Loversidge and Laszlo Sagi and Carol Jones and Neil O’Boyle. Loversidge and Sagi won 6-3, 6-2.
Don North and Sue Briggs faced Paul May and Jean Mugleston in the veterans’ doubles, which May and Mugleston won 6-3, 6-3.
In the draw for partners there were two younger contenders, Ethan Hope and Josh Petworth. They played well with their older counterparts – Jonathan Towse and Simon Peers – in the first three-set match. After losing the first set, Towse and Hope won the next two for a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 win.
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Hide AdThe men’s singles also went to three sets. Cyril Pean played former champion Oli Callingham. An extremely high standard of tennis was played and it finished 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 to Callingham.
In her second match of the day, Jenny Loversidge played Louise West in the ladies’ singles. It was closer than the score suggests as Loversidge won 6-1, 6-1, holding her title from previous years.
Jenny Loversidge returned alongside West in the ladies’ doubles against Jean Mugleston and Maree Loversidge. This was another excellent match that ended 6-4, 7-6, 6-2 to Mugleston and Maree Loversidge.