Geelong Lawn Tennis Club

Defending Men's Premier League Champion Liston Tennis Club showed on the weekend that they will be a force to contend for the title again, with a clean sweep of doubles & singles matches against Geelong Lawn TC on Sunday at Williamstown.  Geelong struggled without #1 player Sadik Kadir, who was unavailable due to tournament committments overseas.  Josh Crowe had no answer to the booming serve of Liston #1 Sam Groth, losing 6-1 7-5, whilst Matthew Hicks competed well against Nick Lindahl, going down in a tight two sets 6-3 6-4.  The final score line for the day was 9-0 in rubbers for Liston TC, which underlined their superiority.  In their debut season, the Liston Womens team had a close victory over the Geelong Lawn TC Womens team 6 rubbers to 3.  Geelong Lawn TC #1 Viktorija Rajicic improved as the match went on to defeat Ashling Sumner in three sets.  #2 Evie Ivisic was part of an important doubles win with Lauren Warden, but then found her recent lack of matchplay costly as she lost in straight sets to Alexandra Cannizzaro.  15 year old Abbie Walker had a confidence boosting singles win against Jenelle Findlay.  Liston TC retained the "Out West Cup", which was presented to Liston TC coach Dane Nebel by club legend Don Cameron.  Click here for further details of individual match scores and other results for round one.