The Lae Tennis Club’s second Doubles/Singles tournament commenced with much anticipation in the three divisions at the Lae Golf Club tennis courts.
Following round 9 last week, the top two teams were selected for the finals, with 24 finalist players playing their matches.
The club president said it was great to see the players from other teams show up to watch and also assist with scoring match points for the doubles finals on Monday evening.
“It was a good show of support from friends and family as well, making the evening an exciting and enjoyable first day of the finals series. After the sequence of matches had raffled, play commenced immediately," the president said.
Division A doubles finals Bismarck’s duo PNG junior tennis rep William Thomas and teammate Jeff Yuill defeated Lae Biscuit’s Jackson Vasilli and Charles Batiya 7-6.
However, Lae turned the game around through pair Patrick Lam & Japheth Tulod to defeat Glenn Cabasug and Osmond Santos 6-2 to declare a 1-1 tie. The winner will be determined in the singles finals this weekend.
A strong statement from the Express Freight Management team saw junior players Nathan Yagum and Emilio Caldo beat Dr. Vincent Dental Haus’ Vincent Satorre and Bianca Bacani (Jnr) 6-2 in the Division B finals.
Fellow teammates Stacy Thomas (Jnr) & Nigel Iso (Jnr) also played their best and defeated Joey Santos & Cassandra Thomas (Jnr) 6-4 to win 2-0 ahead of the singles finals.
Meanwhile, in Division C Paradise Garments and Panamex drew 1-all following their doubles finals.
This saw Garments players Martha Nakaio and Josiah Yuill (Jnr) beat Panamex’s Roebeck Bacani and Charlotte Sardon 6-3 before Panamex Macklyn Meninga (Jnr) and Matrus Patarah defeated Joshua Piare (Jnr) and Kila Jose 7-5.
“Total matches for each division were 2 doubles and 4 singles, therefore whoever wins the four singles matches (sets) will be declared a champion team for that division. The remaining 4 singles matches are to be played this Saturday, 23rd November, at 3 o'clock," he said.
”Good luck to all the players and big thanks to all our Sponsors: Bismark Maritime, Lae Biscuit Company, Boroko Motors, Nano Light, Express Freight Mgt, Dr. Vincent Dental Haus, Paradise Garments, Panamex, Oracle Pacific, Chemcare Group, Papindo Trading, Reca Engineering Mgt Ltd, Impact Signage and Lae Golf Club.”
Doubles results: Bismark 1 Lae Biscuit 1 (Division A), Express Freight Mgt 2 Dr. Vincent Dental Haus 0 (Division B), Paradise Garments 1 Panamex 1 (Division C).
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