Adam Hamilton captures his first LTA title after epic encounter with powerful giant Adam Dixon.
Tennis Tournaments Leeds & The North of England
Adam Hamilton captures his first LTA title after epic encounter with powerful giant Adam Dixon.
Chapel Allerton Grade 6
8 players contested a compass draw for lta ratings wins and the trophy on 1 st July. With many competing in their first ever LTA Tournament.
The winner was Jason May triumphing over Vishal Khurana 4-2 4-0 in the final.
Maxsims Satalovs came third in his first ever event.
Jonathan Kay triumphed in the A in his first LTA compass tournament. With Oliver Mason Winning the B. Both winning in epic championship tiebreaks against seasoned pros Chris Harper & Steven Bannister respectively.
There was a full day of tournaments using Chapel Allerton’s indoor and outdoor courts and finishing under floodlights. What a great day.
It started with the under 8’s on Chapel Allerton’s excellent indoor courts with Steise beating Jack Wilson in a gripping under 8s final saving two match points to win 11-9 after both winning their groups.
In the women’s Laura Morris dominated the whole field to show she is a an all rounder in racketsports after her recent racketball exploits. She beat young Pryanka in the final for the loss of just 2 games.
In the Men’s A Final it was the battle of the Rawdon boys with William Newby beating Charlie Pollard 4-2 4-2 after earlier winning 4-1 4-0 against Bradley Keith and ending his dreams of a first title he had hoped for.
In the Men’s B Final Liam Hall triumphed against Phillip from Grimsby who had beaten two juniors to reach the final. Liam had to win two championship tiebreaks to make the final.
Leeds & North England Tennis Series, Tournament 2 – Chapel Allerton
Well done to all 16 players in Chapel A Grade 5 today tournament 2 of the Leeds & North of England series the top 4 seeds finished in order of seeding on Chapel Allertons famous grass courts. The champion was Steve Shipley 4.2 beating Arun Bahia 4.2 4-3 4-0 in the final. Both had survived scares getting to the final Steve v Adam Hamilton & Arun v Martin Beecroft in a mach of tiebreakers.