GAMES were close and play was competitive in the Berwick and District tennis semifinals played in perfect conditions last weekend.
Preliminary finals will be played this Saturday at the venues listed.
All matches will be at neutral venues and if possible on neutral surfaces. If a match is not finished in the allotted time because of inclement weather, it will be completed on Sunday from 9am at the same venue except for Sections 13, 14, 16, 17 and 18 (see list of venues for details).
All teams are to provide one pair of associationapproved new balls, and the first mentioned team (deemed to be the home team) should supply a score card.
If a match is incomplete on Saturday, the home team shall retain the score card and phone the match status to scores secretary Barry Palmer.
The score card must be delivered to Palmer as soon as possible after the match.
All sets in all sections will have a tiebreak at six games all, and a conventional (advantage) deuce will apply.
There will be no drawn matches.
If at the end of the last set scores are equal, the match will be decided with a 12point tiebreak game.
In sections one to 13, each team manager shall nominate one player to play a singles tiebreak. In sections 14 to 18, each team manager shall nominate two players to play a doubles tiebreak.
RESULTS
SECTION ONE
Narre Warren North 745 d Narre Warren Gold 128. Upper Beaconsfield 543 d Narre Warren Green 337.
SECTION TWO
Pakenham 750 d Upper Beaconsfield 133. Narre Warren North 745 d Hallam 124.
SECTION THREE
Narre Warren Green 439 d Tynong 438. Belgrave Heights 541 d Narre Warren Gold 338.
SECTION FOUR
Narre Warren 440 d Upper Beaconsfield 436. Clyde 544 d Pakenham Red 327.
SECTION FIVE
Beaconsfield 539 d Narre Warren 334. Cockatoo 542 d Narre Warren North 333.
SECTION SIX
Clyde 644 d Narre Warren 238. Hallam 432 d Gloucester 430.
SECTION SEVEN
Clyde 541 d Berwick 332. Upper Beaconsfield Red 544 d Upper Beaconsfield Black 342.
SECTION EIGHT
Harkaway 536 d Pakenham 326. Gloucester 641 d Narre Warren 230.
SECTION NINE
Narre Warren North 542 d Harkaway 330. Narre Warren 641 d Devon Meadows 225.
SECTION 10
Upper Beaconsfield Red 645 d Cockatoo 226. Upper Beaconsfield Black 746 d Narre Warren 128.
SECTION 11
Pakenham Blue 442 d Pakenham Red 440. Tynong 542 d Narre Warren North 334
SECTION 12
Beaconsfield Gold 437 d Pakenham Upper 436. Berwick 641 d Beaconsfield Blue 230.
SECTION 13
Berwick Blue 536 d Fountain Gate 334. Berwick White 437 d Beaconsfield 430.
SECTION 14
Narre Warren North 325 d Clyde 323. Upper Beaconsfield 329 d Pakenham 329 (tiebreak 73).
SECTION 15
Devon Meadows 636 d Gloucester 011. Narre Warren North 227 d Clyde 426.
SECTION 16
Narre Warren Gold 327 d Gloucester 326. Berwick White 329 d Berwick Blue 323.
SECTION 17
Upper Beaconsfield 432 d Gloucester 231. Clyde 325 d Pakenham 324.
SECTION 18
Harkaway 328 d Beaconsfield 326. Gloucester 429 d Fountain Gate 217.
