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Brodie Cup first round at Cambridge

MMTCC travelled to Cambridge for the first round of the Brodie Cup on Saturday 7 November.

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Moreton Morrell Tennis Court Club played away at Cambridge on Saturday 7 November in the first round of the Brodie Cup.

Two men smiling side by side indoors: on the left, a grey-haired man in glasses and a navy hoodie; on the right, a man in a black jacket and white shorts holding a real tennis racket Philip Shaw-Hamilton and Paul Smith

MMTCC made a good start. Paul Smith and Michael Llewelyn-Jones won the second doubles in three sets, and Philip Shaw-Hamilton followed with a straight-sets win in the first singles to put us 2-0 up.

Cambridge hit back in the second and third singles, so it was all level at 2-2 going into the final match. The first doubles went Cambridge’s way 6-2, 6-5, and they took the match 3-2.

The results

  • Second doubles: Paul Smith and Michael Llewelyn-Jones beat Rita Bharwad and Alan Sharpe 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
  • First singles: Philip Shaw-Hamilton beat Benjamin Craig 6-5, 6-2
  • Second singles: Kannan Nithi lost to Nick Turner 6-1, 6-0
  • Third singles: Matt Parkman lost to Sonja Badenhorst 6-3, 6-1
  • First doubles: Mark Leefe and Tim Davies lost to James Wilson and Angus Todd 6-2, 6-5