Fernando is Oakleigh Park men's champion

3:50pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008

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Some top tennis was on display at Oakleigh Park’s annual finals’ day.

Las Fernando won the men’s competition for the first time, seeing off Kevin Savage 6-1, 7-5, while Adele Bark defeated Diane Cohen 6-1, 6-4 to triumph in the ladies’ singles.

David Dempsey and Kris White beat Tom Bourne and Kevin Savage to win the doubles, while Dempsey then teamed up with Helen Urbanowicz to defeat Kris White and Jill McCluskey in the mixed doubles. In the ladies’ doubles, former winners Jill McCluskey and Claire Barrett defeated Ros Edwards and Lucy Monkman.

The closest-fought match, and the longest, was the boys’ U12 competition, where Lore Adekaye finally beat Kyle Hardy 10-6 in a final-set championship tie break. Though exhausted, Kyle then went on to win the U10 event, beating Andrew Tilley.

Other Results: Men’s 035 Neil Michaelson bt Neil Smith 7-5 6-1, Men’s 055 John Barnett bt Keith Simons 6-3 6-1, Boys U18 Matt Shore bt Adam Wilsher 4-6 6-1 6-4, Boys U14 Joshua Clements bt Adam Wilsher 6-1 6-3, Girls U14 Viviana Signorini bt Cassandra Greenberg 6-1 6-0, Girls U12 Sophie Dingle bt Gabrielle Swycher 6-2, Girls U10 Sophie Dingle bt Ella Bark 6-4.