{"id":2471,"date":"2011-08-22T14:14:16","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T04:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nt\/?p=2471"},"modified":"2011-08-22T14:14:16","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T04:44:16","slug":"metro-league-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nt\/news\/2011\/08\/22\/metro-league-finals","title":{"rendered":"Metro League – Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"

A close battle was fought between DTC Sports and LifeTime Gardens on Saturday 20 August to decide the Metro League Champions for 2011.<\/p>\n

Gardens got off to a flying start claiming 4 of the 6 doubles rubbers on offer. In the match of the round, Dave Bridges and Ian Redmond (Gardens) overcame a late charge from DTC Sports\u2019 Jamie Stefanato and Sam Giess to clinch victory in a nail biting match tie-break 6-2 6-7 13-11.<\/p>\n

While the longest match of the round, Kane Nurton and Stephanie Long (DTC) came back from losing the first set to defeat Darren Jakobson and Sam Perry (Gardens) in another close match tie-break, 4-6 7-5 10-5.<\/p>\n

DTC Sports began strongly in the singles with two 6-3 6-3 wins for their top 2 players, Ryan Palfrey and Nicholas Munro. Kacy Brennan, Kaelan Bates and Sam Giess also added to DTC\u2019s total with all three wins in the match tie-break.\u00a0Gardens began a late resurgence with wins to Ian Redmond, Dave Bridges and Frank Wallner; however the damage had already been done with DTC Sports claiming victory 11 Rubbers to 7, and becoming the Metro League Champions for 2011.<\/p>\n

The Metro League Player of the Year<\/a>,<\/em> which will include results from the finals round, will be announced at the Annual Presentation Dinner <\/a>on 5 November 2011 at SKYCITY Darwin.<\/p>\n

Tennis NT would like to thank People’s Choice Credit Union<\/strong> for coming on board as a sponsor of the Metro League.<\/p>\n

Premiership Table
\n<\/a><\/strong>DTC Sports Fury: 73 Rubbers \/ 158 Sets \/ 1,346 Games \/ 184 points
\nLifetime Gardens: 53 Rubbers \/ 126 Sets \/ 1,184 Games \/ 124 points<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0 \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Finals Results
\nSingles<\/span><\/strong>
\nRyan Palfrey<\/strong> d Daniel Parker 6-3 6-3
\nNicholas Munro<\/strong> d Mark Pead 6-3 6-3
\nHamish Martin<\/strong> d Stuart Thompson 3-6 ret
\nKacy Brennan<\/strong> d Des McLellan 6-3 3-6 10-6
\nBen Lye<\/strong> d Steve Lewis-Driver 7-5 ret
\nKaelan Bates<\/strong> d Indra Suhraman 4-6 7-6 10-7
\nJamie Stefanato lt Dave Bridges<\/strong> 2-6 2-6
\nMadeleine Murray lt Ian Redmond<\/strong> 2-6 1-6
\nEmily Moo lt Frank Wallner<\/strong> 1-6 2-6
\nSam Giess<\/strong> d Darren Jakobson 2-6 6-3 10-6
\nKane Nurton<\/strong> d Dennis Scrutton 6-2 6-0
\nStephanie Long<\/strong> d Sam Perry 6-4 6-1<\/p>\n

Doubles<\/strong><\/span>
\nR.Palfrey\/N.Munro<\/strong> d D.Parker\/I.Suhraman 6-1 6-0
\nK.Brennan\/K.Bates lt M.Pead\/D.McLellan 5-7 1-6
\nH.Martin\/B.Lye lt S.Thompson\/F.Waller<\/strong> 0-6 0-6
\nJ.Stefanato\/S.Giess lt D.Bridges\/I.Redmond<\/strong> 2-6 7-6 11-13
\nM.Murray.E.Moo lt S.Lewis-Driver\/D.Scrutton<\/strong> 3-6 1-6
\nK.Nurton\/S.Long<\/strong> d D.Jakobson\/S.Perry 4-6 7-5 10-5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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