26 June 2013 | Tennis Tasmania

With the preliminary rounds in the books this past weekend saw the Semi-Final stage of Super 10s take centre stage in Hobart and Launceston. After a fantastic weekend of high quality play the Grand Finals are set for play this weekend.

Play kicked off in Launceston on Saturday with top seed Team Djokovic defeating fourth seeded Team Nadal 62 games to 28. Led by doubles duo Will Bennett and Jake Elmer Team Djokovic stormed out of the blocks with doubles play. In the match of the round between George Calvert and Harry Bayles neither player was able to gain an advantage with the scores deadlocked at 8-8. Doug Matson from Team Nadal came up big with a strong 8-6 advantage over Denzel McLean. Meeting Team Djokovic in the Grand Final is Team Murray, who squeaked through a nail biting contest over Team Federer.  Trailing after the doubles Team Murray used a big push in the singles to win a tight 40-32 games advantage. Remarkably three out of the four singles matches were deadlocked at 6-6 proving the closeness of the contest. Team Murray used a big win from Thomas Haan which seemed to prove the difference. For Team Federer Angus Foster and Oscar Edwards showed their doubles prowess with a high quality 7-2 games advantage. After the stellar days play the following awards were distributed;

• Hewitt Award – Competitiveness, attitude and hard work – Denzel McLean
• Ebden Award – Sportsmanship and focused on improvement – George Calvert
• Stosur Award – Aggression and risk taker – Jake Elmer
• Dellacqua Award – Technical proficiency – Doug Matson
• Dellacqua Award – Technical proficiency – Stuart Lake
• Ebden Award – Sportsmanship and focused on improvement – Jack Wickham
• Barty Award – Movement and footwork – Alayna Mackirdy

On Sunday Super 10s Semi-Finals hit Hobart in another week of great play and sportsmanship. Play started with top seeded Team Federer prevailing in a tight tussle with fourth seeded Team Nadal. For much of the day the highly fancied Team Federer was given all they could handle by Team Nadal until they were able to steady the ship in doubles play. For Team Nadal William Simaan and Mark Elkerton claimed big singles wins respectively while for Team Federer Elleni Kothris and Ollie Pridmore teamed up to claim a crucial doubles win stemming the tide. Meeting Team Federer in the Grand Final is Team Djokovic who stormed to a 56-16 games advantage over Team Murray. For Team Djokovic it was an outstanding team performance with all players gelling and playing some remarkable tennis. Ben Fergusson and Sebastian Giannis got things off to a hot start with an 11-3 games advantage in doubles over Victoria Fish and Hariette Browning. For Team Murray, Harry Pridmore was a standout with a 5-5 deadlock against top ranked Arthur Hayes-Newington. After a great day of play the following awards were distributed;

• Stosur Award – Aggression and risk taker – Ben Fergusson
• Barty Award – Movement and footwork – William Simaan
• Matosevic Award – Tactical Understanding – Hamish Hibberd

The Grand Final and Third Place round is taking place this weekend with the following details;

Launceston Super 10s – Saturday 29th June 1.30 – 4pm

Grand Final – (1) Team Djokovic Vs (2) Team Murray

3rd Place Playoff – (3) Team Federer Vs (4) Team Nadal

Hobart Super 10s – Sunday 30th June 1.30 – 4pm

Grand Final – (1) Team Federer Vs (2) Team Djokovic

3rd Place Playoff – (3) Team Murray Vs (4) Team Nadal

Thanks again to all participants and parents for supporting such an exciting competition. We cannot wait for the final round of Super 10s action this weekend and see who is crowned the king of the region!