Crowds enjoyed an entertaining night of tennis at Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club on Friday for the fourth round of 2021 Premier League.<\/p>\n
In the women\u2019s side of the draw, Royal South Yarra and MCC Glen Iris Valley put on an exhibition claiming all three of their rubbers against Kooyong and Beaumaris.<\/p>\n
Storm Sanders led Royal South Yarra with a straight set win over Sally Peers, Pearl Jansz defeated Kooyong\u2019s Zoe Llewellyn 6-4, 6-4, while Zoe Perez and Tayla Stenta took care of business in the doubles with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Sophie Vickers and Ksenija Varesenovic.<\/p>\n
In Round 4\u2019s other matchup, MCC Glen Iris Valley\u2019s Nives Baric and Beaumaris\u2019 Elicia Kim played out the women\u2019s match of the round with a 6-3, 3-6, 8-10 epic that went Baric\u2019s way.<\/p>\n
Zali Morris won her singles rubber convincingly as the team\u2019s number one against Georgiana Rurig, while Jaimee Fourlis and Zoe Arthur were triumphant over Paris Baliga and Jennifer McDonald with a 6-2, 6-0 win.<\/p>\n
In the men\u2019s division, Royal South Yarra, Beaumaris and MCC Glen Iris Valley all claimed 2-1 victories over Kooyong, Bundoora RMIT and Glenburn.<\/p>\n
Royal South Yarra\u2019s Jason Kubler took his side to a 1-0 lead after defeating Omar Jasika in straight sets, while Kooyong\u2019s doubles duo Andrew Whittington and Greg Jones levelled the score with a 7-6, 4-6, 10-4 win over Jarryd Maher and Cihan Akay.<\/p>\n
Battling well into the night, Luke Saville claimed the decider in a 7-6, 4-6, 5-10 match for the ages against Jacob Grills.<\/p>\n
In Round 4\u2019s other matchups, Beaumaris\u2019 James Hartson and Luke Sorensen produced dominant performances in their singles rubbers with straight-set victories over Themi Sitzoukis and Flynn Caruana, while Bundoora RMIT\u2019s Will Ma and Brandon Bryant claimed the doubles 6-3, 6-3 against Jack Broadbent and Petar Jovic.<\/p>\n
On the neighbouring court, MCC Glen Iris Valley\u2019s Aaron Addison led his team with a straight set win over Glenburn\u2019s Sam Dowler. In a classic, Stefan Vujic fought his way back from a set down to defeat Michael Turlejski 6-7, 6-1, 10-3 to claim MCC\u2019s second rubber, while Glenburn\u2019s Nicholas Jovanovski and Lewis Miles got one back with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Luke Vuletic and James Leong in the doubles.<\/p>\n
Royal South Yarra remain on top of the men\u2019s division, while their women climbed to second after their dominant Round 4 display as we head into the final round at Royal South Yarra Lawn Tennis Club before Sunday\u2019s grand final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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