Felsted’s Under 15 boy’s tennis team had their first round match of the Aegon National schools final on Thursday. The Boys travelled to Chelmsford to play King Edward VI Grammar school. The team consisted of Mont’s boys James Benbrook and Charles Broom, Max Haendle from Gepp’s and Ignacio Perez Olivera, also from Gepp’s House. The format of the competition is one round of singles consisting of one set, and one round of doubles, also consisting of one set. King Edward VI Grammar school had some notable players in their squad who have respectable LTA rankings, as did Felsted, with James Benbrook and Charles Broom having a 6.2 and a 9.1 ranking respectively.
Felsted set the tone and took an early lead in all the singles matches and despite the high winds which made serving very difficult for both sides, Felsted boys held their nerve and were patient in the rallies, which paid off as all four singles matches went Felsted’s way. Charles Broom disposed of his opposite number in a no nonsense fashion taking the spoils with a 6 – 0 victory, Max Haendle won his singles match 6 – 1 as did Ignacio Perez Olivera. James Benbrook had more of challenge in their number one player, but he too took the points winning 6-3.The doubles matches saw more of the same with Benbrook and Broom taking an early lead as did the Gepp’s paring of Haendle and Perez Olivera. The weather unfortunately turned nasty and the rain came down stopping play, but Felsted had already wrapped up the match taking maximum points.
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