9U Girls North Area Finals Report

The Northants 9U Girls team earned their place in the North Area Finals at Nottingham Tennis Centre following their successful qualifying campaign earlier in the year.

Team: Olivia, Isla, Sophia, Bella and Dorina

Northants v Warwickshire
A tough start against a very strong county. Bella pulls off a great singles win and Sophia and Dorina get a doubles win.
Olivia fights back from 0-3 down to lose in very close 2-4 match to Warwickshire. Score 2-4 Warwickshire win.

Northants v East Scotland
Both Bella and Olivia win their singles, but sadly lose both doubles to lose 2-4

Northants v Cheshire
Cheshire the strongest opponents on paper and the overall winner on the day. Northants played some great tennis but Cheshire proved to be a bit to strong losing 0-6

Northants v Northumberland
Sophia plays some strong tennis with some amazing rallies but couldn’t quite get the win. Isla had an another close match and both players evenly matched.
Olivia and Bella win both singles to set the match up nicely going into the doubles and the joined together to win their doubles to take the fixture into a match tiebreak shootout.
Isla and Olivia paired up and got the win to get our win which drew us level on wins with 3 of the 5 counties competing.

An amazing achievement to reach the Area Finals, so a big well done girls a great effort by all.

James Haley, Captain