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Sunday, December 21, 2008

Tennis : HOLLAND AND SAMEDELOK IN WOMEN'S FINAL OF NZ RESIDENTIALS

Following the battle of the men's semi-finals of Pascoes the Jewellers NZ Residentials in association with Configure Express at Albany Tennis Park the women's were also close encounters.

In the first of the semi's, it was a repeat of West End Cup semi between Dianne Hollands (Otgo) and Kairangi Vano (Akld). The first set was tight with Hollands having 4 set points before Vano forced a tiebreaker. Hollands took out the tiebreak 8-6. The second set was also close with Hollands triumphing 7 - 5 to take out the match.

In the other semi Tanya Samedelok and Leanne Baker had a much closer encounter than the West End Cup NZMT semi. Samedelok was again victorious 7-5 7-5 to again set up a final against Holland.
Semi-finals results:
SF (5) Mark Nielsen d. (2) Daniel King-Turner 4-6;6-4;7-6
SF (1) Rubin Statham d. (4) Adam Thompson 6-4;3-6;6-4

SF (7) Tanya Samodelok d. (2) Leanne Baker 7-5;7-5
SF (4) Dianne Hollands d. (1) Kairangi Vano 7-6;7-5

Singles Finals are to be held at 6pm tomorrow (Fri) indoors followed by the doubles final.

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