COUNTRY All Stars will be aiming to break their season duck when they play round two in the Tennis Victorian Premier league on March 15 and 17.
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The All Stars play Royal South Yarra at Dingley on the 15th from 7pm, and then line up to face Grace Park on its courts two days later at noon.
Country All Stars endured a tough start to their campaign.
After being outpointed by Kooyong Lawn at Royal South Yarra on Friday night, the Country All Stars struck back to score several wins in Sunday’s match against MCC at Waverley Tennis Club in Doveton.
The All Stars best on Friday were Andrew Gregory, who had match point in the third set of his singles against Andrew Coelho, and Matt Maloney who played with great intensity in the opening doubles.
Ryan Palfrey, along with Adam Fleming and Mitch Allman played excellent tennis on Sunday against MCC.
Palfrey won the first singles and Fleming-Allman won the super tiebreak to claim the doubles.
Round one:
Kooyong Lawn 6-12-80 d Country All Stars 0-1-43.
Andrew Coelho d Andrew Gregory 6-7 6-4 7-6. William Kneale d Justin Robinson 6-1 6-3.
David Bigmeade d Adam Fleming 6-3 6-0. Mitchell Burman d Matthew Moloney 6-2 6-1. Coelho-Daniel Byrnes d Moloney-Gregory 6-4 6-4. Burman-Bigmeade d Robinson-Paul Rowbottom 6-3 7-5.
MCC 4-9-70 d Country All Stars 2-4-51. Ryan Agar lt Ryan Palfrey 6-7 6-1 3-6. Michael Logarro d Curt Garwood 6-2 6-4. Benjamin Ellwood d Justin Robinson 6-2 6-3. Andre Mick d Mitchell Allman 6-3 7-6. Agar-David Spierings d Palfrey-Aidan Fitzgerald 6-4 2-6 10-6. Michael Logarzo-Ellwood lt Adam Fleming-Allman 4-6 6-1 3-10.
