SOUTH Bendigo has won its way through to the Bendigo Tennis Association’s premier league grand final.
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The Jordan Hicks-led South Bendigo scored a 16-game victory in Friday night’s preliminary final showdown with Epsom at Spring Gully.
South Bendigo won four of six rubbers in a 10-68 to 5-52 victory against a line-up which was beaten in both finals contests of the Quest Bendigo Central-backed pennant.
The Jack Baker-led Epsom spent many weeks in the middle of the season at top of the ladder but could not halt South’s charge to a tilt at the premiership against Spring Gully Butterflies.
Epsom made a great start as Baker and Jono Guy teamed up for a 6-4 1-6 10-7 win against Hicks and Ryan Leader.
South Bendigo team-mates Grant Leader and Petere Somerville won a hard-fought duel with Ben Bailey and Heather Robbins, 6-4 6-7 10-3.
The singles matches were dominated by South.
Hicks beat Baker, 6-4 6-4; Ryan Leader scored a 6-3 6-2 win against Guy; and Grant Leader defeated Ben Bailey, 6-3 7-6.
A highlight for Epsom was the fighting display of Heather Robbins in a 6-3 5-7 10-7 win against Mick Mulgrew.
In the section one preliminary final on Saturday, Spring Gully Panthers scored a 6-70 to 4-59 win against Bendigo Lawn Stingers at Bendigo Lawn Tennis Club.
