This month, we’re holding the very first Ōtaki Sports Club junior tennis champs of the 21st century!

Here’s the programme:

DATES

• Girls pool 1 and Boys pool 1 = Saturday 25/02 — 5-8pm POSTPONED
• Girls pool 2 and Boys pool 2 = Sunday 26/02 — 5-8pm COMPLETED
• Girls pool 1 and Boys pool 1 = Saturday 04/03 — 5-8pmCOMPLETED
• Doubles pool 2 = Sunday 05/03 — 5-8pm COMPLETED
• Doubles pool 1 = Saturday — 11/03, 5-8pm
• Doubles semi-finals and final = to be confirmed
• Singles semi-finals and finals = to be confirmed

EVENTS

Girls’ singles

Boys’ singles

Doubles

FORMAT

• First round: Pools are played as roundrobins over one evening. (Each player plays all the other players in their pool.)
  • Each match is first to 7. Tiebreaker at 6-6.
• Semifinals: the winner of each pool plays the runner-up of the other pool.
  • Each match first to 7. Tiebreaker at 6-6.
• Finals: the winners of the semifinals meet in the final.
  • Finals are short sets to 4. First to 2 sets. Super tiebreaker at 1 set all.
• Singles grand final: the winner of the girls plays the winner of the boys.

One point for each roundrobin pool match won. If two players/teams are tied at the end of a roundrobin, the winner of the match between them moves up one position. If players are still tied after that, positions are decided by a countback of least games lost over the roundrobin.

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