WESTCLIFF Hard III and Deanes men’s teams have the proud boast of being the only Leigh & Westcliff LTA summer league outfits to not have dropped a set so far.
Deanes have a maximum 12 sets from their two matches in Division Five, where they lead the pack. And Westcliff Hard’s 6-0 victory away to Kent Elms II sees them top of Division Four with four 6-0 wins to their name.
Flavio Gaudini and Gary Thompson got the visitors off to a winning start with a 6-3 6-3 win over Tom Spence and Tom Hickey.
Mick Gray and Mark Downham were given a run for their money by Andy Pond and Paul Lemaire before the Hard pair prevailed 7-6 6-4.
And Gregg Vallely and Stuart Pallister ensured Westcliff made it 24 sets from 24 with a 6-2 6-1 win over George Barton and Pete Welsh.
MEN’S RESULTS Division 1: Southend Lawn v Hockley (1-6 3-6, 6-4 6-7, 6-4 3-6) sets 2-4, Kent Elms v Southend Lawn (6-3 6-7, 6-1 6-4, 6-4 6-0) 5-1. Division 3: Invicta v Thorpe Bay III (6-3 4-6, 4-6 3-6, 2-6 5-7) 1-5, Thorpe Bay III v Wickford (7-5 6-2, 7-5 6-1, 6-1 6-0) 6-0, Hadleigh Park v Invicta (4-6 6-0, 6-0 6-2, 6-1 6-4) 5-1. Division 4: Kent Elms III v Westcliff Hard III (3-6 3-6, 6-7 4-6, 2-6 1-6) 0-6, Westcliff Hard III v Thorpe Bay IV (7-5 6-3, 6-1 6-2, 6-0 6-0 w/o) 6-0, Leigh II v Westcliff Lawn II (2-6 7-6, 4-6 6-3, 5-7 6-2) 3-3. Division 5: Crowstone v Thorpe Bay V (1-6 0-6, 4-6 2-6, 4-6 6-1) 1-5, David Lloyd v Leigh Road Baptist (6-1 6-1, 6-1 6-2, 6-0 6-1) 6-0, Thorpe Bay V v David Lloyd (4-6 7-6, 1-6 1-6, 6-2 6-4) 3-3, Leigh Road Baptist v Southend Lawn III (6-1 6-3, 0-6 3-6, 3-6 3-6) 2-4.
LADIES’ RESULTS Division 1: Thorpe Bay v Rayleigh (3-6 6-1, 6-4 6-3, 6-0 6-1) 5-1, Kent Elms v Southend Lawn (7-5 7-5, 6-0 6-1, 6-4 6-3) 6-0, Westcliff Hard v Hockley (6-2 6-7, 5-7 2-6, 6-1 6-2) 3-3. Division 2: Westcliff Lawn v Rayleigh II (6-0 6-3, 7-5 6-1, 3-6 6-3) 5-1, Westcliff Hard II v Thorpe Bay II (5-7 6-3, 6-4 2-6, 6-7 4-6) 2-4. Division 3: Rochford v Westcliff Lawn (3-6 6-7, 4-6 6-1, 4-6 2-6) 1-5, Thorpe Bay III v Westcliff Hard III (6-3 6-2, 6-3 6-1, 6-4 6-2) 6-0, Hadleigh Park v Crowstone (4-6 7-5, 6-2 6-2, 6-0 6-1) 5-1. Division 4: David Lloyd v Hockley III (6-2 6-1, 6-0 7-5, 6-4 6-2) 6-0, Southend Lawn II v Leigh II (7-5 6-3, 1-6 6-7, 5-7 5-7) 2-4, Hockley II v St Peter's (6-3 7-5, 6-2 6-0, 6-1 7-) 6-0.
THE LEAGUE RESULTS Division 1: Westcliff Hard v Leigh (6-4 4-6, 2-6 3-6, 6-4 2-6) 2-4, Kent Elms v Southend Lawn (3-6 3-6, 3-6 6-4, 6-0 6-0) 3-3. Division 2: Hockley v Kent Elms II (6-2 3-6, 6-3 6-1, 6-4 6-2) 5-1, Westcliff Lawn v Rochford (6-1 7-5, 6-3 6-2, 6-0 6-0) 6-0, Thorpe Bay II v Rayleigh II (6-0 4-6, 6-3 6-1, 7-5 6-1) 5-1. Division 3: Wickford v Thorpe Bay III (5-7 3-6, 7- 6-0, 0-6 6-2) 3-3, Kent Elms III v Rayleigh III (4-6 6-2, 1-6 0-6, 6-1 6-2) 3-3, Crowstone v Westcliff Hard II (2-6 1-6, 6-1 6-1, 3-6 4-6) 2-4. Division 4: Southend Lawn II v Hockley II (3-6, 6-0 6-0 w/o, 6-4 6-0) 4-2, David Lloyd v leigh Road Baptist (6-0 6-1, 6-4 2-6, 6-2 6-0) 5-1. Division 5: Deanes v Hockley III (6-4 1-6, 6-1 6-3, 2-6 1-6) 3-3, Rochford II v David Lloyd II, Westcliff Lawn II v Kent Elms IV (7-5 2-6, 2-6 2-6, 3-6 7-5) 2-4.
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