NPS represented at School Sports Victoria district tennis competition

On Monday 18th March, Connor went to the School Sports Victoria district tennis competition held at Plenty Tennis Club. 

He was one of three boys from the Darebin district competing for spots at the regional finals. 

They played a round robin competition with the top two going through. 

Match 1 

Connor vs Nihal 

After a VERY long game (nearly and hour) Nihal was triumphant, final score being 4-6 in a hard fought win. Given Nihal is playing a much higher level in the local club comp Connor really kept the pressure on him with lots of long rally’s. Well done to both boys. 

Match 2

Connor vs Matyas (Tas)

With only a short breather Connor was back on the court against his second opponent. A tired Connor fought valiantly taking most games to sudden death at deuce (when points are equal 40-40 the next point wins the game) but eventually lost 1-6. Most games did go to sudden death at deuce.

Match 3

Nihal vs Matyas 

With the heat we headed home early to get cool but these two will battle it out. They play regularly together at their local club. 

Good luck to them both as they head to the regional championship 

Connor came home sweaty but relatively happy with his performance. Lots of things to keep working on and an appetite to try again next year. 

Well done Connor.

Note

Connor is currently playing section 13 in North Eastern Junior Tennis club comp and has a universal tennis rating (UTR) of 2.93

Nihal is currently playing in section 3 in club comp

Matyas is currently playing in section 5 in club comp and we think has a UTR of above 4

Junior club sections that incorporate doubles and singles play with a regular ball go from lowest at 17 to highest at 1. 

Universal Tennis Ratings (UTR) rank you against other players based on your previous performance. They range from 1.00 to 16.99 or thereabouts. 

Jannik Sinner, Italy, currently number one in the world for Men’s singles has a UTR of 16.24

Rafael Nadal, Spain, has a UTR of 15.83

And our top Australian male player who is 10th in the world Alex De Minaur has a UTR of 15.69