{"id":311196,"date":"2025-11-27T02:02:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T02:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/311196\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T02:02:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T02:02:14","slug":"top-two-placing-for-gunnedah-youngster-at-state-tennis-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/311196\/","title":{"rendered":"Top-two placing for Gunnedah youngster at state tennis event"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lachlan Finnerty finished runner-up in his age group, as he was among a group of youngsters from Gunnedah Tennis Club to compete in the NSW Champion of Champions event from last Friday to\u00a0Sunday.<\/p>\n

Lachlan and fellow Gunnedah player Harry Tudgey competed in Penrith while Adalie Muddle, Molly Murphy, Millie Lyle, Charli Scott, Daisy Baker and Maggie Gardner competed in Springwood.<\/p>\n

Some of the play-off matches at Springwood were suspended or shortened to one set due to wet weather while another Gunnedah competitor, Belle Nichols, was unable to take part due to illness.<\/p>\n

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Lachlan topped his group in the U10 boys, and won his quarter-final 6-2 6-2 before winning his semi-final 6-2 6-4 against a tough competitor.<\/p>\n

Lachlan\u2019s opponent in the final was Cristian Carbone from the South East. Cristian was the number one seed, and the top ranked U10 player in the state.<\/p>\n

The Gunnedah-based player dropped the first set rather quickly amid some nerves, but he fought with all he had in the second before going down gallantly in a tiebreaker.<\/p>\n

The final score was 6-0 7-6 (4), but Lachlan nevertheless realised finishing second at state was a huge achievement.<\/p>\n

Harry won his quarter-final in the U12 boys, before going down 6-2 6-3 in his semi-final. He then played a shortened format in the third\/fourth play-off, winning 6-3.<\/p>\n

Adalie had her 21st to 24th play-off matches suspended in the U12 girls, while Molly had her 11th\/12th play-off matches suspended in the U14 girls.<\/p>\n

Millie, Charli, Daisy and Maggie competed in the U10 girls, with Millie having the highest placing among the foursome.<\/p>\n

Millie reached the quarter-finals before going down 6-2 6-1 to the number one seed, and then her play-off matches for fifth to eighth position were suspended due to the weather.<\/p>\n

Charli placed second in her pool and won her next two play-off matches, followed by a 7-5 win in the battle of ninth and tenth. Ninth was a worthy placing, with Charli still having another year of U10s ahead of her.<\/p>\n

Daisy had her 11th\/12th play-off matches suspended, while Maggie had her 13th to 16th play-off matches suspended.<\/p>\n

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