Jersey retain tennis title

Monday 13th July 2009, 3:00PM BST.

Andrew Evans. Picture: Adrian Miller

Andrew Evans. Picture: Adrian Miller

JERSEY retained their inter-island tennis title with a 10-6 away victory over Guernsey at Longcamps, yesterday.

The day got off to a great start for Jersey with former British over-35s champion Andrew Evans beating Guernsey’s  No 1 McLuskey in straight sets, 6-3 6-1.

ersey won all but one of the men’s singles games and the Jersey women won 5-3. They were euqlly dominant in the doubles to record a 10-6 victory.

‘We did really well,’  said Evans after the match. ‘We did well in every round. We had a young team and I’m really pleased with the kids.’


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