It was almost a crime that the region’s young racqueteers had to wait seven weeks to hit the courts again.
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However, at the weekend, they finally got their fix.
Shepparton Junior Tennis Association action resumed on Saturday for the first time since mid-December, drawing hundreds of aces to the baseline.
The A-grade witnessed a host of enthralling encounters, and among them was Kialla Park Old Students White’s 7-43 to 1-31 victory over Shepparton Lawn Green.
Yi Reh Tay and Harry Pell were involved in five of the combine’s seven rubber victories, including a bagelling of Tristan Baldi and Cooper Pogue.
News photographer Megan Fisher swung by the Kialla courts to capture the players in their element.