Perky Petworth enjoy tennis triumph over Tillington

Play had to be switched to the hard courts and a fascinating match began under grey skies in unseasonal temperatures of four degrees Celsius.

In their first match Tillington’s Mark and Paul Clayton came back strongly after going 6-1 down. Nevertheless they didn’t quite overcome Rod Matthews and Peter Suart conceding the second set tie-break at 8-6.

Roger Morgan-Grenville and James Mitford gave Matthews and Suart another challenging match which ended in a nail-biting draw at 5-7, 7-5.

The Clayton brothers showed their edge defeating Petworth’s Hugo af Petersens and Sam Perry in style despite the latter’s earlier decisive win over Morgan-Grenville and Mitford.

Although victory was Petworth’s at 5-3 in sets, Tillington had a lot left in the bag. Petworth will have to work hard in the return match.