Helen Thorpe and Tom Kisiel retain Leicestershire senior singles titles

Thursday, August 26, 2010
Helen Thorpe and Kerry Pollard

Helen Thorpe (Melton) and Tom Kisiel (Rothley) both retained their Leicestershire senior singles titles.

Thorpe beat Kerry Pollard, her Leicestershire colleague from county week, 6-0, 6-1 in the final at the Leicestershire Club.

Kisiel defeated second seed and county team-mate Jack Simpson 3-6, 6-0, 6-4. (image below).

Thorpe and Kisiel also teamed up to win the mixed doubles.

They defeated last year's winners, Adam Popowicz and Claire Seal 6-3, 7-5 in the final.

Pollard and Seal took the women's doubles title, beating Thorpe and Charlotte Griffin 4-6, 6-1, 6-3.

Jon Cloke and Sam Preston landed the men's doubles title, beating Kisiel and Paul Nicholls 7-5, 3-6, 6-2.

A total of 350 competitors took part in 500 matches over the week.

The prizes were presented by former Great Britain No.1 Mark Cox, the president of Tennis Leicester Ltd.

 
 

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