Tom Kisiel crowned a wonderful week at the Leicestershire Senior Closed by claiming his fifth consecutive Men's Singles title. Kisiel's victory was the highlight of another great week of tennis at the Leicestershire LTC that saw players from across the county come together to contest some memorable matches.
Kisiel, the top seed and defending champion, defeated David Ireland in a dramatic singles final. Kisiel claimed the first set on a tie break, before Ireland hit back to take the second set 6-1. In a nail biting third set, the match went to another tie break and Kisiel held his nerve to claim his fiifth title in a row.
The victory was the culmination of a great fortnight of tennis for Kisiel, as the Men's County Captain lead the Leicestershire team to promotion from Group 3 the previous week at County Week. Runner up David Ireland consoled himself with victoryin the Men's 35 singles.
Kisiel then paired up with Jack Simpson in the Men's Doubles but was defeated in the final by Jonny Cloke and Sam Preston.
In the ladies singles Roundhill's Kerry Pollard defeated Charlotte Griffin of Hamilton in the final. Pollard then team up with Stephen Sharp of LFE to claim the Mixed Doubles title.
Martin Nicholson and his team of dedicated volunteers once again did a fantastic job organising the tournament. The full list of winners of the 2012 events were:
Level Men's Singles: T Kisiel
Level Ladies Singles: K Pollard
Level Men's Doubles: J Cloke / S Preston
Level Ladies Doubles: J Fox / S Turner
Level Mixed Doubles: S Sharp / K Pollard
Level 35 Men's Singles: D Ireland
Level 35 Ladies Singles: S Fox
Level 35 Men's Doubles: I Thomas R Wayman
Level 35 Mixed Doubles: P Pollard / K Pollard
Level Vets Men's Singles: I Thomas
Level Vets Men's Doubles: G Wayman / R Wayman
Level Vets Ladies Doubles: L Fairbrother / A Randall
Level Vets Mixed Doubles: L Stewart-Hillard / S Fox
Level 60+ Men's Doubles: C Barker / C Smith
Handicap Vets Men's Doubles: D Cooper / M Lapworth
Handicap Vets Ladies Doubles: W Barnes / J Parsons
Handicap A Men's Singles: E Jessop
Handicap B Men's Singles: G Singh
Handicap A Ladies Singles: S Foster
Handicap A Men's Doubles: J Kavanagh / J Siddon
Handicap B Men's Doubles: J Belmonte / A Carpenter
Handicap A Ladies Doubles: S Cottam / S Foster
Handicap B Ladies Doubles: W Barnes / J Parsons
Handicap A Mixed Doubles: P Barnes / W Barnes
Handicap B Mixed Doubles: D Smith / A Bennett
Handicap Plate Men's Doubles: J Cook / M Lapworth
Handicap Plate Ladies Doubles: L Cross / L Morris
Handicap Plate Mixed Doubles: N Butler / A Wilkinson