The Avenue Tennis Club are once again running the Men's and Ladies 2011 Somerset Closed with the Finals being played on Sunday 3rd July (the Club's Open Day and Wimbledon's Men's Final Day); qualifying matches will take place on the weekends of 4th/5th and 18th/19th June. This year doubles events have also been included.
Last year's finals held on 4th July (Wimbledon Men's Finals Day) following the Club's Open Day were a great success and saw finalists Matt Bernard, Somerset Men’s Captain and Avenue’s Club Coach, Craig Phillips from Brean in a really super hard hitting fast match. Matt used all his experience to make the match difficult for Craig but in the end Craig’s hard and accurate ground strokes proved too much with Craig running out as winner in two sets (6 v 3, 6 v 4). Matt and Craig were very considerate to the on lookers finishing their match just in time to watch Rafa Nadal take on Thomas Berdych on the Avenue’s large screen.
Avenue Head Coach, Vinny Duddy passed on thanks to Tony Pryce Sports who sponsored the prize monies for the tournament and to Prince Rackets demonstrator Peter Clarke for their attendance at the club’s Open Day and to the large number of supporters who cheered on Craig and Matt during their fantastic match. Unfortunately there was no 2010 Somerset Closed Ladies Final due to an insufficient number of entries.
Enter the Somerset Closed 2011 today
Entries are now being taken for this year's Somerset Closed. Please enter on-line or by entry form whcih can be obtained off the Avenue website - www.avenuetennis.com. Closing date : Friday, 27th May, 12 pm.
Any queries regarding this year's tournament, please contact Linda Matthews on 01278 780585, e-mail linmatthews@hotmail.com.