Davis Cup success for Poland at Crackley lane

Sponsored by Janet Davis in memory of her late husband and former club member David, the tournament saw teams of four playing under the banner of the game’s leading powers.

The winning team was the Poland quartet of Andy Maguire, Helen Cochrane, Louise Best and Kevin White with 45 points

Team GB - Philippa Middup, Jess Middup, Tom Holmes and Jill White - were four points back in second.

Meanwhile, an exciting Coventry and District League battle between Kenilworth’s ladies’ first and second teams ended with honours even at Crackley Lane.

The first team could only field two of their regular squad, with Jacquie Roe rising to the occasion superbly in partnership with Mel Jennings.

They ran away with the first set 6-2 before Kay Gebbels and Caroline Rhodes fought back to take the second 6-3.

The championship tie-break went the way of the 1sts after Gebbels and Rhodes let slip a 4-1 lead.

There was an equally tight battle between Rosie Fuller and Hannah Kingston for the first string and Linda Clements and Kay Tomalin.

Fuller and Kingston lost the first set 6-4 but came back strongly to take the second 6-2. Clements and Tomalin then clinched an exciting tie-break to make it 1-1 at the half- way point of the match.

In the reverse rubbers, Jennings and Roe beat Clements and Tomalin 4-6, 6-3, 1-0, while Fuller and Kingston lost 5-7, 6-1, 1-0 to Gebbels and Rhodes.

Kingston had a busy week, also turning out in Division Three for the 3rds and taking both rubbers alongside Nicola Jennings against Rugby 2nds.

They beat Rugby’s second couple 7-6, 6-2 and the fledgling partnership then defeated Debbie Smith and Cat Strickland 6-2, 6-3.

Jacquie Roe and Carolyn Lindsay were less successful, losing out to Smith and Strickland 6-7, 6-4, 1-0 and an equally close encounter against the second string, also on a championship tie-break.