Holcombe’s seeds suffer shock defeat

There was a shock in store for men’s doubles number four seeds, Holcombe’s Steve Darlington and Mark Hartley.

Leading 5-2 in the first set against Tyldesley’s Rob Everett and Chris Hurst, the Holcombe couple lost their way and after losing the set 7-5 there was no way back in the second set, which went Everett and Hurst’s way 6-2.

Also in the mens doubles Martin Bromley paired with impressive junior Will Hart to take on Steve Smith and Andy Hibbert and the combination of Bromley’s experience and Hart’s energy and skill prevailed in a 6-3, 6-3 victory.

In the handicap events Ollie Cavaliere is having an outstanding tournament and has reached the quarter-finals of all three events he has entered. In the veterans mixed handicap doubles Cavaliere and partner Yvonne Hunt beat Holcombe’s Richard and Pam Bracewell surprisingly comfortably 6-1, 6-3.

In the men’s singles Ben Pearson beat Richard Massey 6-4, 6-1 but then played second seed Chris Nott and lost 6-1, 6-4.

First seed Simon Roberts progressed comfortably with a 6-1, 6-0 win against seventh seed Jay Hardy. There is much anticipation of a possible Roberts-versus-Nott final, but John Lister will no doubt want to spoil that prospect.

Tuesday’s results

Under-18s boys doubles round-robin: Jack Butterworth and Elliot Massey bt Lucas Greenhalgh and Hamza Kotwal 4-1 4-3(3), Matthew Cavaliere and Ben Tinniswood bt Kai Bury and Joseph Siddle 4-0 4-2, Kai Bury and Joseph Siddle bt Ben Kyle and Matthew Kyle 4-0 4-1.

U18s girls doubles round robin: Lucy Ault and Emily Digby bt Eve Gould and Hannah Vosper 0-4 0-4.

Ladies doubles handicap round one: Nicola Gould and Lesley Jackson bt Nicola Cunningham and Fiona Wheeler 6-0 5-6 6-1.

Quarter-finals: Natasha Lomas and Christina Millington bt Katharine Abbott and Rachel Egan 6-1 6-3, Rebecca Baldwin and Hannah Vosper bt Nicola Gould and Lesley Jackson 6-4 6-4.

Ladies’ singles handicap round robin: Lucy Ault bt Emma Emery 6-2 6-2.

Men’s doubles round two: Martin Bromley and William Hart bt Andrew Hibbert and Steven Smith 6-3 6-4.

Quarter-final: Robert Everett and Chris Hurst bt Steven Darlington and Mark Hartley (4) 7-5 6-2.

Men’s singles round one: Benjamin Pearson bt Richard Massey 6-4 6-1.

Round two: Tom Forrester bt Adam Thompson 7-5 6-1, Christopher Nott (2) bt Benjamin Pearson 6-1 6-4.

Quarter-final: Simon Roberts (1) bt Jay Hardy (6) 6-1 6-0, Ross Smith bt Chris Blackshaw 6-3 4-1 (retired).

Men’s singles handicap round one: David Slamin bt Adam Thompson 6-1 6-5.

Quarter-final: David Wride bt Alex Murphy 6-0 6-2, Duncan Kyle bt Samarnath Sen 6-1 6-2, Andrew Westmoreland bt Andrew Parton 6-0 6-2.

Mixed doubles quarter-final: Tom Forrester and Theresa Mccarren bt Charlie Foley and Laurie Clark (3) 0-6 6-2 7-5.

Senior mixed doubles handicap quarter-final: Philip Shacklady and Carol Shacklady bt Jackie Smith and Christine Glassbrook 6-4 6-3.

Veteran ladies’ doubles handicap quarter-final: Glenda Maxwell and Janet Riley bt Karen Hosker and Elizabeth Mary Perry 6-4 6-2.

Veteran men’s doubles handicap quarter-finals: Paul Kay and David Phillpotts bt Phillip Mansfield and Richard Morley 6-2 6-1, Nick Hadjinicolaou and Colin Mackie bt Gary Daley and Stuart Roach 6-5 6-5, Andy Holmes and Steven M Knowles bt Stuart Hunt and David Thompson 6-1 6-5.

Veteran mixed doubles handicap round two: Olivier Cavaliere and Yvonne Hunt bt Richard Bracewell and Pamela Bracewell 6-1 6-3.

Quarter-final: Duncan Kyle and Marilyn Sweet bt Simon Ellery and Janet Riley 6-4 5-4 (retired).

Women’s doubles semi-final: Rebecca Baldwin and Amy Hadjinicolaou (2) bt Laura Taylor and Louise Taylor 6-4 2-6 6-1.

Mixed doubles handicap round two: Jordan Halsall and Carolyn Paine bt Martin Bromley and Claire Ikin 6-3 6-3, David Bedford and Laura Taylor bt Jamie Jackson and Kathleen Hadjinicolaou 6-1 6-3, Steven Billings and Donna Billings bt Matthew Brindle and Antonia Heap 4-6 6-5 6-5.

U18s mixed doubles round robin: Matthew Bowers and Catherine Jameson bt Richard Flanagan and Helena Flanagan 4-1 4-1.