Oliver Petri, a former German player now resident in Christchurch, outlasted former titleholder Vaughan Kingi (Canterbury) to win the Otago indoor open championship title yesterday.
Visiting players fill all eight men's seedings in the Otago Indoor Open this weekend.
Libby Scott and Conrad Wong were named players of the year at the Otago tennis prizegiving on Saturday night.
Eastern Harbour men dominated the lower order to take the Dunedin men's interclub tennis final on Tuesday night.
The Southern Lakes retained the Rennie Trophy but were pushed to the limit all weekend in the Southern Tennis League in Dunedin at the weekend.
Southern Lakes is the strong favourite to retain the Rennie Trophy in the Southern Tennis League in Dunedin this weekend.
Strength throughout the order, with a mixture of talented youth and wily experience, has given the Lakes team clear wins in the league in recent seasons and left no doubt where the strength in the region lies.
Balmacewen men continued on its winning way with a whitewash of a depleted Mornington Roslyn Privateers in Dunedin club tennis on Tuesday night.
Leela Beattie showed her immense potential to beat local champion Libby Scott 6-0, 6-4 in the final of the Otago Open yesterday.
A strong, even field of 32 with an international flavour will contest the Otago men's tennis open this weekend, with any of the eight seeds capable of winning the title.
Balmacewen men put a break on the field when Dunedin premier club tennis resumed on Tuesday night, with a 4-2 win over closest rival Eastern Harbour.
Libby Scott is Otago's newest national champion and she grabbed the glory without a regular coach.
The Southern 16-and-under girls won the national teams event in Christchurch yesterday.
Otago's giant killer Libby Scott, who won the 16 and under national girls individual title last weekend, could not repeat her win over top seed Heidi Stewart (Waikato-Bays) in the national team event in Christchurch.
Otago's Libby Scott upset the form book when she beat No 1 seed Heidi Stewart (Bay of Plenty) 6-3, 6-1 to win the final of the 16 and under national championships in Christchurch on Saturday.
Balmacewen men beat Mornington-Roslyn Raiders 4-2 to complete the pre-Christmas round of Dunedin club tennis unbeaten on Tuesday night.
Young talent shone through in the fifth round of Dunedin club tennis on Tuesday night.
A 6-0 shutout by Balmacewen men over Taieri further increased their lead in Dunedin men's club tennis on Tuesday night.
Balmacewen men remain unbeaten after three rounds of Dunedin premier men's tennis after beating Mornington-Roslyn Privateers 5-1 on Tuesday night.
Libby Scott (16), Otago's No 1 women's player, is about to take on a major new challenge.
The Balmacewen men had their second victory in Dunedin premier tennis with a one-set countback win over last year's finalists, Eastern Harbour, on Tuesday night.
