Williams Takes Out Shuja in First Round of Senior Nationals 

A shock upset has come in the first round of the Senior Nationals where unseeded Jo Williams has beaten five times New Zealand Nationals Champion Kashif Shuja in an exciting five setter.

In the Women’s Open draw the top seeds progressed through relatively comfortably. The upsets of the first round came from 20th seed Casey Owen who beat her higher seeded opponent Nadia Hubbard in four games. The other upset came from 17th seed Holly Donnelly who beat 16th seed Anika Jackson in a hard fought five setter.

In the Men’s Open draw Williams played an exceptionally strong game where he worked Shuja hard on court and for Shuja this was not set to be his day. Williams claiming the biggest upset in the first round of the Senior Nationals. The other upset of round 1 came from 19th seed Jackson Beresford who took out 14th seed Brent Lewis.

Full Results below. Draws can be found here Senior Nationals Individuals and Teams Draws 2016 

Round 2 kicks off now and live streamed games are as follow with links and channels below:

Court 2

• 5:40pm - Women’s Open Round 2 – Emma Millar vs Juee Bhide
• 6:20pm - BREAK
• 7:00pm  – Men’s Open Round 2 – Chris Lloyd vs Zac Millar
• 7:40pm – Men’s Open Round 2 – Ben Grindrod vs Jonathan Barnett
• 8:20pm – Men’s Open Round 2 – Paul Coll vs Sam Atkins
• 9:00pm – Women’s Open Round 2 – Megan Craig vs Holly Donnelly

Court 6

• 5:40pm - Women’s Open Round 2 – Ellie Epke vs Casey Owens
• 6:20pm - BREAK
• 7:00pm  – Men’s Open Round 2 – Chris Van Der Salm vs Cameron Jamieson
• 7:40pm - BREAK
• 8:20pm – Women’s Open Round 2 – Amanda Landers-Murphy vs Trina Moore

Court 2

Court 6

Men’s Open

(1) Paul Coll bt Temwa Chilese 11/7 11/6 11/2

Sam Atkins bt Willie Bicknell – 11/5 10/12 11/6 11/7

Zac Millar bt Neil Rossin – 11/3 11/3 11/3

(8) Chris Lloyd bt Rafa Yam – 12/10 12/10 12/10

(5) Chris van der Salm bt Alex Oakley – 11/9 11/5 11/5

Cameron Jamieson bt Max Trimble – 11/6 11/4 11/6

Jonathan Barnett bt Mitchell Kempton – 11/8 11/6 11/3

(4) Ben Grindrod bt Jason van der Walt – 11/7 12/10 11/9

(3) Lance Beddoes bt Lwamba Chileshe – 11/8 11/5 11/7

Jackson Beresford bt Brent Lewis – 11/7 9/11 11/2 14/12

Luke Jones bt Aaron Kopittke – 11/5 11/8 11/5

(6) Oliver Johnston bt Gary Duberly – 11/3 11/3 11/3

Joseph Williams bt (7) Kashif Shuja – 11/6 6/11 11/5 9/11 11/9

Michael Sunderland bt Michael Blanchard – 12/10 11/2 11/7

Sion Wiggin bt Jayden Millard – 8/11 13/11 11/9 11/8

(2) Campbell Grayson bt Michael Shelton-Agar – 11/1 11/1 11/4

Women’s Open

(1) Megan Craig bt Amber Helm – 11/4 11/0 11/3

Holly Donnelly bt Anika Jackson – 11/6 9/11 9/11 11/4 11/4

Kaitlyn Watts bt MacKenzie Johnson – 11/0 11/2 11/4

(8) Abbie Palmer bt Devon Wright – 11/4 11/6 11/3

(5) Danielle Fourie bt Kelsey Manuatu – 11/5 11/3 11/2

Anna Hughes bt Zoe Dykzeul – 11/8 11/5 11/8

Casey Owen bt Nadia Hubbard – 11/5 11/6 11/13 11/7

(4) Ellie Epke bt Nicki Gibbs – 11/7 6/11 11/5 11/4

(3) Emma Millar bt Fiona Gifford-Moore – 11/6 11/7 11/4

Juee Bhide bt Jacinta Matson – 11/9 11/3 11/9

Sacha Pou-Tito bt Lauren Clarke - 5/11 11/7 11/3 11/9

(6) Rebecca Barnett bt Taylor Ashton – 11/6 11/4 11/4

(7) Joanna Shanks bt Camden Te Kani-McQueen – 15/13 11/8 11/6

Priscilla Wildsmith bt Nicola Blake – 9/11 9/11 11/3 11/1 11/5

Trina Moore bt Aleisha Watene – 12/10 12/10 4/11 11/7

(2) Amanda Landers-Murphy bt Rebecca Gifford – 11/7 11/3 11/7