Age and Experience Prevail in Southland Open

Perry Crockett pro Coach from Wanaka who has had an ATP ranking dished out a lesson to the former US College players in to days semi and final.Crockett made short work of Jeff West 6-1 6-1 overpowering West in all aspects.He then went on to beat Oliver Cuthill in the final 7-5 6-2.Cuthill who has lost to Crockett on three previous occasions found that he had made little in roads to the Crockett game and after a close first set Crockett dominated the second to take the title.Earlier Cuthill had defeated Tyler Begg 6-3 6-4, Begg fought his way back into the second set to 4 all and led 30-0 on serve but played lose points to allow Cuthill to break and hold serve for the match.The match featured an enormous amount of short balls from both players with Cuthill using his power advantage to eventually attack Begg's short balls , Begg played a negative match and will no doubt learn from this.
Even though a match can have a score line of 6-3 6-4 it can be an extremely tight encounter with just a few points tipping the scales for victory.A missed overhead or a silly drop shot may just be the game breaker your opposition needs for victory.