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East tennis teams start county week with a bang
East of Scotland tennis men and women have got their respective LTA summer county cup campaigns off to winning starts.
Playing in Division One at Eastbourne the men defeated South Wales 6-3 in a match that did not finish until after 8pm while the women, newly promoted to Division Four at Cheltenham, overcame Lincolnshire 8-1.
Fresh from winning the Nottingham Challenger doubles and saving 13 match points in the final Edinburgh pro Scott Duncan, this time partnered by captain Euan McIntosh, was again living on the edge before winning a third round champions tie-break 17-15 with more match points saved.
James MacKinlay, partner of Duncan at Nottingham but this time alongside Lance Nisbet, was also a three time winner.
The East women were heavily indebted to teenagers Aadya Iver Chadalawade and Hanna Augustynska for their win.
Aadya partnered Eva Vrhunec to three wins while Hanna played alongside the experienced Mhairi Beattie for a treble.
Ama Nisbet partnered Sarah McFadyen to a win and a loss before stepping aside to introduce Shaylin Holt who duly featured in a 6-1,6-1, victory.
Scott Duncan: lived on the edge in third set thriller once again
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