Dual Colac lawn tennis champion Jason Murnane says he will savour his latest title win after fearing it would never come. Murnane, 33, said relief was his main emotion after defeating Colac’s Gabriel Parsons in straight sets to win his second Colac Lawn Tennis Club men’s singles [...]

Colac sportsman Khan Beckett will make his comeback from injury in this weekend’s Polwarth tennis championships. Beckett will test the knee he had operated on six weeks ago in defence of his singles title at Colac’s grass courts on Sunday. Polwarth’s pennant finals start the following weekend and [...]

So close but yet so far are the best words to describe Kawarren’s heart-breaking four-game loss to Polwarth A Grade tennis powerhouse Elliminyt. Kawarren lost its nail-biting clash with Elliminyt, 39 games to 43, at Elliminyt’s Joiner Reserve on Saturday. The loss means Kawarren [...]

A standout performance by Nicole Beatty has helped Pennyroyal account for an under-strength Kawarren in Polwarth district tennis. Beatty was at her sublime best with her combinations losing just three games for the day at Kawarren. She teamed with Rhiannon White for a 6-0 win against Lisa Crabbe [...]

The coach of Colac’s Lewis O’Brien says the teenager has the package to be an elite tennis player after winning a national ranking tournament in Colac this week. Len Davis said his rising star was playing the best tennis of his short career and showed a home Colac crowd he had [...]

Emerging Colac tennis star Lewis O’Brien is through to today’s 16-and-under final at Colac’s junior tennis championships. O’Brien defeated one of the tournament favourites to advance to his first final in three attempts at Colac Lawn Tennis Club’s annual tournament. O’Brien, 15, backed up his good form this summer [...]

What would it be like watching your teenager play tennis in the Australian Open in ten years’ time? Spend loads of money, commit most weekends to sitting beside a tennis court and be prepared to travel long distances, and you still might not find out. That’s the life of [...]

The surroundings will be familiar but the stakes are about to change for these three Colac tennis players. Lewis O’Brien, 15, his sister Beth O’Brien, 13, and Luke Garner, 12, are the city’s hope in Colac Lawn Tennis Club’s junior championships, starting today. The tournament attracts some of [...]

Tennis players from across Australia will arrive in Colac this weekend ahead of the feature tournament on Colac district’s tennis calendar. Colac Lawn Tennis Club’s junior championships start Monday with 90 players attending the annual tournament, which is part of an Optus national ranking series. [...]

Women were back in force at Colac’s lawn tennis courts at the weekend. In a bid to attract women to the sport, officials opened the doors with a come-and-try day and were pleased with the response, with the biggest number of women “for many years” participating in Saturday’s competition. [...]