Martha Folkes and Gregor Corcoran booked a place in the semi-final following the Mixed Round Robin tennis played at Balksbury in great tennis weather, warm and light with a slight breeze and no glaring sun. 

In the first round Clare Thain and Mark Williams took on Martha and Gregor. This was a very competitive match with a lot of close fought games.

Clare was striking the ball well and Mark was active at the net but it was Martha and Gregor who had a little more consistency and came out on top. 

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Kriszti Donko and Ben Mead won through against Lynne King and Rob King, though it was not easy with Rob using his athleticism to prolong the rallies.

In the second round, Martha and Gregor had too much power for Lynne and Rob but there were pleasing rallies and Lynne particularly enjoyed passing Gregor down the line.

Kriszti and Ben had a close match with Clare and Mark. This time it was Clare and Mark who had a little more consistency and in spite of patches of really good tennis from Kriszti and Ben, Clare and Mark came out on top.

Martha and Gregor were in the lead at this point with two wins, one each for Clare and Mark and Kriszti and Ben.

The third round put Clare and Mark against Lynne and Rob. The determination of Clare and Mark saw them win this one to have two wins overall. 

Martha and George played Kriszti and Ben. This match had moments of excellence when all four played well. 

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Kriszti raised her game and showed her potential with lovely ground strokes and sharp volleying.  Once again, Martha and Gregor had more consistency, however, and they made it three wins to ensure their place in a semi final.

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