The tennis men’s firsts suffered a heavy 7-1 loss to Sheffield Hallam 2nds.
The only win for York came from Nils Morozs but Hallam won the other three singles matches to take a 3-1 lead at the interval.
Going into the doubles, York failed to learn from their mistakes in the singles matches while Hallam maintained their intensity to triumph in style. York will know they have faced one of the toughest teams in the league and that others will be dropping points against them as well however.
In blustery conditions, the afternoon started promisingly for Max Andrews of York on court three, but his fresher opponent, George mounted a stirring comeback after going a set down to notch a 1-6 6-3 6-1 win.
Court two saw a highly impressive display from Morozs, who managed to contain the aggressive forehands of Hallam’s Aaron Winters and make the most of his renowned ability at the net to triumph 7-5 3-6 6-3.
With the match level at 1-1, court one saw the powerful James Scales outgun York’s Ben Dyer in the solitary five-set match with the final score 6-2 6-4 7-6. Then York’s Peter Thomson-Glover lost a very tight match 6-4 6-7 7-6, when on another day he could easily have beaten his opponent, Tommy Lee.
In the doubles matches, under the floodlights by this stage, it was simply a case of Hallam continuing from where they left off in the singles and not being complacent. Dyer and Morosz lost 6-1 6-3 on court one, making the deficit 5-1 overall, Winters winning the battles, thanks to his useful inside-out forehand.
The rest of the contest was merely a conclusion of the formalities as Lee and George won for Hallam 6-4 7-5 to lay down a marker to the other teams in the league.