Oxfordshire's women crashed to a 7-2 defeat against Avon in the second game of tennis’s AEGON Summer County Cup in Poole yesterday.
They were hoping to bounce back from Sunday’s 5-4 defeat to Staffordshire. However, it all went wrong for Oxon.
Their only victories in the Group 5B clash came from the third pairing of Imogen Wyatt and Nadine Steward.
They defeated Kerris Wagstaff and Chloe Pike in two sets 7-5, 6-3.
They then battled back from a set down before beating Brigit Folland and Ali Blackett 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.
Today, Oxon try to move off teh bottom of the table when they face Gloucestershire.
Oxfordshire 2, Avon 7 (Oxon first): Round 1 – C Taylor & E Tolson lost to B Folland & A Blackett 6-2, 6-1; E Marsdin & B Simmonds lost to E Ball & I Jones 6-3, 6-3; I Wyatt & N Steward bt K Wagstaff & C Pike 7-5, 6-3. Round 2 – I Wyatt & N Steward lost to E Ball & I Jones 6-4, 6-3; C Taylor & E Tolson lost to K Wagstaff & C Pike 6-3, 6-0; E Marsdin & B Simmons lost to B Folland & A Blackett 6-2, 6-3; Round 3 – E Marsdin & B Simmonds lost to K Wagstaff & C Pike 6-1, 6-0; I Wyatt & N Steward bt B Folland & A Blackett 4-6, 6-2, 6-1; C Taylor & E Tolson lost to E Ball & I Jones 6-4, 2-6, 6-2.
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