Caesarean captain Pablo Giacopelli took no chances: ‘Bromley have three world-ranked players in their line up and were always going to be hard to beat, so I put out as strong a side as possible.’BritishNo 4 Alex Bogdanovic produced a great display to beat fellow world-ranked player Oliver Freelove 6-1, 6-3 while UK-based newcomer Jack Baker took on Nick Cavaday and defeated him 6-4, 6-2.
Naim Lalji overcame a night of sickness to defeat Barry Fulcher 6-4, 6-/2 while Rhys Hanger fought every inch of the way to win the deciding singles rubber against Daniel Shirley 6-4, 6-4.Caesarean had clinched the tie – and outright leadership of the South Division – but the doubles were still played.’You can’t tell what might decide the league placings to qualify for the playoffs, and it’s a good opportunity to try new doubles pairings,’ Giacopelli said.Bogdanovic and Hanger took on Fulcher and Freelove and lost an exciting match 7-5, 6-4 while Lalji and Baker beat Cavaday and Shirley 6-4, 6-4 for an overall 5-1 win.Caesarean play West Worthing next weekend.Other weekend results in South Division: West Hants bt Chandos 4-2; Park Langley bt West Worthing 4-2.The National League side is sponsored by CMCP.
