Chamblee’s Isabelle Coursey lines up a shot in her No. 1 singles victory. (Photo by Mark Brock)
Chamblee hosted Northside of Columbus in a Class 5A state playoffs first round doubleheader this afternoon and swept both matches by 3-0 margins to advance to the Sweet 16 round next week.
The Lady Bulldogs (9-2) rolled to straight set victories at No. 1 singles, No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles in their 3-0 victory at the Chamblee High tennis courts.
Chamblee’s Isabelle Coursey needed just 32 minutes in a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 1 singles over Northside’s Anh Nguygen for the first point of the match.
Sophia Cheng matched Coursey’s 6-0, 6-0 win by defeating Northside’s Brookly Hinton at No. 2 singles to make it 2-0.
The No. 1 doubles duo of Ananya Jatar and Grace Seel made it a clean 6-0, 6-0 victory over Morgan Jones and Sally Myers of Northside to close out the match.
Chamblee advances to host the winner of Jones County and Coffee next week. Chamblee defeated Coffee on its home courts 3-0 in last year’s semifinal round.
No. 2 doubles player Gunnar Hagen tracks down a wide angle shot during play against Northside of Columbus. (Photo by Mark Brock)
The Bulldogs (5-6) moved into the Sweet 16 with an identical 3-0 win over the Northside contingent after moving onto the courts following the girls’ win.
Chamblee’s William Hackney swept Northside’s Samuel Whitt in straight sets (6-0, 6-0) to pick up the opening point of the match for the Bulldogs.
The second point for Chamblee came via a 6-0, 6-1 victory by the No. 1 doubles pair of Nicholas Nitsche and Gunnar Hagen over Northside’s Jude Tongson and Dalton Scott.
Kai Henderson broke the serve of Northside’s Jinhyo Sim in the 6-1 second set win to clinch the victory for the Bulldogs. Henderson won the match 6-0, 6-1.
The Bulldogs must go on the road next week to face Statesboro in the second round of the Class 5A state playoffs.
In other Class 5A action both Tucker teams lost their first round matches. The girls fell 4-0 to McIntosh while the Tigers dropped a 3-0 decision to Northgate.
CLASS 6A
Lakeside’s boys’ and girls’ moved into the Sweet 16 round with road victories on Tuesday.
The Vikings playing as the No. 4 seed from Region 4-6A knocked off No. 1 seed Woodward Academy 3-2 to advance. The Vikings will take on the Lee County/Lakeside-Evans winner in the second round.
On the girls’ side, the Lady Vikings went to Rockdale County and came away with a convincing 3-0 victory to move into the Sweet 16. Lakeside travels to Lakeside-Evans in the second round.
DCSD TENNIS STATE TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Tuesday, 4/18
Class 6A
(G) Lakeside 3, Rockdale Co. 0
(B) Lakeside 3, Woodward Academy 2
Class 5A
(G) Chamblee 3, Northside-Columbus 0
(B) Chamblee 3, Northside-Columbus 0
(G) McIntosh 4, Tucker 0
(B) Northgate 3, Tucker 0
Class 4A
(G) Pace Academy 3, Miller Grove 0
Class 3A
(G) Bremen 5, Cedar Grove 0
Class 2A
(G) Walker 3, Redan 0
MATCHES 4/19/23
Class 6A
(G) Woodward Academy 3, Dunwoody 2
Class 5A
(B) McIntosh 5, Arabia Mountain 0
(G) Northgate 3, Arabia Mountain 0
Class 4A
(B) Lovett 4, Druid Hills 0
(G) Lovett 4, Druid Hills 0
(B) Pace Academy 5, SW DeKalb 0
Class 3A (Wednesday, 4/19)
(B) Ringgold 5, Cedar Grove 0
Class 2A
(B) North Cobb Christian 5, Redan 0
DCSD TENNIS STATE PLAYOFF SCHEDULE
Monday, 4/24
CLASS 6A
(B) Lakeside at Lakeside-Evans, 1:00 pm
(G) Lakeside at Lakeside-Evans, 1:00 pm
CLASS 5A BOYS
Chamblee at Statesboro, TBA
Tuesday, 4/25
CLASS 5A GIRLS
Coffee at Chamblee, 2:00 pm