MORNINGTON'S Emma Hall is the only hurdle standing in the way in of a clean sweep of open singles titles by powerhouse Barwon in the Victorian Country Inter-regional Tennis Championships at Creswick on Sunday.
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Hall will play top seed Carolyn McGann from Barwon in the women's final at the Mt Prospect complex.
The unseeded Hall upset second seeded Hope Curtis-McDonald (Goulburn) in a semi-final on Saturday.
Hall won in three sets 6-2 0-6 10-8 - the first three-set contest in the women's open singles for the three-day tournament.
McGann progressed without too much trouble.
She had the better of Helen Steward (Goulburn) 6-22 in a quarter final and Central Highland's Tracey Amarant 6-0 6-1.
Although Amarant was no match for the title favourite, she still enjoyed a solid run, defeating Julie Wardle (Northern Mallee) 7-6 6-3 in a quarter final earlier on Saturday.
Barwon teammates and top seeds Adam Lasky and Matt Hicks in Sunday's men's open final, which is scheduled for a 9am start.
Top seed Lasky had a tough day on court though to stay in contention.
He had early fight on his hands in his quarter final against Jarrod Bingham (Goulburn), being taken to 7-6 in the opening set before finishing it out 6-2.
Lasky had an even more difficult time against fourth see Aiden FitzGerald (East Gippsland) in semi-final.
In a match last 93 minutes, Lasky dropped the first set 5-7 before bouncing back 6-4 10-7.
Hicks had a much easier time with straight sets in his quarter and semi-finals.
SATURDAY MATCHES
OPEN SINGLES
MEN
QUARTER FINALS
Adam Lasky [1] d Jarrod Bingham 7-6 6-2
Aiden Fitzgerald [4] d Steve Giamarcco 7-5 6-4
Luke Dixon d Matt Moloney [3] 6-3 7-5
Matt Hicks [2] d Jay Debernardi 6-0 6-2
SEMI-FINALS
Adam Lasky [1] d Aiden Fitzgerald [4] 5-7 6-4 10-7
Matt Hicks [2] d Luke Dixon 7-5 6-2
WOMEN
QUARTER FINALS
Carolyn McGann [1] d Helene Steward 6-2 6-2
Tracey Amarant d Julie Wardle 7-6 6-3
Emma Hall d Romona Mataruga [4] 7-5 6-2
Hope Curtis-McDonald [2] d Danielle Bowles 6-4 6-4
SEMI-FINALS
Carolyn McGann [1] d Tracey Amarant 6-0 6-1
Emma Hall d Hope Curtis-Mcdonald [2] 6-2 0-6 10-8
SUNDAY'S OPEN FINALS
MEN'S SINGLES
Adam Lasky [1] V Matt Hicks [2] AT 9am
WOMEN'S SINGLES
Carolyn Mcgann [1] V Emma Hall at 9am
MEN'S DOUBLES
Matt Hicks-Aadam Lasky [1] v Jake Dunn-Matt Moloney at 10.30am
WOMEN'S DOUBLES
Danielle Bowles-Tova Penno v Hope Curtis-Mcdonald-Helene Steward [2] at 10.30am
MIXED DOUBLES
Matt Hicks-Carolyn McGann [1] v Adam Lasky-Romona Mataruga [2] at noon