It has been a tale of two seasons for local sides in the Campaspe Tennis Association.
Rochester is the unbeaten leader, while Lockington-Bamawm United is without a win, making the round 10 matchup between the sides somewhat a foregone conclusion on paper.
Both sides continued their trajectories in the tie at Rochester Lawn Tennis Club, Rochy picking up a comfortable win, 10-90 to 3-60.
The fixture started relatively evenly as the sides split the singles rubbers, Jacob Grieves picking up a 6-1 win for Rochester, while Noah Condliffe responded 6-3 for LBU.
Rochester took control in the men’s doubles, winning all three sets to establish an advantage, Nash Hocking and Lachlan Smith featuring in two wins each.
The women’s doubles were also a dominant section for the hosts, all four matches going Rochester’s way by a combined 32 games to 17.
LBU broke the streak of seven consecutive losses with victory in the mixed doubles, Harrison and Katie Condliffe getting up 8-5 to stem the bleeding.
The visitor would pick up one more win in the section, but Rochester was out of reach, Tobie Woodfine and Mandy Dingwall closing out the fixture with an 8-3 win.
In the other match of the round, despite losing more sets, Echuca 3 upset Echuca 1 by a single game, 6-76 to 7-75, to add momentum to its campaign.
The competition is now heading into the Christmas hiatus, with action to resume on January 11.
On that day, Rochester will visit Echuca 3, LBU will host Echuca 2, and Echuca 1 has the bye.
Division Two
Elmore sunk to the bottom of the ladder after going down to Echuca 5 9-70 to 4-44.
Elmore started well with a pair of singles wins but Echuca had the quality down the stretch, reeling off seven straight sets at the end of the match.
Rochester 2 surprised the now former leader LBU 2 with a narrow 7-63 to 6-56 win.
Singles wins to Justin Coghill and Christopher Murray got Rochy off to a dream start, and the host held on despite a late LBU run that saw it win the final three sets.
Echuca 4 had the bye.