Robert Collins made an overdue return to form when dealing convincingly with the Australian Daniel Sewell in the third round of the East of Ireland Senior open tennis championships at Londonbridge Road last night.
The Davis Cup prospect won in straight sets 6-4 6-3 and faces Richard Morris in tonight's quarter-final.
Top seed Owen Casey proved too strong for Emmet O'Reilly but will have a tougher task against Joe Green of Harvard tonight.
Gina Niland, the top seed in the women's singles, started with a facile win over Erica Tierney.
Men's singles, third round: J Green bt C Jennings 6-2 6-1; R Collins bt D Sewell 6-4, 6-3; C Taylor bt D Cooney 6-2 7-6; D Mullins bt A Doran 6-3 6-2; J Pringle bt R Cherry 6-1 6-1; O Casey bt E O'Reilly 6-0 6-1; N Malone bt M Ginnegan 6-3 6-1. Women's singles, third round: G Niland bt E Tierney 6-0 6-0; C Curan bt L McCracken 6-1 6-2; Y Flynn bt D Murray 6-0 6-1; L O'Halloran bt G Mullins 6-0 6-2; R Fagan bt E Doyle 2-6 6-4 7-6; L O'Shea bt J Timoney 62 7-5.
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