Finalists of 2015 Senior Nationals Decided

The 2015 Senior Nationals Finalists have been decided with the semi-final games being of epic proportions. Joelle King will take on Megan Craig for the second year in a row whilst Paul Coll will take on Campbell Grayson for the first time in a Senior Nationals Final.

Amanda Landers Murphy and Megan Craig were the first 2 on court for the Semi Finals of the Women's Division. Landers-Murphy was sluggish in the first game and Craig managed to take advantage of this moving the ball around the court and attacking well to take the first game. The second game saw Landers-Murphy take an early lead winning her points off of some great length shots, however Craig fought hard and managed to work the ball and Landers-Murphy to her advantage, Landers-Murphy managed to gain game ball but some hard rallies and great shot selection saw Craig level the score. Some tense rallies were had at the end of the second game and eventually Craig managed to clinch the game to take a 2 game lead. In the third game both players went point for point but were showing some uncharacteristic errors in their game early on,  however Craig curbed her errors and ultimately pushed Landers-Murphy resulting in a number of balls hitting the tin and Craig making this her second year in the Senior Nationals Women's Open final winning the match 3-0.

The first game of the Men's Open Semi Finals was between Evan Williams and Campbell Grayson. Grayson edged ahead early on with some strong kill shots, however Williams dug deep and managed to claw back and some long hard rallies took their toll on both players but Williams managed to take the first game. Grayson came out firing again in the second and edged a lead but Williams levelled the score, however Grayson wasn't having a repeat of the first and he managed to work Williams out of the front and take the second game. The Third game saw Grayson storm out to a great lead, Williams managed to gain a few points near the end but it was Grayson who put Williams serve away managing to hit the nick. Williams managed to force Grayson into some loose shots which saw Williams able to kill the ball and Grayson make a number of errors levelling the game score at 2 a piece. The fifth game saw Grayson take a convincing lead with some great movements and shots, Williams managed to get some great shots in but it wasn't enough and Grayson became the first into the Men's open final.

The third semi final was between Joelle King and Shelley Kitchen. Both players have experienced the Senior Nationals event a number of times but this is Kitchens first time she has competed here for a number of years. Both players started off with strong fast rallies and they went point for point. However king managed to edge her way out to the lead and took the first game with some great shots Kitchen was not able to retrieve. King came out firing in the second and took a strong lead, Kitchen managed to get some good shots in but it wasn't enough and King closed out the second game. Whilst Kitchen managed to stay on Kings tail throughout the match and played some great shots it was Kings day to make the final. The 2015 Senior Nationals Women's Open Final will see Megan Craig and Joelle King take to the court to battle it out. This will be one of Kings biggest challenges since her Achilles rupture this time last year against Craig.

The final game of the night was between Paul Coll and Martin Knight. Knight was looking to make it into another final but Coll had different ideas about this. The first match went long with some very controlled length and great cosnistency being played by both players but Coll was able to clinch the game. The second and the third followed a very similar pattern with Coll managing to stay in the rallies and coming out strong and volleying at every opportunity he could. It ended up falling in Coll's favour and he will be in his first Senior Nationals Men's Open Finals.

Full individual draws can be found here. 

Livestreaming on the Main court can be found here

Games to be streamed are 

• 2:15pm - Womens Open Final - (1) Joelle King vs (3) Megan Craig
• 3:30pm - Men's Open Final - (2) Paul Coll vs (1) Campbell Grayson

Women's Open Semi-Finals

(1) Joelle King bt (4) Shelley Kitchen - 11/6, 11/4, 11/9

(3) Megan Craig vs (2) Amanda Landers-Murphy - 11/4, 14/12, 11/8

Men's Open Semi-Finals

(1) Campbell Grayson bt (5) Mr Evan S. Williams  - 5/11, 11/6, 11/5, 6/11, 11/5

(2)Paul Coll bt (3) Martin Knight – 12/10, 11/9, 11/5