When you are at the top everyone wants to knock you off your perch.
That's the reality facing the Rotorua men's tennis team this season as they look to defend their premier interclub title.
Rotorua won the inaugural Waikato Bays men's interclub competition last season and got off to awinning start again this season, defeating Tauranga Lawn a fortnight ago.
The local team, made up of players from the Rotorua Tennis Club and Lynmore Tennis Club, will head to Tauranga tomorrow to play Otumoetai in the second round.
The Otumoetai club will be looking to avenge their defeat at the hands of Rotorua in the men's grand final last season. The fixture starts at 1pm tomorrow and will feature two doubles matches and four singles matches.
Men's draw: Cambridge v Lugton Park, at Lugton Park; Hamilton v Whakatane, at Whakatane; Rotorua v Otumoetai, at Otumoetai; Tauranga Lawn v St Peter's, at Tauranga Lawn.
Women's draw: Mt Maunganui/Otumoetai v Tauranga Lawn, at Mt Maunganui; Gate Pa v Cambridge, at Gate Pa.
