Milton Academy's team gave the freshman tennis squad only token opposition yesterday, and the Yardlings easily won the opening match of the season, 9 to 0.

Charley Ufford overpowered Milton's Oakes Plimpton in the number one singles match, 6-0, 6-4. Art French took the number two match from Kirk Rankin, 6-1, 6-2.

Milton's Brooks Harris rallied after losing the first set of the number three singles to Harry Hatton, taking the second set. But Hatton recovered, and took the match, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2.

Bill Harrington stopped Chip Clark in the fourth singles match, 6-4, 6-2.

Ufford and French combined to trounce Plimpton and Harris in the first doubles, 6-1, 6-1. Hatton and Berk Johnson lost the first game of their doubles match to Harris and Jim Clark, but went on to take the next two games and win, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

The summary:

Singles--Ufford (H) defeated Plimpton (M), 6-0, 6-4; French (H) defeated Rankin (M), 6-1, 6-2; Hatton (H) defeated Harris (M), 6-1, 3-6, 6-3; Harrington (H) defeated Clark (M), 6-4, 6-2; Johnson (H) defeated Perry (M), 6-4, 6-2; Trinchieri (H) defeated Howson (M), 6-3, 6-3.

Doubles--Ufford and French (H) defeated Plimpton and Rankin (M), 6-1, 6-1; Hatton and Johnson (H) defeated Clark and Harris (M), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Trinchieri and Meyers (H) defeated Perry and Howson (M), 6-4, 6-1.