Tasmania battled out a succession of three-set epics as the badminton national championships continued at Elphin Sports Centre.
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On a day when Victoria took out the Ede Clendinnen shield for the eighth year running, Tasmania lost nine matches against New South Wales before taking the last tie in dramatic fashion.
An enthralling match-up with Western Australia - returning to nationals for the first time since 2014 - then followed with the visitors leading 6-3 late in the day.
Hobart's Leesa Grundy and Devonport's Meg Graham led the way for the hosts, winning their singles matches before teaming up in the doubles.
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Grundy won her singles match against Alicia Xu after dropping the first set 21-10, and again came back from a set down with Graham to win their women's doubles encounter.
The men's pairings of Chris Barker and Stephen Gale and Rowan Henderson and Brent Munday were less fortunate, going down in three-setters lasting 41 and 50 minutes respectively.
But Munday still had plenty to smile about, having collected Tasmania's only victory against New South Wales in a mixed pairing with Graham.
"It was good - any win at this level is fantastic," the Turners Beach 39-year-old said.
"You're playing against guys that are at the top level and the best in their state so you take any win you can get.
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"In the doubles beforehand we played well but we couldn't finish the job when we needed to, so it's nice to be able to do that."
Sealing the first set 22-20 with a Graham smash, the Tasmanians gave up a four-point lead and two match points in the second as Victoria He and Michael Lim threatened to sentence the hosts to a clean sweep.
No such outcome occured, however, as Graham again brought the goods on set point to seal the match 21-15.
"We almost threw it away there in the second but that keeps things interesting I guess," Munday said.
"The guy I was playing against [Lim], we played against each other in 2004 at the national championships in Noosa and that went to three sets as well so it was quite ironic.
"He was playing his last game for New South Wales so that was pretty cool to go full circle and do that."
Munday and Graham played another three-setter in their mixed clash against Western Australia, this time going down to Jasper Tan and Angie Yang.
The championships continue with the individual event on Wednesday, with Josh Partridge and Annalea Reid set to be the sole Northern Tasmanians in action.