Another simply beautiful day saw the the youngest and oldest of our Junior competitors battle for the titles as the 8 and under Red players and 18 and under girls and boys took to the Dubai Duty Free Tennis courts in Garhoud.
The ‘Little Chickens’ got the day started with more than 30 stars of the future waking up bright and early to try and take the the first titles of the day. The Boys event saw Eric Morna take on Harry Foster in a fabulous match with Eric coming through 11/9 The Girls final pitched Abigel Hanna Faghihi against Ida in a high level match before Abigel managed to take the plaudits 10/8
After this the 18 and unders graced the courts with some scintillating tennis. In the girls event some familiar names reached the latter stages with the final being contested between Rosaleen Aliyoussef and Stefania Bojica After some titanic rallies it was ROSALEEN who managed to pull through winning 6/2. Then it was left to the Boys to add to the incredible quality and they did not fail! Marvin CALVAIRE and Martín GILG battled through the draw to meet in the final during which some stunning tennis was on display. It was left for Marvin to take the match and title6/3 which moves him into an incredibly strong position in the rankings.
At the point of writing this the Green 3 Set tournament was still at the semi finals stage and will be reported on later in the week.
Next week sees the Orange series early morning 7.30 and 14 under from 10 am
Also we will finish the pending semifinal of the 18 under and the 10 under 3 sets from last weeks.