Canberra players have performed well at the ACT Junior Championships held over the Canberra Day long weekend. Over 140 entrants from across the ACT, NSW, and QLD participated in the Silver Junior Tour event.
The 16 boys event was dominated by locals with Dimitri Morogiannis and Heath Bortolin facing off in the final. Morogiannis lived up to his number 1 seeding, defeating Bortolin 6-2, 6-1. The boys again faced off in the final of the 16 Boys Doubles, with Morogiannis combining with Jack Fuller to defeat Bortolin and Zac Donaldson 6-3, 6-3.
The 16 Girls singles was a round robin event with Stephanie Pang going undefeated to take out the title. She defeated second place Violet Marriot 6-0, 6-1. Pang also won the doubles combining with Matina Ujdur to 6-0, 6-2 against Sasha Nelson and Lara Kaplan. Ujdur also had a great weekend in singles, making it to the final of the 14 Girls singles, before falling to Lara Kaplan.
In the 12 Girls, Ashleigh Simes made it through to the final before falling to Tiana Stojkovic 6-4, 6-2. Simes, also made the doubles final with Jacobina Jansson going down in an epic battle to Taylah Lawless and Catherine Aulia 7-5, 5-7, 10-5.
In the 14 Boys singles, Spencer Reynolds defeated Jake Magill 6-4, 6-3. Reynolds then partnered with Christian Waked to defeat Mitchell Main and Mitchell Smith in the 14 Boys doubles, 7-5, 6-3. In the 12 Boys singles Rahul Desai defeated Alexander Placek 6-1, 6-2. Desai and Elijah Cham combined to take out the 12 Boys doubles after Taj Hibbert and Ethan Takac were forced to withdraw.
ACT Junior Championships – 6-9th March
12 Girls Singles – Tiana Stojkovic d Ashleigh Simes 6-4, 6-2
12 Girls Singles Consolation – Jacobina Jansson d Lejla Hajdar 6-0, 6-3
12 Girls Doubles – Taylah Lawless/Catherine Aulia d Ashleigh Simes/Jacobina Jansson 7-5, 5-7, 10-5
12 Boys Singles – Rahul Desai d Alexander Placek 6-1, 6-2
12 Boys Singles Consolation – Erik Chen d Daniel Zhang 7-5, 6-3
12 Boys Doubles – Elijah Cham/Rahul Desai d Taj Hibbert/Ethan Takac w/o
12 Boys Singles Qualifying consolation – Jesse Ingleton d Daniel Greenwood 6-3, 6-4
14 Girls Singles – Lara Kaplan d Matina Ujdur 6-2, 6-0
14 Girls Singles Consolation – Milan Krish d Lucy Colbourne
16 Boys Singles – Dimitri Morogiannis d Heath Bortolin 6-1, 6-2
16 Boys Singles Consolation – Samuel Crittenden d Matthew Robson 6-4, 6-2
16 Boys Doubles – Dimitri Morogiannis/Jack Fuller d Zac Donaldson/Heath Bortolin 6-3, 6-3
16 Girls Singles – Stephanie Pang d Violet Marriott 6-1, 6-0
16 Girls Doubles – Stephanie Pang/Matina Ujdur d Sasha Nelson/Lara Kaplan 6-0, 6-2
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