Canberra players have displayed some excellent results in the ACT Bronze AMT held at Lyneham from the 31st October – 2nd November. In the men’s singles, ACT players dominated the draw, with all 4 semi finalists coming from the capital. In the first semi, number 9 seed Jake Okines was up against the unseeded Ryan Frawley. Ryan had caused some upsets on the way to the semis including defeating the number 1 seed, Marco Jovanovic in the round of 16. Ryan continued his good form, defeating Jake 6-1, 6-3. In the other semi, it was the battle of the number 2 seed, Dimitri Morogiannis, and 3 seed, James Frawley. In a tight battle, it was James who came out on top 6-4, 6-4. The two brothers would go head to head in the final, but it was older brother James who came out on top with a 6-4, 6-1 victory.
In the women’s singles semi finals 11 year old Canberra junior Annerly Poulos faced number 1 seed Kaitlin Staines. Poulos who had some great wins on the way to the semis battled hard, but went down to Staines 6-3, 6-1. In the other semi final number 8 seed Rhiannon Marlin defeated 5 seed Dael McKenna after McKenna retired injured with Marlin leading 6-1. Staines and Marlin then fought it out in the final, with Staines emerging victorious in a big hitting 3 set match, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3.
In the men’s doubles, unseeded brothers, Christian and Nelson Parker defeated the number 2, 3, and 8 seeds on their way to the final. The pair continued their good form in the final defeating the number 1 seeds Marco Jovanovic and Corey Gaal 7-6, 6-2. In the women’s doubles, Canberra sisters Sarina and Chorlida Kang knocked off the number one seeds in the semi finals before facing number 2 seeds Kaitlin Staines and ACT’s Millie Scutt in the final. Staines and Scutt won a tight match 6-4, 6-4.
In the men’s consolation final, Kevlin Du defeated Canberra’s Andrea D’Aprile 6-1, 6-4, while in the women’s consolation, Sarina Kang defeated younger sister Chorlida 6-3, 6-2.
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Thank you to all players who participated in the tournament and we look forward to seeing you all next year.
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