10 October 2011 | Tennis Queensland

Rising 13 year-old Queenslander, Naiktha Bains claimed the Sydney Junior International singles title this morning with straight sets victories at Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre. 

Bains defeated third seed, Danielle Wagland (Gordon, NSW) 6-4 6-4 and in the process collected her second straight Junior ITF title after winning the Waikato Junior Championships in New Zealand in August. 

“I got off to a slow start and was 2-0 down and was missing a lot, but I picked up my game to take out the first set”, said Bains, who is currently ranked 937 on the Junior ITF World Rankings, but with this win will jump to inside the top 650 next week. 

The second set started off better for Bains who carried the momentum from the end of the opening set to race to a 5-1 lead. 

“It got a little windy and Danielle started to play a little better to get the next few games, but I just had to stay tough and concentrate on every point and it was good to close it out eventually.”

Bains will look to make it a hat-trick of wins next week at the Gosford Junior International, and we wish her all the best!