The DDF/ BARCLAYS JUNIOR TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP concluded at the Clark Francis Tennis Centre at "The Aviation Club" on Saturday 16th January. The two week long tournament saw over a 150 participants in the school circuit which is Boy's 10,9,8 and Girls 10 and the Development circuit which is Boys 12, 14 and Girls 12 and 14s. Rikeetha Periera double crowned in the girls event with a comfortable win over Rai sengupta and Sanjana Sudhir in the 12s and 14s category respectively. Karim Najia had a tough encounter with Alex Smith before winning 6-3,3-6,6-1 in the under 12 boys event.
The under 14 boys was won by Kareem Allaf beating Hugo Perier. Sushanth Satish won a brilliantly fought match against Mohamed Kamber after losing the first set slip away in the under 10 boys. Seif Marouf and Tarek Najia won against Manzoor Al zarooni and Pierre Satamian in the under 8 and under
9 boys respectively.
The event got lots of press coverage and featured in Gulf News, EL Emarat Al Youm and Al Khaleej, You can see the reports on our website by going to Tennis then Tournaments and you will see the file under the download section, or click here and go to downloads.
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Results:
Boys Under 8 - Seif Marouf bt Mansoor Al Zarooni 11-9; 11-4
Boys Under 9 - Tarek Najia bt Pierre Satamian 11-9; 11-3
Boys Under 10 - Sushanth Satish bt Mohamed Kamber 7-11; 11-3; 11-8
Boys Under 12 - Karim Najia bt Alex Smith 6-3; 3-6; 6-1
Boys Under 14 - Kareem Allaf bt Hugo Perier 6-2; 7-5
Boys Under 12 Doubles Hamdy Ismail/Alex Smith bt Mujahid Ali khan/ Dhruv Behl 6-2; 6-4
Boys Under 14 Doubles Kareem Allaf/Jordan Janszen bt Hugo Perier/Paul Chase 6-2; 6-4
Girls Under 10 - Angel Mazon bt Aisha Behroozian 11-9; 11-4
Girls Under 12 - Rikeetha Periera bt Rai Sengupta 6-1; 6-2
Girls Under 14 - Rikeetha Periera bt Sanjana Sudhir 6-1; 6-3