Tennis Europe at Wrexham: A Round Up
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The Tennis Europe Junior Tour arrived in Wrexham from 1-8 April, as top talent from around Europe converged on Wrexham Tennis Centre.
Hollie Smart was crowned girls’ under-14s singles champion , while Leo Wright took the boys’ title.
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The girls under-14s doubles was taken by Hollie with partner Edie Griffiths, while Leo, like Hollie, claimed a second title when he and partner Rhys Lawlar won the boys’ doubles.
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In the under-12s competition the girls’ singles winner was Ingrid Dumitru, and Frederic Fabricus won the boys competition.
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In the girls’ doubles Ingrid was again successful, along with partner Sophia Krutikova, and Sam De Lange and James Meachen were the boys’ winners.
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Hollie won 6-0, 6-0 against Ophelia Korpanec Davis in her match, Reflecting on her title she said: “It feels really good because last year I lost in the semi-finals.”
Leo won through 6-3, 6-4 in his contest against Pavana Nrshinga. He was delighted with his win and also commented how well Pavana played.
Leo and Rhys beat Pim de Graaff and Stan Put 6-4 7-6. They commented how their opponents got a good start in both sets, but they worked together to secure the victory.
Hollie and Edie were 6-2, 61 winners against Daniella Britton and Sevil Parviz. After the match Hollie said: ‘There were a lot of sudden-death deuces but I think at the end of the first set we were on a roll and that carried on.’
Ingrid secured her title with a hard-fought 6-3, 6-3 victory over Yanzyle Zhang. After her win she said she always had tough matches against Yannzyle.
Frederic’s match against Kamran Arif was a thriller, Frederic winning through 12-10 in a tie-break. He said: “It was a great match and a great fight and I really enjoyed it.” About opponent Kamran he added: “He played so well.”
Ingrid and Sophia won in straight sets but were pushed hard by Grace Watson and Isabel McLain as it finished 7-6, 7-5. Commenting on the contest they said it was a lot of ups and downs but they managed to get through it.
Sam and James beat Nicholas Ellinghorst and Adam Zikara 6-3, 6-1. They said it was an amazing feeling to win, adding they had, had a lot of difficult encounters on their way to the title.
