Boys & Girls: Bahrain ITF Junior Championships, hard - Grade 5 (Week 43)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Boys & Girls: Bahrain ITF Junior Championships, hard - Grade 5 (Week 43)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Less success than yesterday.... But Alex is through and all players (boys and girls) are through in the doubles.

R2 (L16):

Alexandra HUNTER (GBR) [4] 6-0 6-0 Ridah NAYEEMULLAH (BRN)

Salsa AHER (IND) 4-6 6-0 6-2 Amelia BISSETT (GBR)

Themis HALIOU (CYP) [5] 7-5 7-6(2) Charlotte NAVIN-WEINSTEIN (GBR)

Salsa AHER (IND) 4-6 6-0 6-2 Amelia BISSETT (GBR)

Strongbow · All-time great

First junior points for Amelia. Useful (counting) points for Charlotte and Alexandra. smile

And doubles still to come.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Excellent wins by the two boys! Taking out the 1st and 5th seeds :

2nd Round (L16)

Tom THELWALL JONES (GBR) 6-2 7-6(4) Mohamad GOMAA (EGY) [1]

Sebastian TONG (GBR) 6-3 7-5 Ali DAWANI (BRN) [5]

Oliver and Sebastian are through to the doubles SF too.

QF:

Oliver MAYO (GBR) / Sebastian TONG (GBR) 4-6 6-3 [10-1] Abdullah AL BARWANI (OMA) / Faisal ALREBDI (KSA)

Younis AL RAWAHI (OMA) / Tom THELWALL JONES (GBR) 6-3 4-6 [10-7] Mohamad GOMAA (EGY) / Tamim HALLAK (LIB) [2]

Success in the girls' doubles too:

QF:

Amelia BISSETT (GBR) / Annali OLIVELLE (GBR) 6-4 6-3 Hala FOUAD (EGY) / Anaya SINGH (IND) [4]

Themis HALIOU (CYP) / Alexandra HUNTER (GBR) [2] 6-1 6-1 Natasha CARTER (GBR) / Charlotte NAVIN-WEINSTEIN (GBR)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

7 British matches, 7 wins !!!

Guaranteed British titles in both dubs, too

Boys' Singles Quarterfinal

Tom THELWALL JONES (GBR) def. Fahad AL JANAHI (UAE) [7] 6-3 7-5

Sebastian TONG (GBR) def. Andrija PAVLOVIC (SUI) 6-4 6-2

Boys' Doubles Semifinal

Oliver MAYO (GBR) / Sebastian TONG (GBR) def. Ali DAWANI (BRN) / Armin ROSTAMI (IRI) [1] 6-2 6-4

Younis AL RAWAHI (OMA) / Tom THELWALL JONES (GBR) def. Christian LINGE (NOR) / Siddharth THAKRAN (IND) [4] 6-3 6-2

Girls' Singles Quarterfinal

Alexandra HUNTER (GBR) [4] def. Salsa AHER (IND) 7-5 6-1

Semifinal

Amelia BISSETT (GBR) / Annali OLIVELLE (GBR) def. Hala KHALED (EGY) / Sadaf SADEGHVAZIRI (IRI) [1] 6-4 6-4

Themis HALIOU (CYP) / Alexandra HUNTER (GBR) [2] def. Salsa AHER (IND) / Rashmika RAJAN (IND) 4-6 6-2 [10-2]

indiana · Tennis legend

Bah, Alexandra Hunter+ dropping a set

Well done, all !

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Alex through to the final

Semifinal

Alexandra HUNTER (GBR) [4] 7-5 7-5 Hala KHALED (EGY) [1]

As is Seb is a VERY tight all-Brit battle:

Semifinal

Sebastian TONG (GBR) 2-6 7-6(5) 6-3 Tom THELWALL JONES (GBR)

And three cup winners !

Final

Themis HALIOU (CYP) / Alexandra HUNTER (GBR) [2] 6-3 7-5 Amelia BISSETT (GBR) / Annali OLIVELLE (GBR)

Final

Oliver MAYO (GBR) / Sebastian TONG (GBR) 6-3 7-5 Younis AL RAWAHI (OMA) / Tom THELWALL JONES (GBR)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Britain came up short in the singles finals but it was a great week, whatever:

Boys' Final

Viktor JOVIC (SRB) 7-6(2) 6-0 Sebastian TONG (GBR)

Girls' Final

Hala FOUAD (EGY) [2] 6-1 6-0 Alexandra HUNTER (GBR) [4]