INTERNATIONAL TITLE FOR KATY DUNNE
13 year-old Katy Dunne, who trains at
Halton Tennis Centre and is ranked in the top 14 in the UK 14 & Under rankings,
won her first international title during the week of 16-22nd June.
Katy won the Tennis Europe 14 & Under Girls Singles event in
Reykjavik,
Iceland, beating
Sophie Watts (GBR) 6-3 6-4. Katy handled herself well in the final having dealt
with the pressure of being seeded No1 and playing a fellow Brit in the final.
After a nervous start when Katy lost 7 out of the 8 first points, she then went
on to dominate the match taking 4 games in a row at 2-3 down to the win first
set. In the second set she raced away to a 4-1 lead and had
to keep her concentration when Watts fought back, winning 6-4 on her third match
point. Halton’s Dean Kelleher also had a great week in
Reykjavik in the 14 & Under Boys event, reaching the
finals of the doubles and consolation singles, having stretched the No. 2 seed
all the way.
Lereesa Easterbrook put up a battle at
the ITF Grade 1 tournament at Roehampton which began on the 22nd
June.
Having been granted a wild card into the
Main Draw, Lereesa played Monica Gorney from South Africa, ranked 47 in the world
junior rankings. Lereesa lost the first set 2-6 but fought
back from 0-2 down in the second set to take the set 6-3 but lost the third set
0-6 after some very close games. She now looks forward to the
Junior Wimbledon Qualifying tournament.
25/6/2008
