Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Royal Lepage Hiller Realty Junior Aussie Open Results

The Stratford Tennis Club hosted the first leg in the Royal LePage Hiller Realty Junior Grand Slam this weekend. Over 40 junior members participated in the event. Boys and Girls singles were played on Saturday and doubles was on Sunday.
The Girls Under 18 final saw Krista Plociennik edge Claire Scott 8-7 (7-3 in the tie-breaker). Anna Feore took the consolation title with an 8-4 victory over Vienna Wilson. The Girls Under 14 champion is Marley Hiller who downed Vanessa Kramer 8-6 in the title match. In the consolation final Caitriona Buckley scored an 8-1 win over Alexandra Sylvester.
The Boys Under 18 event saw youngster John Fischer , playing up two age groups, score an impressive 8-6 win over Travis Hiller to take the title. Steven Schwartzentruber defeated David O'Conner 8-4 in the consolation final. The Boys Under 14 event was won by Jared Nash with an 8-2 victory over Luke Fischer. The consolation winner was Evan Moorehead who downed Tim Clay 8-6 in the final.
The Sunday doubles events had Marley Hiller and Emma Drake defeat Caitriona Buckley and Vanessa Kramer 8-5 to take the Girls title. Tali Calder and Alexandra Sylvester were the consolation champions. Travis Hiller and Josh Johnson won the Boys Under 16 doubles event edging John Fischer and Andrew Hancock 8-7 (7-5 in the tie-breaker). Craig Rice and Tyler Kocher held off Tom Feore and Cam Oliver 8-6 to win the consolation. The Boys Under 12 doubles was won by Will Thibeault and Evan Mooorehead 8-4 over Luke Fischer and Michael Vanderwiel. Ben Merkel and Lukas J. Kaufman won the consolation title.
The next leg of the Royal LePage Hiller Realty Grand Slam will be the French Open which will be played the weekend of June 19-20.

Report by:
Bill White