Hills siblings crowned RBC tennis champs

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SIBLINGS Christiana and Josiah Hills were crowned RBC Junior Tennis Tournament champions of their respective divisions when action continued at the Trinidad Country Club in Maraval on Wednesday.
Hills, the division’s top seed, cruised to a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Gabriella Prince in the Girls Under-14 Singles division one title match.
Similarly, her younger brother and Boys Under-10 Singles top seed Josiah cruised to the 2020 crown after bettering second seed Jack brown 5-3, 4-2.
In other matches, third seed Cameron Wong advanced to the Girls Under-18 Singles division one final after ending Gabby Mackenzie’s impressive run of form.
Wong made light work of the unseeded Mackenzie by easing to a 6-2, 6-1 victory in the semi-final. Mackenzie, however, was expected to put on a better fight having disposed of the category’s top seed Charlotte Ready on Monday.
Meanwhile, second seed Jordane Dookie also advanced to the title match by rallying from one set down to clinch a tight 2-6, 6-4, 10-8 triumph against Zara Ghuran.
In the Boys Under-14 Singles division one, top seed Kale Dalla Costa will lock horns with second ranked James Hadden in the final.
Dalla Costa defeated third seed Kayden Siewrattan 6-2, 6-1 while Hadden had to dig deep to overcome Isaiah Boxill 6-1, 4-6, 11-9 in their respective semi-final matches.
Additionally, Jamal Alexis and Tim Pasea secured a shot at the Boys Under-16 division one crown after both players recorded comfortable semi-final wins.
Alexis, second seed, defeated Luca Denoon 6-1, 6-1 while sixth ranked Pasea outplayed Thomas Chung 6-1, 6-3.
Matches continue from 9am on Thursday.
Other Results
U-10 Girls Singles – Lily Mohammed def. Karissa Mohammed 6-2; Makeda Bain def. Abba Campbell-Smith 6-5(3); Cyra Ramcharan def. Maddison Khan 6-3; Ysanne Williams def. Shiloh Salandy 6-1
U-10 Boys Singles – Malachi Leach def. Chris Khan 6-5(5); Gabriel Mansoor def. Jacob Jacelon 6-4
U-12 Girls Singles – Em-Miryam Campbell-Smith def. Naomi Mohammed 4-0, 4-0; Zara Shamsi def. Shiloh Walker 4-0, 5-4(5)
U-12 Boys Singles – Jovan Charles def. Javed Dowlat 6-1; Alex Beddow def. Andrew Young Sing 6-2; Yeshowah Campbell-Smith def. Aaron Subero 4-2, 1-4, 10-3; Daniel Rahaman def. Brian Harricharan 4-1, 4-1
U-14 Boys Singles – Akheime Benjamin def. Ailan Panton 6-3; Keyan Goodridge def. Marc Mouttet 6-2

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