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TTT31. Summer 2023

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The Under 17 Girls’ Singles saw a second gold for Jetha still only 13 years old, seeded four, who had surprisingly<br />

come second in her group after a defeat at the hands of the unseeded Coker. Her opponent in the final was<br />

Pashley and the score 5, -8, 5, 4. Pashley had beaten the number one seed, Anna Green, in the quarter-finals<br />

and then Saskia Key in her semi-final match 1, -8, 6, 6. Maliha Baig, seeded two, fell in the semi-finals to Jetha<br />

6, 6, -10, -7, 9.<br />

Ella Pashley, Sienna Jetha, Maliha Baig, Saskia Key<br />

Jakub Piwowar, Connor Green, Adam Dennison, Rohan Dani<br />

It was the start of an excellent weekend for the Green family as Connor Green won the Under 17 Boys’ Singles<br />

with a win over Jakub Piwowar -11, 3, 6, 5. Green had disposed of Dani in the round before whilst Piwowar<br />

had defeated Adam Dennison in his semi-final match 8, -6, 8, 2.<br />

Pashley at last got a gold medal when teamed with Mabel Shute, they won the Under 17 Girls’ Doubles beating<br />

top seeds Anna Green and Key in the semi-finals -4, -8, 6, 15, 5, and then the second seeds Evelyn Pace and<br />

Bethany Ellis in the final 8, 7, 12. Baig and Isabelle Lacorte were the other losing semi-finalists.<br />

In the corresponding Boys’ event it was a win for James Hamblett and Joseph Hunter, seeded two, over the<br />

top seeds, Green and Jakub Piwowar -4, 8, -5, 9, 8. The semi-finalists were Krish Chotai and Jake Haygarth and<br />

Adam Dennison and Larry Trumpauskas.<br />

Mabel Shute & Ella Pashley<br />

James Hamblett & Joseph Hunter<br />

The end of a very long day with some of the players playing an incredible number of matches.<br />

The first event to be decided was the Junior Mixed Doubles and the title went to siblings Connor and Erin<br />

Green, seeded two. In the final they beat the top seeds, Felix Thomis and Mari Baldwin 7, 7, -5, 4. Ben Piggott<br />

and Anna Green and Louis Price and Amy Marriott were the semi-finalists with Price and Marriott just losing<br />

in their semi to Connor and Erin in what must have been one of the closest matches of the day 10, -9, -10, 9,<br />

10.<br />

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