TTT31. Summer 2023

Louis Price and Connor Green
The last match to finish saw Anaya Patel successfully defend her title in the Junior Girls’ Singles with a win over
Erin Green -3, 6, 6, 6. A well-deserved victory in the final although spare a thought for Green who played three
finals consecutively. Second seed Patel did earn her title the hard way. She won her group and then had three
five game matches in the knock-out rounds before the four game match in the final. First win was against Mia
Lakhani 9, 8, -9, -10, 5, the second against Maliha Baig 6, -6, 5, -6, 10 and her semi-final against Scarlett Anders
was 7, -7, 8, -8, 3. Green also had some long matches, in her quarter-final match she beat top seed Baldwin 9,
10, -6, -9, 6 and then her semi victory over Evelyn Pace was 8, -6, 10, 10.
Erin Green
Anaya Patel. Photo by Raj Patel
For the first time a Junior Mixed Para Singles event was played with two groups of four. The win went to Joseph
Fortnum-Adams who defeated George Jarvis in the final 6, -9, 11, 3. Jaiden Caldeira and Bly Twomey were the
semi-finalists.
Joseph Fortnum-Adams
There were two very long days with some players playing up to 16 matches in one day and 24 over the
weekend. Sunday went over time by around three hours. It also meant the live streaming was shut down
several hours early although it was reinstated. With the extra age group, the Under 17s resulting in more
events perhaps there needs a rethink on how the extra events can be accommodated.
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