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BC Junior Indoor Provincial Championships 2010
The first Junior Provincial Indoor Championships held March 5 - 7 at
Peoples
Court Tennis Club,
Jericho Tennis
Club,
North Shore Winter Club,
Town & Country
Tennis Club and
Vancouver Lawn
Tennis Club.
Above, meet the two dominating players in their
own age categories: Benjamin Sigouin and Alexis Prokopuik.
Ten-year-old Benjamin was allowed to play, and seeded third, in the Boys'
14 where he reached the semis. Benjamin was fresh coming
back from France where he reached the finals of the Auray Super 12, an
international tournament with 64 draws. As for Alexis, she beat Ivana Erdevicki in the Girls' 14 final,
6-0, 6-0!
Photo 1: Sam Gouneili, left,
and 9-year-old
Andre Sobati. Although Andre has lost twice
in the past three months to Sam, this time around 7-5, 6-0, in the
second round of Boys' 12, he has the potential to be a great player.
A player to watch, Tennis BC director of high performance,
Luke O'Loughlin!
As for Sam, he reached the Boys'12 semis, where he lost to Neel Phaterpekar.
Photo 2: Harjit Gosal, left, and Madison Shoemaker. Harjit beat
Madison in a very close match, 7-6, 4-6, 7-6, to win the Girls' 18
title.
Photo 3: Justin Guay, left, and his dad, Serge. Justin lost to Ratan Gill
in the Boys' 18 final, 7-5, 6-1.
Photo 4:
The Walker family, from let to right, Patrick, Randy and Anne.
Patrick beat Zach Lidster, 6-3, 6-1, to capture the Boys' 16 title.
Photo 5: Max Korkh, left, and Neel Phaterpekar. Max got his revenge for their last encounter
by beating Neel in the Boys' 12
final, 7-5, 6-3.
Photo 6:
Andrea Gu, let, and Rosie Johanson. There was no surprise in
the Girls' 12 as Rosie won the final, beating Andrea, 6-0, 6-2.
Photo 7:
Tim Portnov serving to Daniel Raw in the Boys' 14 final. These top
two players are always pushing each other. The winner this time was Tim,
beating Daniel 6-4, 7-5.
Photo 8:
Here they are, the17-year-old Ratan Gill and 15-year-old Riaan Du Toit
playing each other just as they do in practice sessions with
Josef Brabenec. Riaan, playing up one category, lost in the Boys' 18 semis to Ratan, 6-3, 4-6,
6-1.
Photo 9:
Distraction! Shouldn't these kids have been watching some of tennis matches
instead of playing electronic games? A prize to the tennis coach who asks them to put the games away.
More ....
More ....
In the Boys' 10, Jared Maclean d. Reid Stimpson 6-4, 7-5. In the Girls' 10, Andreea Craciun
d. Michelle Lim 2-6, 6-2, 6-0, and in the Girls' 16, Vivian Tsui d. Saroop Dhatt,
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