Jack Paterson from Bridge of Allan and 14-year-old Millie Stretton won the Scottish 18 & Under Indoor Championships at Newlands Tennis Club in Glasgow today.

18-year-old Paterson, in his last year as a junior, justified his top seeding beating clubmate Vincent Gillespie 6-2 6-2 in the morning semi-final before overpowering Prestwick’s Allan McClure in a closely contested final.

 Photo (courtesy of Mark Nouillan) - Jack Paterson in action

McClure had taken over two hours to overcome second seeded Bruce Strachan of the Rubislaw club in Aberdeen 7-5 7-6(7) in their semi-final.

In the final, McClure matched Paterson game for game to take the opening set to a tie-break.  McClure had set point at 7-6 but Paterson held serve and then broke to win 9-7.  A break by Paterson at 5-5 allowed him to hold serve to win the match and the title 7-6(7) 7-5.

Top seed Stretton of the Blackhall club in Edinburgh lost only 4 games on her way to winning her first title at this age group.  In the final she beat Strathgryffe’s Sophie Dunlop 6-1 6-1.

 Photo (courtesy of Mark Nouillan) - Millie Stretton in action

Dunlop had earlier won a marathon semi-final match against second seed Lisa Munro of Nairn 5-7 6-4 [10-6].  Munro beat Hannah Sharp (Barnton Park) 6-2 6-4 to take 3rd place.

View the completed draws for the Scottish 18 & Under Indoor Championships

The Scottish Open Indoor Championships will be played at Scotstoun Leisure Centre, Glasgow this week from Thursday 26th to Sunday 29th January.

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