British Tennis - Lawn Tennis Association

Harriet Dart completed an AEGON British Junior National Championships double as she collected the girls singles title in Bournemouth.

The 15-year-old top seed recovered from 5-1 down in the third set to complete a 0-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory against second seed Beth Askew at the West Hants Club.

The victory came less than 24 hours after Dart had teamed up with Alice Keddie to defeat Askew and Brigit Folland to take the girls doubles title.

In the boys half of the draw, Josh Page lived up to his top seed billing as he also came from a set down to beat fifth seed Clay Crawford 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Dart said: “That was just amazing. I’m incredibly tired now but I’m really happy with that. Beth played really well in the first set but I just hung in there in the second set and just stuck at it.

“I’ve never won anything at the nationals before and this year I have gone and won the singles and the doubles.”

Page needed physio on a troublesome shoulder after losing the first set on the south coast. But it seemed to do the trick as he finally found his feet and eased past Crawford.

The 16-year-old from Ruislip said: “I always seem to make life difficult for myself - that's another three-setter.

“Clay's first set was just unbelievable but it always seems to take me a set to get going.

“My neck was hurting and I had to get physio on it after the first set. I was finding it hard to serve but the physio did a great job. In the end I just took my chances in the third set.

“I'm playing in Belarus this week so hopefully I can keep my winning run going. It’s been a great week.”