Scots reach finals in France, while TS Open Tour visits Pitlochry & junior champions crowned
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Hamish Stewart and James MacKinlay both reached finals at the ITF World Tennis Tour event in Plaisir, France.
Stewart went into the singles as third seed and enjoyed a smooth passage to the final, winning each of his rounds in straight sets.
In the decider, he came up against second seed Mats Rosenkranz and it was the German who proved just too strong on the day, winning 6-3, 6-3 to collect the title.
MacKinlay was in doubles action alongside Finn Bass, with the pair entering the draw as second seeds. They won their first two rounds in straight sets, before coming through a nail-biting match-tie break in the semis to beat Liam Hignett and James Story 5-7, 6-4, 11-9.
They won the first set in the final against French duo Axel Garcian and Yanis Ghazouani Durand, but this time were on the wrong side of a match tie-break as they lost 6-3, 5-7, 5-10.
Chadalawada & Rosenzweig win on TS Open Tour
On the Tennis Scotland Open Tour, it was time for the Highland Tennis Championships – the oldest-running tennis tournament in Scotland, having first been held in 1896.
Aadya Iyer Chadalawada and Nicolas Rosenzweig were the women’s and men’s champions respectively following a hard-fought week of tennis at the Atholl Palace Hotel in Pitlochry.
Chadalawada reached the final with straight-sets wins over Elodie Dick and Heather Barlow and started against Halle Pringle in style, taking the opening set 6-1. But Pringle fought back to take the second 6-0 before Chadalawada edged the decisive tie-break 10-7.
In the men’s competition, Rosenzweig was in fine form throughout his run to the final, dropping just five games in three matches, culminating with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Kyle McKay.
Scottish junior champions crowned
Nearly 200 young players took part in the prestigious Scottish Junior National Championships.
Held across two venues at the University of Stirling and Craiglockhart Tennis Centre in Edinburgh, Scottish national champions were crowned across seven age groups for boys and girls.
The two-day event was played across 10 courts and saw a total of 139 matches fought out. A full list of winners is below:
Girls’ champions
9U: Imaan Rahan
10U: Connie Kerr
11U: Amitris Rahmani
12U: Matilda Kasselstrand
14U: Anna Curtis
16U: Megan O'Brien
18U: Kana Saito
Boys' champions
9U: Aayan Brahmwar
10U: Harrison Fox
11U: Callum Steven
12U: James Mills
14U: Ali Elrasheed
16U: Tom Fricke
18U: Ollie Anderson
