Come on you reds! Tennis talent on show

There's no stopping the mini-reds.
By The Newsroom
Published 5th Feb 2018, 08:00 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 02:12 BST
The line-up for the Chichester tournamentThe line-up for the Chichester tournament
The line-up for the Chichester tournament

Chichester Racquets & Fitness Club hosted an LTA-sanctioned mini-red mixed intermediate tournament.

The event was organised in the club’s dome facility using a round-robin format to elimination, and with each match comprising a match tie-break first to ten points, with two points clear.

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Zachary Kleiner (DL Southampton) was awarded the gold medal after winning all five of his matches and defeating Emily Jaggers (Kingsley ITC) 10-5 in the final.

Samir Akram (PTA) defeated Tom Casella (Kingsley ITC) 10-7 to win bronze.

Tournament organiser and referee Peter Cook said, “It was so good to see such a high level of play right across the event and all played in such good spirit. Some of the competitors receive their coaching at Chichester; this event highlighted that there is a bright future coming through.”

Court supervisor Seth King said: “It was wonderful to see the young players in action, and their enthusiasm for the sport – it reminded me of when I was playing at the same age.”