Alanna Cifra of the Philippines defeated compatriot Serah Bermas 6-1, 6-3 in the under-12 girls’ singles preliminary round of the 27th BBK Juniors Open Tennis Tournament at the Bahrain Tennis Club in Juffair yesterday.
In another U12 girls’ singles match, Anabelle Thoppil of the Philippines eased past Lily Essam of Egypt 6-1, 6-0. Meanwhile, Reuel Nallapalli of India battled past Bahrain’s Hassan Mirza 6-1, 7-5 in the U18 boys’ singles.
OTHER RESULTS:
U12 girls’ singles: Rehanna Abraham (IND) w/o Hala Hussain (BRN); Dalal Kazerooni (BRN) w/o Pradatta Das (IND); Mina Spivey (KOR) w/o Avani Sharma (IND); Fatima Albajjari (BRN) bt Siyona Shivalkar (IND) 6-0, 6-0; Bita Aryan (BRN) w/o Layal Basel (BRN).
U18 boys’ singles: Rohan Mukherjee (IND) bt Daksh Hemant (BRN) 6-0, 6-0; Faris Al Toobli (BRN) bt Paul Heluin (FRA) 6-0, 6-0; Jacori Thomas (USA) w/o Ahmed Hossam (BRN); Zayn Siddiqi (PAK) w/o Ethan Shaj (IND); Shadi Kallel (BRN) bt Carson Ownes (USA) 6-0, 6-0; Alston Dsouza bt Ali Al Halwachi (BRN) 6-2, 6-2; Andrei Cifra (PHI) bt Mathew Mendoza (USA) 6-1, 6-0.
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