Isaac Kingham (pictured above) was unbeatable as he justified the top seeding by leading the top division after the first weekend of the National Series.
He was expanded to four matches, but never to five, as he finished the weekend behind Leo Nguyen, who won four and lost two, with Francesco Bonato (3-3) in third.
In Division 2, William Hopkins won five of his six matches to finish just ahead of Prayrit Ahluwalia and Angad Saggu, who both won four.
Saggu was the player who defeated Hopkins 3-2 (12-10, 1-11, 4-11, 11-9, 11-3), while Hopkins came from 3-0 down to beat Hassan Damji 11-9 in the fifth.
In the corresponding girls’ category, the top seed on paper, Rachael Iles, withdrew and it was Eva Eccles who topped the leaderboard with five wins out of six.
She lost 11–6 to Anjali Singh in the fifth, although Singh could only finish the day in fourth place with a 3–3 record, behind Catherine Lv and Brooke Morris, who both won four.
Eccles and Lv went to five, Eccles coming from 2-1 down to win, while Lv beat Singh 3-2 (11-7, 10-12, 4-11, 15-13, 11-6) and Morris also got the better of Singh in a decider, coming from 2-1 down.
In the second division, Maja Wojcicka won all five and finished second ahead of Daisy Watson.
In the top division of the Under-15 Boys, Oscar Nikolli won six of seven to finish one point ahead of two Ryans, Goodier and Holland, who won five. Noah Byrne-Smith won four and will be feeling frustrated having lost to both Holland and Goodier in the fifth.
Rishaan Sawant won all seven games and dropped just three games to lead Division Two from Harrison Hill and Finley Aitken.
Connor Godley led Division Three on a countback, ahead of Teagan Khazal and Charlton Ngitngit after all three won four and lost two, while Aarav Pahwa defeated Louis Green at the top of Division Four.
There was a three-way tie at the top of the top division in the Under-15 Girls event, with Alyssa Nguyen on top, ahead of Hannah Saunders and Kiishi Adekola.
All three won five and lost one – and Nguyen dropped just three games, all when she was defeated 3-2 (6-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-4) thanks to Adekola’s fine comeback.
Saunders defeated Adekola 3-0 (8, 2, 3), while Nguyen defeated Saunders 3-0 (8, 6, 8).
Division Two is led by Sienna Svoboda, who won five of six matches to move two points ahead of a group of four players who won three and lost three. Svoboda’s defeat was for Chloe Kniep in four.
In Division Three, Isabelly Lorrana is top, with four wins from five, just ahead of three players with 3-2 records, including Jessie Daniel, who defeated Lorrana.
Sai Prasanna Kumar tops the top division for boys under 13 with six wins from seven, moving ahead of Malek Shamakh.
It was seventh-place Zacharia Sarri who defeated Kumar 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 12-10). Kumar defeated Shamakh 13-11 in the fifth as the top two met.
Oliver Glowacki and Tyler Shalson both won six and drew one in Division Two, with Glowacki topping the countdown. It was Glowacki who defeated Shalson, but he lost to Christopher Darby.
The girls’ top division is led by Isabella Xiao Xu, who won six and drew one, the same record as Phoebe O’Brien. It was O’Brien who handed the defeat to Xu by a 3-2 (7-11, 11-9, 5-11, 13-11, 12-10) score. O’Brien’s defeat was to Bethany Yang.
Nyasha Roberts sits top of Division Two, ahead of both Evie Turner-Samuels and Saskia Svoboda on the countback, and all three have a 5-1 record.
Roberts defeated Svoboda, who in turn defeated Turner-Samuels, who himself defeated Roberts.
Results and tables
Boys under 19 years | Girls under 19 years old
Boys under 15 years | Girls under 15 years old
Boys under 13 years | Girls under 13 years old
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