The National Series champions have been crowned after the third and final weekend of competition in three age groups.
After many exciting matches, Isaac Kingham and Mia Lakhani took the Division One titles in the Under-19 boys and girls competitions respectively.
Rishaan Sawant and Alyssa Nguyen were the Under-15 champions – Sawant adding the title to the Under-13 crown he won last season.
The under 13 winners were Saisuriya Prasanna Kumar and Bethany Yang.
Results and tables from weekend 3:
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
Isaac Kingham won all five of his matches to finish top in Under-19 Boys’ Division 1, conceding four matches and never more than one in a match to finish ahead of Marcel Ndongala and Jake Davidson.
Ndongala won the meeting between the second and third seeds 3-0 (8, 2, 7) but was stretched by Aarav Parihar before winning 11-7 in the fifth after Parihar had come from 2-0 down. Davidson went to five with Prayrit Ahluwalia, came from 2-1 down to win 3-2 (11-3, 8-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-8).
Division 2 saw a three-way countback between Francesco Bonato, Janak Shah and Sinan Surensoy. That was the order in which they finished as Bonato defeated Surensoy 3-0 (12-10, 11-6, 11-5), Surensoy defeated Shah 3-2 (9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 9-11, 11-7) and Shah defeated Bonato 3-1 (11-8, 11-13, 11-7, 11-9).
Mia Lakhani won five of six to take Under-19 Girls Division 1 honors, losing 3-2 to Maja Wojcicka (11-7, 11-7, 9-11, 3-11, 11-8).
Lakhani turned two crucial five-setters her way, beating Millie Noble 3-2 (7-11, 11-3, 11-8, 6-11, 13-11) and last year’s under-15 champion Soraya Rahmani-Walentynska 3-2 (8-11, 13-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-2).
Second place went to Catherine Lv, who lost to Lakhani in four and also to Wojcicka, with Anjali beating Singh Noble on countback – winning their encounter 11-9 in the fifth – to finish third.
Division 2 was won by Calina Dawson with four wins from four, finishing ahead of Evie Knaapen, whose only defeat was 3-2 (4-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7) to Dawson. Daisy Watson came third after a three-player countback with Ellianna Burridge and Caron Charles.
Rishaan Sawant won all six to take honors in Under-15 Boys’ Division 1, although he had to dig deep to win three games in the fifth.
He first defeated Theo Kniep 3-2 (9-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-8, 12-10) and then defeated Ryan Holland 3-2 (11-9, 10-12, 6-11, 13-11, 11-8). In the end he passed Finley Aitken 3-2 (12-10, 11-4, 10-12, 8-11, 11-8).
Oscar Nikolli and Ryan Holland finished second and third respectively, Nikolli won their meeting 3-0 (6, 11, 7). There were some other hard-fought matches, including Harrison Hill beating Kniep 14-12 in the fifth and also beating Noah Byrne-Smith 11-9 in the fifth.
Mustafa Ibrahim won Division 2 with four wins from five, finishing ahead of Zihan Lin and Charlton Ngitngit. Ibrahim’s defeat was 11-8 in the fifth against Ngitngit.
Zaid Aldilimi took a perfect five out of five to win Division 3 ahead of William Richards and Dhruv Datta, while Samvit Balaji took Division 4 ahead of Thomas Orbach Otterbu and Louis Green.
Alyssa Nguyen went one better than Sawant, winning all seven matches to take the Under-15 Girls’ Division 1 title.
Nguyen only lost six matches all day, but four of those came in two matches as she defeated Kiishi Adekola 3-2 (6-11, 13-11,12-10, 9-11, 11-9) and Hannah Saunders 3-2 (8-11, 11-6, 11-13, 11-9, 12-10).
Nguyen’s reverse was Adekola’s only defeat as she finished second – she needed five to beat Assil Sarri (11-9, 11-5, 5-11, 5-11, 11-9) and Amber Lemmon (9-11, 11-8, 11-13, 11-5, 13-11).
Saunders finished third, topping a three-way countback with Sarri and Lemmon, after each won four and lost three.
Cindy Xiao also won all seven matches to win Division 2, ahead of Maisha Patel and Maahi Malde.
Xiao was dominant, dropping only two games, one each to Patel and Malde.
Isabelly Lorrana completed the trend with stunning sevens, winning Division 3 with a perfect record and dropping only three matches – two of them against Chloe Kniep, whom she defeated 3-2 (8-11, 4-11, 11-8, 15-13, 11-9). Kniep finished second and Gaia Wong third.
The Under-13 Boys’ Division 1 champion was Saisuriya Prasanna Kumar, who won all six matches. He dropped five matches, including two against Li Hao Chen (11-6, 4-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-3) and two against Lusio Wen (8-11, 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 11-6).
Malek Shamakh took silver with just one defeat, while Ronan Lamont Tierney won bronze after beating Chen on countback.
Jayden Xuan Chen won seven of seven to top Division 2, ahead of Lev Sahmurov and Oliver Glowacki.
Chen’s best matches were against Darsh Gopal, a 3-2 (11-7, 3-11, 15-13, 8-11, 11-5) in his favor, and 3-2 (11-1, 9-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9) against Sahmurov – the latter’s only defeat.
Glowacki was ahead of Christopher Darby in third place on countback. Glowacki won their encounter 3-2 (11-9, 8-11, 1-11, 13-11, 11-5).
Bethany Yang’s five wins, with just two concedings, saw her win the Under-13 Girls’ Division 1 title. Those two matches were in the same match, as she defeated Rabani Ahluwalia 3-2 (7-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-5, 11-4).
Ahluwalia finished third, with Isabella Xiao Xu second, helped by wins in the fifth over Naomi Adeji and Maisey Phillips.
Nyasha Roberts won all five matches in the top Division 2, ahead of Suhayla Ali Farah and Akira Gabriella Bennatraj, who finished third on countback ahead of Sky Brafield.
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