Thursday, January 22, 2015

BUSY TENNIS TIME AT REXALL CENTRE

The OTA hosted several tournaments at the Rexall Centre over the holidays and into January. More than 200 competitors took part in tournaments of all ages and categories including Men’s and Women’s 5.0, Men’s 4.0, 3.0, U12 – U16 Transition Tour and the National Selection  & Feedup events for U12 to U18.

OTA staff also geared up to take lots of photos and post them for your enjoyment on the Ontario Tennis Association Facebook Page! Here are some selected photos and results.



OTA -REXALL Transition Tour photo shows U12 doubles champs. & finalists: Zachary Willson, Maxwell Roy, Nicolas Petrea & Alexander Matros showing off their Cineplex gift cards.
Others champs and finalists were U12 singles boys - champ Maxim Tokarev, finalist, Maxwell Roy. Girls champ Theodora Jucan, finalist Priya Suresh Raj. 
U14 singles boys champ Boris Lamberski, finalist, Charles Refausse. Boys doubles champs Boris Lamberski & Aaron Blake, finalists Cameron Lightly & Maxwell Roy. Girls singles champ Lauryn Son, finalist Chantelle Biglow. 
U 16 boys singles champ Tyler Panhuyzen, finalist Henry Schekhtman. Girls singles champ Elizabeth Eve Rozin, finalist Lauryn Son. Girls doubles champs, Chantelle Biglow & Lauryn Son, finalists Crystal Biglow & Elizabeth Eve Rozin.



OTA Rexall Men's 4.0 Champion: Yang Yu with finalist Jake Schutz showing off their Nike gift cards; Yang defeated Jake in three tough sets after saving two match points!
Men’s 5.0 champ was Giovanni Schiavo, finalist Robert Beer. Women’s 5.0 champ was Lidia Grigorian, finalist Christina Lau. Men’s 3.0 champ was Alexandru Costea, finalist Srivathsan Seshadri.


GU16 Feed up champ: Jada Bui with the OTA's Samantha Pagnotta. Finalist was Rhea Verma
GU12 winner Victoria Mboko, finalist Vera Kozlova. GU14 winner Yochana Benchelrit, finalist Jessica Alsola. GU18 winner Tiara Higuchi, finalist Mya Bui.


U18 Selection #1 Boys Doubles Champs: Clarke Wilson & Christian Lakoseljac and the Finalists: Eli Ogilvy & Sean Huynh; lots of tennis played in one day: Christian - 7 sets, Sean - 6 sets, Eli - 5 sets...great work guys!
U18 boys singles won by Christian, Sean was finalist amd Eli and Brett Stinson were semi-finalists. Teona Velehorschi won the Girls singles, Sofija Zecevic the finalist. Girls doubles was won by Anna Philp & Alexandra Tutecky, Anca Craciun & Teona Velehorschi were finalists.


For complete results of these and all sanctioned events visit www.tennisontario.com / Player Development.