Final Day of Competition

Day Four • Coquitlam Junior Spring Challenger | After a nice spell of hot sunny days, the morning cool air and cloudy sky gave an indication that the wet weather was on its way as forecasted. The morning started off with several semi-finals matches. In the Boys' U14 event, Tian Xu Wen, who trounced the No. 1 seed Brendan Guay yesterday, moved into the finals scheduled for the afternoon with an easy 6-0, 6-4 victory over Gobind Pangli of Abbotsford. He will pit against Ryan Emanuele for the title. Emanuele set up another personal best when he defeated the No. 2 seed Jake Perkins 2-6, 6-3, 6-1. This was his third three-sets match in the last four matches he played. So it was down to these two unseeded players who had a great run through their own half of the draw. The finals was moved indoor because of the rain. After a hard fought match from both players, Wen leaped and cried out in exuberant when he won the final point in the 7-6, 6-4 scoreline to claim the title. In a rain interrupted finals, Daniel Dziamaga, seeded No. 3 fought off a second set challenge from Thomas Stokes to finish the match and take the Boys' U16 singles title. He defeated Stokes 6-2, 7-5. The Boys U18 finals had managed to complete before the sky opened up. This finals was an all CTC affair. Ilya Tihanenoks extended his head-to-head lead over his clubmate Tyron Wheatley with an easy score of 6-2, 6-0. In one other boys' finals, which was postponed to a later date, top seed Brendan Artley playing in his first finals beat Vancouver's Ben Kirsh 6-3, 7-5 in the Boys U12 event. CTC's Ryan Sandrin was stopped in the semi-finals of the Boys' U16 consolation draw after Steven Shim edged him out in a close three sets match. After both boys were tied at one set a piece, it all came down to the super-tiebreaker third set. The final score was 6-3, 4-6, 10-7. Other results: Anand Dhatt defeated Owen Stimpson 6-4, 7-6 to win the Boys' U10 singles; Jessica Gong beat Alexandra Meshcherekova 4-6, 7-5, 10-3 to claim the Girls' U10 singles.

Brendan Artley, left, won his first trophy beating Ben Kirsh in the Boys' U12 singles finals.

The Boys U14 singles finals was contested between two tall 14 year olds. Tian Xu Wen, right emerged victorious over Ryan Emanuele.

Ilya Tihanenoks, left, continued his winning streak over clubmate Tyron Wheatley in the Boys' U18 singles finals.

Bianca Trica, right, dominated Margarita Kapustina in the finals of the Girls' U14 singles.

Soraiya Salemohamed, right, was all smiles after wining her final round-robin singles match in the Girls' U18 event. Khendyl Gluck finished runner-up.