BC Junior Hardcourt Challenger | The recently concluded BC Junior Hardcourt Challenger tournament at the Coquitlam Tennis Club was organized by Tennis BC. Once again, the Baumann brothers led the club juniors to the medals. Alex Baumann, 14, was seeded number 4 in the boys' under 16 singles came away with a runner-up finish. He came up short in the finals against unseeded Shubham Soni from Langley. Soni has earlier beaten the number 2 and 3 seeded players on his way to the finals. After losing the first set tie-breaker, Alex quickly romped through the second set 6-0. In the third set Soni made a comeback and took the match away from Baumann. He won the third set 7-5.
Alex's sixteen year old brother Willie also made the finals of his boys' under 18 singles. After playing his basketball league match only two hours earlier, he contested in his second consecutive under 18 singles final. Willie lost the first set 6-4 after leading 4-3. In the second set, under the scorching afternoon heat, he found his energy depleted quickly. Maybe the basketball league match prior to his final was not a good idea. He lost the finals 6-4, 6-0 to Graham Huelscher of Burnaby.
Alex and his doubles partner Steven Shen lost in the boys' under 18 doubles semi-finals. Seeded as the number one team in the event, they lost to Gobind Pangli and Shubham Soni 6-1, 6-2.
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