It’s a testament to the popularity of the London Academy Senior 2 Star that we have not had a single repeat champion this season. Our final Senior 2 Star of the season saw local player Gabriel Achampong tear through the entire competition for the loss of only one set.
That single set loss came in the Quarter finals to eBaTT’s Ben Levi, who had taken a break from dominating the U19 Boys to try his luck in the Senior Mixed. A Semi-final win over another eBaTT player, Janak Shah meant that Achampong would meet newcomer Mahmood Kelani in the final, after his straight sets win over eBaTT’s Rajiv Padman.
After a tight first set, the London Academy player found an extra gear to take the final two sets quickly for a 3-0 win.
In the Under 19 Boys, Janak’s brother Nishil faced off against Marcel Ndongola in the final. Despite a competitive match, Marcel’s greater power showed in a 3-1 victory. Nishil was taken to five sets in the Semi-final against late entrant Louis Alexander, whereas Marcel only needed four sets to see off Yacoub Rahmanni_walentynske int he other Smni.
In the Under 19 Girls, Serene Rahmani-Walentynska took the first of two titles by coming top of a single group of five players.
On Sunday the Under 15 Boys saw Nishil Shah reach another final, this time facing off against Greenhouse’s Parsia Ashani. Ashani won in four sets to take the title.
Both players had to overcome fierce local resistance in the quarter finals. Nishil took five sets to see off Adam Riadi in the Quarter finals, but it was Parsia who had the biggest challenge from Yacoub Rahmani -Walentynske, who was 10-6 up in the fifth before the Greenhouse player clawed it back. In the Smi-finals Shah dismanteld Stefan Pop int hree sets, while Ashani beat third seed Adam Watson, aslso int rhee sets
In the Under 15 Girls Serene won her second title of the weekend when she defeated Alexia Ciobanica in the final. Serene had reached the final by beating another London Academy player, Ruby Gandi Bamidele in four sets. Alexia also need four to beat Greenhouse’s Nylah Fernandez in the other semi-final.
The Under 13 Mixed saw an influx of talented players moving up from the U11 division. The best of these on the day was Fox’s Lev Samhurov, who matched his schoolmate Nikolas Karavas by reaching the Semi-finals. Both went out at this dstage ot he eventual finalists, Joshua Freeman and Jayden Xuan Chen. The final was a tight nervy affair. Jayden took a two set lead before Joshua started to fight backto level the match at 2-2. The fifth set was a gripping affair with chances for both to win. In the end Jayden took it 13-11.
In the Under 11 Mixed Jacob Vogl took full advantage of an open field by winning all four of his Dividsion one matches to take the gold. Colin Ho tokk Silver a fter a three way countback which saw Odysseas Karassav take the Bronze.
Isabella xiao XU wont he consolation division ahead of Sanav Sethi and Luca Turner in third place.
| Winner | Runner-up | Third place | ||
| Senior Mixed | Gabriel ACHAMPONG | Mahmood KELANI | Janak SHAH | Rajiv PADMAN |
| Under 19 Boys | Marcel NDONGALA | Nishil SHAH | Louis ALEXANDER | Yacoub RAHMANI-W |
| Under 19 Girls | Serene RAHMANI-W | Alexia-Bianca CIOBANICA | Ruby GANDI BAMIDELE | |
| Under 15 Boys | Parsia AHSANI | Nishil SHAH | Adam WATSON | Stefan POP |
| Under 15 Girls | Serene RAHMANI-W | Alexia-Bianca CIOBANICA | Ruby GANDI BAMIDELE | Niylah FERNANDEZ |
| Under 13 Mixed | Jayden Xuan CHEN | Joshua FREEMAN | Lev SAHMUROV | Nikolas KARAVAS |
| Under 11 Mixed (CH) | Jacob VOGL | Colin HO | Odysseas KARAASEV | |
| Under 11 Mixed | Isabella xiao XU | Sanav SETHI | Luca Turner | |