In our last full scale Cadet 2 Star of the season Melisha Anthony overcame some strong local resistance to take the Under-15 Girls title back to East Anglia.
Melisha won her group despite a tough final match against Ruby Gandi Bamidele. A bye in the Quarter finals meant that she would face another London Academy player, Serene Rahmani-Walentynska, in the semi-finals. This match swung both ways before Melisha squeezed through 11-9 in the fifth set.
In the final, she faced yet another local player, Stanmore’s Maahi Malde, who reached the final by beating Greenhouse’s Niylah Fernandez. After the first 2 sets were shared, Melisha pulled away to win (9-11, 11-9, 11-2, 12-10) and take the gold.
In the Under-15 Boys Greenhouse’s Parsia Ahsani won his second Gold medal in a row when he beat London Academy’s Connor Godley in the final. Having lost the first set to the left-hander, Parsia came back to win two in a row before Connor leveled in the fourth. The fifth, however, was settled quickly with Parsia winning 11-2 to take the title.
In the Semi-finals, Parsia had another 5-set win over London Academy’s Yacoub Rahmani-Walentynska, while Connor had a straight sets win over Chi Yin Henry Fung.
The Under 13 Mixed title was won by Christopher Darby who was returning from injury. He beat Darsh Gopal in four sets in the final. In the Semi-finals Christopher beat Joshua Freeman in four sets, while Darsh beat London Academy’s Nicholas Andrei in three sets.
In the Under 11 Mixed competition the title group was decided on a three-way countback between Daniyal Janmohamed, Jacob Vogl, and Odysseas Karassav. Daniyal eventually was declared the winner due to having the best set ratio, with Jacob coming second and Odysseas taking the bronze.
The Under 11 consolation group was decided in a head to head between Daniel Bordalo and Damien Ng when they both ended on three wins. Daniel’s 4 set win over his main rival gave him the gold medal with Damien taking the silver. Akira Bennatraj took the third with a head to head win over Luca Turner.