J60 stage of the ITF junior tour begins in Accra
The third week of the ITF World Tennis Tour junior tournament has begun in Accra, Ghana. The National Tennis Centre is hosting a J60-category competition, whose participants will compete for ranking points.
The tournament is jointly organized by Tennis Foundation Ghana and the Ghana Tennis Federation. It runs from September 14 to 26 and has brought together young tennis players from Ghana and other countries, MyJoyOnline reports.
J30 stage results
The second week of the series concluded with the finals of the J30 tournament. In the girls' singles final, Nigeria's Goodnews Eyinjoluwa Aina claimed the title after Ghana's Gwendolyn Duwor Klu retired early in the second set.
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Klu, who won the girls' singles event in the opening week of the tournament, said she was disappointed that she could not complete the final. According to her, the decision to take her condition into account was necessary to avoid aggravating the injury. She also expressed hope of recovering for the next stages of the tour.
Winners in other events
Aina also won the girls' doubles event alongside Israel's Shira Dvir. Klu and her partner from Togo, Gakpo, withdrew before the final because Klu was deemed unfit to compete.
In the boys' singles event, China's Zhuoyu Hua defeated American David Beckles. Spaniards Juan Montes Jimenez and Raul Sanchez Romero won the boys' doubles event, defeating the British-Ghanaian pair of Denzell Darki and Jeff Frimpong. The Spanish duo said they hope to maintain their momentum at the J60 stage.
