Tennis: 2nd President National Open Junior Championship-Kanté, Rose get two wins apiece |05 September 2005

Markhous Kanté won two finals, beating Stefan Romain, winner of last year’s boys' U15 category, in both the U15 and U18 finals. Kanté won the U15 final 2-0 (6-2 7-5) and the U18 2-0 (7-6 6-4).

Like Kanté, Diguois Johannes Rose also collected two victories in the boys’ U8 and U10 finals, beating Raghav Naidu 2-0 (15-4 15-4) and Sharif Vital 2-0 (15-8 15-12) respectively.

The girls’ U8 title went to Diguois Sophie Ste Ange with a 2-0 (15-7 16-14) win over Puja Raghavi, while Myra Monnaie of La Digue lost 0-2 (13-15 13-25) to Christy Delpeche in the girls’ U10 final.

Nathanielle Morel dethroned last year’s girls’ U12 champion Raghavi Naidu with a 2-1 (6-2 4-6 6-1) victory.

Sharrifa Joubert replaced Chloé Romain as the girls’ U15 winner by beating Gloria Lauro 2-0 (7-5 6-3), but in the girls U18 final, Joubert could not stop Clyvie Delpeche from retaining her U18 title, losing 0-2 (4-6 3-6).

Kevin Romain, Stefan’s younger brother, won the boys’ U12 final 2-0 (6-3 6-3) against Colin Bibi.

G. G.