GEORGE TOWN: TOP singles player Michelle Khoo Li Sha was in her element as she steamrolled her opponents to clinch the Penang State Closed Junior Age Group Tennis Championship Girls' Under-18 singles title recently.
The state's Malaysia Games elite trainee and the competition's top seed was in top form as she thrashed second seed Zian Kim Khoo Xin Ying 6-0, 6-0 in the final at the Penang Sports Club Tennis hub here recently.
In the semi-finals, the 15-year-old St Georges Girls School student, who is the No 1 after the state's top player Jawariah Noordin cut ties with Penang to play for another state, whipped Samantha Lee Czen Shing 6-0, 6-0.
Johnson Ooi Jing Wuu was the only player to retain his title, winning the Boys' Under-18 singles and doubles titles.
In the singles, which was a repeat of last year's semi-finals, Jing Wuu thrashed Ahmad A'Ql Ahmad Nizam 6-1, 6-1. In the other last four match, Chia Chen Dong beat Matthias Kok Xin Zhe 6-4, 7-6, (7-4).
Jing Wuu defeated Chen Dong 6-3, 7-5 (8-6) in the final.
In the doubles, Jing Wuu and partner Xin Zhe defeated Heng Hui Jing-Tan Hai Him 6-1, 6-2 in the final.
The three-day annual tournament with nine age-group categories was organised by the Penang Lawn Tennis Association (PLTA).
The unique aspect of the competition was that all matches were played on grass courts, which has become a rarity in the country. The PSC tennis hub consists of nine grass, eight artificial and two hard courts.
RESULTS -- Boys' Under-10 singles s-finals: Asshwinmurthi Jayaganthan bt Vivek Balakrishnan 8-6; Paul Teoh Kai Jie bt Neelan Rajoo 8-2; Final: Paul Teoh Kai Jie bt Asshwinmurthi Jayaganthan 3-6, 6-3 (7-4).
Under-14 singles s-finals: Brian Lee How Cheng bt Lee Huang Yi 2-6, 6-4 (8-6); Amit Singh Atwal bt Noeh Khai Keat 7-5, 2-6 (7-4); Final: Amit Singh Atwal bt Brian Lee How Cheng 6-3, 6-4.
Doubles s-finals: Lee Huang Yi-Brian Lee How Cheng bt Neoh Khai Keat-Setthasorn Ooi Zhi Yang 8-2; Amit Singh Atwal-Maayez Yousuf Imam bt Chan Kai Lun-Ugene Ooi U Jin 8-1; Final: Lee Huang Yi-Brian Lee How Cheng bt Amit Singh Atwal-Maayez Yousuf Imam 3-6, 6-4 (8-6)
Under-18 singles s-finals: Johnson Ooi Jing Wuu bt Ahmad A'Ql Ahmad Nizam 6-1, 6-1; Chia Chen Dong bt Matthias Kok Xin Zhe 6-4, 7-6, (7-4); Final: Johnson Ooi Jing Wuu bt Chia Chen Dong 6-3, 5-7 (8-6).
Doubles s-finals: Johnson Ooi Jing Wuu-Matthias Kok Xin Zhe bt Kuhan Ravintharan-Keshen Naidu 8-1; Heng Hui Jing-Tan Hai Him w/o Chia Chen Dong-Thum Wei Sern; Final: Johnson Ooi Jing Wuu-Matthias Kok Xin Zhe bt Heng Hui Jing-Tan Hai Him 6-1, 6-2.
Girls' Under-10 singles: 1 Bharthie Murugan, 2 Madeleine Khoo Li Ying, 3 Chuah Jo Yee.
Under-14 singles s-finals: Loo Shi Pei bt Christine Vong Su Yen 6-4, 6-4; Cherylene Tan Sui Ling bt Sabrina Gee Zhen Hzui 6-1, 6-3; Final: Loo Shi Pei bt Cherylene Tan Sui Ling 6-1, 6-3.
Doubles s-finals: Loo Shi Pei-Cherylene Tan Sui Ling bt Emily Oh Tien Yie-Yeoh Wei Jiun 8-0; Chow Yi Xuan-Sabrina Gee Zhen Hzui 8-5; Final: Loo Shi Pei-Cherylene Tan Sui Ling bt Chow Yi Xuan-Sabrina Gee Zhen Hzui 6-1, 6-3.
Under-18 singles s-finals: Michelle Khoo Li Sha bt Samantha Lee Czen Shing 6-0, 6-0; Zian Kim Khoo Xin Ying bt Nawaal Iffat Imam 6-1, 6-1; Final: Michelle Khoo Li Sha bt Zian Kim Khoo Xin Ying 6-0, 6-0.
