TENNIS: ELLIE AND JOE TRIUMPH

In the Sussex Open Tennis Championships two local players won their respective way through to the finals.

In the 16 & Under Girls' final, Ellie Pocock from the West Worthing Tennis and Squash Club defeated the No 2 seed Yasmin Coleman 6.4 6.0.

Joe Boswell, also from the West Worthing Club, won the 14 & Under title, beating No 3 seed Sam Glynn 6.4 6.7(1) 6.4. Joe had also done extremely well to reach the semi-finals of the 16 & Under Boys only to lose in the third set tie break (11.9).

More than 400 entries were made into the British Tennis Tour Event and the Sussex Open Tennis Championships held at the West Worthing Tennis & Squash Club, Titnore Way, Worthing.

Despite the appalling weather conditions, all the competitions were successfully completed using the grass, hard and indoor tennis courts.

In the Men's British Tour event the first and second seeds, both with world ranking, were defeated at the quarter- final stage. Matthew Leahy (Surrey) won the Men's Singles Title beating Harry Skinner (Middlesex) 7.6 (1) 6.1 in the final.

The Ladies' British Tour event was won by Rebecca Llewellyn (South Wales) who defeated Yasmin Clarke (Derbyshire) 6.3 3.6 6.0. In this event Lucy Warburton from the West Worthing Club seeded 2 was beaten by Clarke at the semi-final stage in three sets.

For full Sussex Open Championships see West Sussex Gazette September 5