Hometown girl Paris Butters claimed both the 16-and-under singles and doubles titles at the Wanganui Open yesterday. PHOTOS/BEVAN CONLEY 011013WCBRCTEN02
Hometown girl Paris Butters claimed both the 16-and-under singles and doubles titles at the Wanganui Open yesterday. PHOTOS/BEVAN CONLEY 011013WCBRCTEN02
Young Wanganui tennis ace Paris Butters claimed both the singles and doubles girls' 16-and-under grade of the Dunlop Slazenger Wanganui Open on home turf after a hard-fought few days of round robin play.
On Monday Butters teamed with Wairarapa player Georgia Atkinson to beat fellow Wanganui Tennis Club member GabrielleHiri and Wellington's Charley Van Boheemen to take the doubles title with the singles battle still to come.
Yesterday Butters and Van Boheemen finished the singles round robin play with the same amount of matches won, but a 6-3, 7-5 victory from the young Wanganui ace over the Wellingtonian on Monday gave her the coveted singles title. The win emulated her older brother Kyle Butters' feat at the weekend when he took out the open men's title in almost winter conditions.
Wanganui player Gabrielle Hiri had beaten Butters on Monday, but her 6-3- 6-2 loss to Boheemen yesterday meant she was behind on matches won on countback.
Meanwhile, the 12-and-under boys' singles title was claimed by Feilding's Kurt Amey, while the 12-and-under girls competition was won by Caitlyn Kelly from Kapi-Mana.
