The finals

Dear readers

This was the final day of the individuals. Again, there was excitement and disappointment.

Julian and Hong Yuan fought hard for their doubles games but had to concede after 3 sets. Julian has grown so much as a player. He has improved substantially from his first Under 15s state team where he was ranked 3rd in the team and had to contend watching from the sidelines for many team matches.

He will continue to grow and under the guidance of his coaches including Nick and Yuli. The sky is the limit.

Hong Yuan has done his new home WA proud.  He won the singles in tough sets that went to deuces on both sets. It shows his determination and concentration as a player. He will continue to excel for WA. I also note that when he was playing in his singles finals, he was wearing an An Yu and Tan and Tan Lawyers Jersey. Good on him.

Bernice and Angela had to contend with silver losing to Angie Liu and Kelly Xu. Never mind, I think they can play again next year. Bernice has been a real solid star forWA and will continue to shine.

Janice won her plate single against N Alijabar who was ranked No. 1. She will grow stronger and taller. We will continue to watch her progress together with sister Jasmine. Their doubles partnership has also grown stronger.

Dawson and Aidan also won their plate doubles. These 2 boys are also getting stronger each year.

Alicia and partner T Xie were given a walkover plate victory. Alicia has also grown in maturity and will continue to fight for WA in future events.

Theodore and Anjali have also grown better with their overseas training. We wish them all the best for future state teams.

All players have to thank Nick for his coaching and Wheeler Snr for his management of the team. Of course, the umpire Bradley needs to be thanked too.

Many of the parents who attended at NZ these last few days must be relieved it is all over. They have to be thanked too by the players.

Without the support of the parents , there would have been no state teams.

Good bye, till the next Under 17s.

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Order of play of Sunday, April 22, 2018

		Time	Draw				Score			Duration
ILT - 1 - Streaming
	1.	Starting at 11:00 AM	Mixed Doubles	Ryan Venpin [3/4] Kaitlyn Ea	-	Ethan Chen [2] Kelly Xu	21-16 21-11			0:20
	2.	Followed by	Boy's Doubles	Ricky Tang [3/4] Otto Zhao	-	Julian Lee Hong Yuan Wong	18-21 21-18 21-14			0:45
	3.	Followed by	Girl's Singles	Shaunna Li [1]	-	Kelly Xu [2]	21-17 15-21 21-14			0:36
	4.	Followed by	Boy's Singles	Hong Yuan Wong	-	Ryan Venpin [1]	25-23 23-21			0:39
	5.	Followed by	Girl's Doubles	Angie Liu [2] Kelly Xu	-	Bernice Teoh Angela Yu	21-17 21-14			0:25
ILT - 2 - Streaming
	1.	Starting at 11:10 AM	Girls Singles Plate	Janice Tan	-	Natasha Alijabar [1]	21-19 21-18			0:28
	2.	Followed by	Girls Doubles Plate	Latisha Gay Starcia Han	-	Cynthia Fan Linda Gee	21-19 21-11			0:20
	3.	Followed by	Boys Singles Plate	Jake Naylor	-	Ethan Pan	21-12 21-17			0:19
	4.	Followed by	Boys Doubles Plate	Dawson Lawrence Aidan Wheller	-	Matthew Cao Karljeet Cappie	21-9 21-11			0:17
	5.	Followed by	Mixed Doubles Plate	Tianyi Xie [2] Alicia Xu	-	Patrick Wang [1] Natasha Alijabar	Walkover