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DeSilva's clean sweep

Junior Tennis Open, taking the singles and doubles titles at both under-14 and under-18 level.Seeded one in the under-14 singles she beat off the redoubtable challenge of second seed Danielle Downey to record a 7-5, 6-1 victory.

Junior Tennis Open, taking the singles and doubles titles at both under-14 and under-18 level.

Seeded one in the under-14 singles she beat off the redoubtable challenge of second seed Danielle Downey to record a 7-5, 6-1 victory. Then she overcame Tara Lambert in the under-18 singles in another tough match 7-6, 6-2.

In doubles, she teamed up with Sasha Fisher to win the under-14s round robin and Downey in the under-18s.

Three players from Atlanta -- Brendan Smith, Michael Jirasakhiran and Sam Murphy -- boosted the boys' competition. Smith, seeded one, triumphed in the under-14 singles, beating number two seed Philip Sousa 6-1, 6-0.

Daniel Miller continued to dominate in the under-18 singles with a win over Craig Bean 6-4, 6-3, while Smith and Gavin Manders had a 6-1, 6-2 straight sets victory in the under-14 doubles over Sousa and Jirasakhiran. The under-18 doubles title went to Bean and Jevon Roberts, who conquered Justin Kempe and Conway Trott 6-4, 6-1.

In the 12 and under division, Manders defeated unseeded Kyle Williams 6-1, 6-0 after Williams had disposed of number two seed Andrew Robinson.

The girls' under-12 round robin was won by Sasha Fisher who posted 40 points, with sister Zoe a close second on 36 points.

Ashley Brooks topped the points table in the girls' under-10 competition, followed by Jacklyn Lambert, while Wills Fallon took the boys' title a point ahead of Nathan Swan.