play in the boys' Under-18 division yesterday at the Ace/Pomander Gate junior tennis tournament.

Bascome, a top junior player, then went on to defeat Derek Wheeler 6-2, 6-1 in the Under-16 division.

Also in the Under-18 boys, number two seed Quinton Burgess defeated Daniel Miller 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in an exciting three-set match.

Miller rebounded from that loss to stop Lionel Bean 7-5, 6-0 in the Under-16 boys.

Robert Kowalczyk of the US stole the spotlight when he upset number two seed Chris Watson 6-2, 6-1.

Nathan Samuels, John Hindess and Joel Duffy captured straight set victories in the Under-14 group.

Christen Hartnett surprised number two seed Kariem Sharrieff 10-8 in Under-12 division.

In the girls' Under-14 division Danielle Paynter grabbed straight sets victories over Anja Hendriks (6-0, 6-0) and Tara Lambert (6-1, 6-0).

Also, Lambert defeated her sister Crystal 6-2, 6-1, while Hendriks stopped Crystal Lambert 7-5, 6-3.