USA WINS THE NORTH AMERICAN IC JUNIOR CHALLENGE

After an exciting final match with Mexico the USA has emerged as the winner of the last regional IC junior challenge held in The Bahamas.

There was a great final day match between Renata Zarazua of Mexico and Ursue Arconanad which Ursue won after saving match points. Both are top 100 ranked 18 & under juniors although still 16 & under.

The USA will join Japan, Argentina, Italy, South Africa and host Great Britain in the worldwide finals at Wimbledon in the last week of July 2014.

In second place was Mexico, with Barbados third and The Bahamas fourth. Throughout the event there was an excellent display of tennis and good sportsmanship in the IC tradition of “hands across the net, friendship across the ocean” .

Sportsmanship award winners Renata Zarazua ( Mexico) and Andrew Symmonds (Barbados)

A successful mini tennis clinic was held for under privileged children in which junior participants acted as coaches and seemed to enjoy as much as the participants. It even ended with the Barbados and USA junior “coaches” deciding they wanted to challenge each other to their own mini tennis match!