Stampfli, Cadogan win National Singles

The match was keenly anticipated with the champions of 2015 and 2016 fighting for 2017 honours.

In the final last year, Mohammed, 27 years old, defeated former top junior player Emma Davis after returning home from studies abroad.

Stampfli was not present to defend her crown.

Third ranked Stampfli, 21, who attends Florida Gulf Coast University, prevailed in just two sets yesterday in a dominating display.

Stamplfi took the first set 6-2 and dropped just three games in the second to clinch the victory.

Both Mohammed and Stampfli were top junior players, representing Trinidad and Tobago in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) circuit. Mohammed and Stampfli both recorded convincing victories in their respective semi-finals. Mohammed outlasted seventh seed Abigail Jones 6-3, 6-1 while Stampfli ousted top seed Shenelle Mohammed 6-2, 6-1. In the men’s singles final, the unseeded Joe Cadogan continued his dream run in the tournament with an impressive 6-0, 6-2 win over third seed Richard Chung.

Cadogan, who is a university student in the US, defeated top seed Akiel Duke of Tobago easily 6-0, 6-1 in the semifinals on Wednesday while Chung got past Tobago’s Vaughn Wilson 6-2, 1-6, 6-2.

In the mixed doubles final, the second ranked team of Collin Auguste and national junior player Yin Lee Assang combined to defeat top seeds Dexter Mahase and Lindy Ann Farrier in a close final in two sets. Auguste and Lee Assang edged the first set 7-5 and secured the victory with a 6-4 result in the second set.

Honour Roll:
Men’s Singles - Joe Cadogan
Women’s Singles - Breana Stampfli
Men’s Doubles - Luke De Caires, Vaughn Wilson
Women’s Doubles - Shenelle Mohammed, Trevine Sellier
Mixed Doubles - Collin Auguste, Yin Lee Assang
Veterans Singles - Kendall Cuffy