SEVEN players continued a strong local start to 2019 at the 63rd Inter-Regional Country Championships in Bendigo.
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Young gun Isabella Crossman was dominant en route to claiming the 12 and under girls title, losing a combined five games in her three matches, all of which came in the final.
The one seed didn’t drop a game to either Libby Heard or Remi Serra on her way to the final, where she defeated three seed Philippa Bush 6-3, 6-2 to claim the tournament.
Crossman would also have a perfect record in the 12 and under girls doubles tournament with partner Willow Barnett.
Jacob Haines had a strong start to his 12 and under boys campaign with a first round win against Sam Cumming, before losing in the second round to two seed Nick Fraser.
He then teamed with Christopher Gamboa for doubles action, winning one of their three games.
Crossman and Haines would team in the mixed doubles section, winning their way through to the tournament final, where they lost to two seeds Logan Casey and Philippa Bush in a three-set match.
In the 14 and under boys section, Mitchell Collins played out a tough three-set match against Jack Elliot to advance to the second round, where he fell to one seed Jason D’Souza 6-4, 6-3.
Silas Kingma was unable to advance past the opening round, losing 6-1, 6-1 to two seed Curtis Fitzgerald.
The two teamed in the 14 and under doubles, winning two of their three group stage matches but just missing out on the final.
Kingma teamed with Isabella Marchant in the mixed doubles, advancing to the second round before exiting.
In the 16 and under section, Deagan Tomkins was eliminated in the opening round, while Joshua Bavich fell just shy of the final, eliminated in the semis.
But the team showed their form in the doubles.
Undefeated in the group stages, the pair beat Gavin D’Souza and Jack Henry in the final to claim the 16 and under boys doubles crown.
Daphne Crossman would also have a strong showing in the 16 and under girls singles tournament, making it to the semi finals — the only unseeded player in the tournament to do so — before a 6-4, 6-3 loss to one seed Helena Zubovic.
She teamed with Tiahna Leader in the doubles, winning all three group matches before claiming the doubles crown against Kelsie Farrugiam and Helena Zubovic.
Tomkins and Crossman teamed for the mixed doubles, with Bavich joining Tiahna Leader.
The Bavich Leader pairing was eliminated in the semi finals, while Tomkins and Crossman would dominate through to the final, claiming the mixed crown against Hugh McManus and Tayla Gleeson 5-3, 4-0.
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