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From:TheBahamasWeekly.com Sports
Simone Pratt and Team ASA win the NCJAA Women's Tennis From the College Tennis Beat Simone Pratt along with teammates from ASA-Miami Silver Storm won The Women’s NJCAA DI Championship over Tyler Junior College. Asa Miami was ranked #1 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association at the start of the season and with this win has solidified that position. Simone Pratt who played singles #5 won her match. Simone beat Bruna Chaves convincingly 6-1,6-0. In doubles play, Simone along with Roller defeated Compton and Walker 6-3,6-2. In subsequent doubles play Pratt and Roller defeated Hoelting and Mrewa 6-4. Simone shined very brightly as her team went on to win the DI Championship! Jacobi Bain Shining in Dr Oetker Junior Trophy Tournament in Bucharest Romania. Jacobi Bain continues his play on the European Tennis Circuit. This time in the U14 Dr Oetker Junior Trophy Tournament in Bucharest, Romania. On Monday Jacobi played very well and won his singles match against Romanian Stefan Andrei 6-4, 6-1 and in his doubles match he teamed up with Ion Chrita from Romania to beat Butnaru and Saki (both from Romania) 6-0, 6-2. Jacobi plays his 2nd round matches on Tuesday. Jacobi is set to play next the 16th seed Alan Borjaski from Poland . With his skill set, it is expected that Jacobi will continue to do well as he advances in the tournament. It is great to see our local talent spreading their wings and competing on an international level in the United States and in Europe. This year we have seen many Bahamain college tennis athletes performing well and helping their teams to obtain great success. Our juniors have also made their mark internationally. We will continue to develop the sport of tennis as more of our athletes shine and blaze the way forward .
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