About 150 tennis players from 20 countries hit the courts at the Royal Cliff Beach Resort’s Fitz Club for the ITF Seniors Championship Grade A.
The Nov 16-22 tournament featured men’s and women’s singles and doubles matches, plus mixed doubles, split into age brackets for every five+ from 35-75.
Men’s singles winners and brackets were:
35 and Under: Andriy Baidikov (Ukraine) def. Aditya Khanna (India) 6-4 and 6-2.
40-44: Naoki Arimoto (Japan) n def. Steven Eckstein (Russia) 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-1
45-49: Masahiro Sato (JPN) def. Daniel Rajsky (Czech Republic) of 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
50-54: Daniel Ahl (UK) def. Leo Pijnacker (Netherlands) of 6-4 and 6-3.
55-59: Alain Miracchini (France) def. Markus Zinkand (Germany) 6-1, 1-6, 4-0 (Retired).
60-64: Jiri Cermak (CZE) def. Simon Rapoport (Israel) 7-5, 6-4.
65-69: Philippe Gely (FRA) def. Giancalo Nucci (Italy) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.
70-74: Iakov Atrokhove (RUS) def. Valeriy Medvedev (RUS) 6-3, 6-4.
75+: Kobchai Tarasena (Thailand) won in a walkover.
Women’s singles winners:
35-39: Ding Eckstein (China) def. Hsin Yun Wen (Taipei) 6-1, 6-2.
50-54: Luisa Gouveia (Portugal) def. Valdone Vozbutiene (Lithuania) 6-4, 2-6, 4-1 (Retired).
60-64: Encarnacion Gomis Ruiz (Spain) def. Atsuko Yamauchi (JPN) 6-4, 6-3.
Full results of the double competition are on the ITF website at https://www.itftennis.com/seniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100046013