Maidstone Tennis Academy teenager Gabby Lavrik has landed a major national title.<\/p>\n
Lavrik won the under-14 girls\u2019 Fred Perry Challenge in Middlesex against top players from all over the country.<\/p>\n
Joe Young, director of tennis Adrian Moll, Gillie Turner, Jake Kane-Wood, Gabby Lavrik, coach Alex Brown and Freedom Leisure club manager Ella Whelan.<\/p>\n
She beat Pippa Reynolds (Sussex) 3-6 6-4 (10-8) in the quarter-finals before saving a match point in a 6-1 2-6 (12-10) win over Stacey Fong (Surrey) in the semis.<\/p>\n
Lavrik, 14, clinched the title with a 6-4 7-5 victory against Yilin Li (Suffolk) in the final.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would like to thank everyone at my club for supporting me and all the players and for all the hard work they have put in,\u201d said Lavrik, who has won a year\u2019s sponsorship from Fred Perry clothing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt proud for battling through so many tough matches this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s the latest success for Lavrik, who claimed three county titles in the Kent Closed Championships at Bromley this summer.<\/p>\n
She won the under-18 girls\u2019 and the ladies\u2019 singles and partnered Maidstone clubmate Jake Kane-Wood to glory in the under-18 doubles.<\/p>\n
Gabby Lavrik with her Torbay Open title<\/p>\n
Kane-Wood landed the under-18 boys\u2019 singles, while Zac Hartono took the under-11 boys\u2019 and under-12 boys\u2019 titles.<\/p>\n
The club, led by director of tennis Adrian Moll, made their 22nd annual trip to Torquay for the Torbay Open.<\/p>\n
In-form Lavrik won the under-18 singles, following in the footsteps of British tennis legend Sue Barker, a previous winner of the crown, and took the mixed doubles with Joe Young.<\/p>\n
Maidstone\u2019s team of 15 also won several other trophies.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Gillie Turner is off to Turkey to represent Great Britain over-60s in the World Championships. It\u2019s the first time Turner, a highly-ranked GB senior, has been picked for the Worlds.<\/p>\n
In July, Saha Kapilasena represented Sri Lanka in the Davis Cup, winning doubles rubbers against Qatar and the Northern Mariana Islands.<\/p>\n
Members of Maidstone Tennis Academy at the Torbay Open in Torquay<\/p>\n
Maidstone Tennis Academy are based at Freedom Leisure, off St Peter Street.<\/p>\n
Freedom Leisure regional manager Andy Hulse said: \u201cWe would like to congratulate Maidstone Tennis Academy on another fantastic summer of success.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe dedication, commitment and passion shown by the players and coaches has been outstanding and the achievements of the club continue to be a source of pride for the local community.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe standard of tennis being developed and supported through Maidstone Tennis Academy is truly exceptional, with many players achieving remarkable success and reaching impressive milestones throughout the years.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese accomplishments are a testament to the hard work of both the players and coaching team.<\/p>\n
\u201cFreedom Leisure is delighted to support such a thriving tennis programme and we look forward to seeing the club build on this momentum and continue its success in the months and years ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maidstone Tennis Academy teenager Gabby Lavrik has landed a major national title. Lavrik won the under-14 girls\u2019 Fred…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[109338,109339,19488,101,118,56,54,55,109340],"class_list":["post-786148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-maidstone-sport","tag-malling-sport","tag-other-sport","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-weald-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}