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Jamaal Adderley, Karltina Klonaris, Larikah Russell (pictured above), Devon Munnings, and Timothy Nealy are former students.

Congratulations to former DRTC Student and Orange Bowl Champion Timothy Neilly who won the Boys' 18s Singles in the 58th Annual Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships

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Neilly's first international junior singles title completed a remarkable turnaround following a first round loss in the Eddie Herr International three weeks ago. Since then he has been working with Tarik Benhabiles, who coached Andy Roddick to the Orange Bowl title in 1999.

"I was totally negative after that loss and called Tarik right after the match to ask for some advice," said Neilly. "He told me to come to Miami right away. It was time to get some direction and Tarik has done that for me immediately."

Last week, Neilly lost in the third round of the USTA International Winter Championships to the eventual champion 7-5 in the third set. Seeded No. 11 this week, Neilly eliminated the No. 1, and 6 seeds in the two matches prior to beating No. 5 [Donald] Young [6-4, 7-5] in the final.

Russell captures junior nat'ls girls 18's title

Tennis stand-out wins second tourney in less than a week
By SHAVAUGHN MOSS NG Sports Reporter [Nassau Guardian]

Grand Bahama's Larikah Russell is on a roll!

Last week Saturday she captured the girls 18 division of the ITF Bahamas International Junior Open. Yesterday she clinched that division at Domino's Pizza/Coca Cola Junior National Tennis Open for her second consecutive title.

Russell defeated New Providence's Alanna Rodgers handily in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1 at the National Tennis Centre.

The match was a complete mis-match from the start. Russell is an aggressive collegiate player and she faced Rodgers who had knee surgery approximately eight weeks ago, and who hasn't had much playing time, except for last week's ITF event, her first tournament back since her operation.

Considering she hasn't had as much training as the others, Rodgers played okay, but Russell's game was just on. She was aggressive and made the most of her shots.

Rodgers won the first game in the first set on Russell's serve, but after that early decline, Russell never looked back. She calmed herself, appeared to get in a zone, did what she had and swept the first set 6-1. She duplicated her first set performance and won the match.

Russell leaves the country today, for her final ITF junior summer tour. She said winning two consecutive tournament titles has given her a lot of confidence as she heads for her first week stop in Aruba before heading on to the Dominican Republic.

"This boosts my confidence a lot," said Russell. Both tournaments have really gotten me ready for the summer tour, because I played a lot of players with different games that I had to adapt to, so I'm ready," she said.
 

Jamaal Adderley def. DP Choudhury

Like Russell, Jamaal Adderley got his second consecutive tournament win.

He won the boys 14 division title at the recent ITF event, and yesterday, defeated DP Choudhury 6-1, 6-0 for his junior nationals title.

Karltina Klonaris defeated Daniel Thompson 6-4, 6-4 for the girls 10 title, and Shanda Simmons defeated Kerri Cartwright 7-5, 6-0 for the girls 14 title.

Adderley commences second title quest
Defeats Cerone Rolle in junior nationals opener

By SHAVAUGHN MOSS NG Sports Reporter

Grand Bahama's Jamaal Adderley is confident coming off his boys 14 title win at last week's ITF Bahamas International Junior Open and it showed yesterday in his first match of the Domino's Pizza/Coca Cola Junior National Tennis Open.

Adderley trounced Cerone Rolle 6-2, 6-2 in their first round boys 16 match to begin his quest for a second consecutive title at the National Tennis Centre.

It was a fairly aggressive match on both sides, but Adderley made the least errors, came up with the majority of the winners for the win, as he ousted Rolle who now looks to stay alive in boys 18 competition. But he will have a tough time staying alive there also as he will meet Quinn Russell in their first round match.

Adderley liked the way he played for the win. He said he went to bed early and got a full night's rest in preparation for the match after a stressful week of ITF play.

"I felt great going into the match and did what I had to do," he said, but added that it hadn't been as easy as it looked as he had to get his game under control after making a few early errors.

An obviously disappointed Rolle said Adderley played well.

"He was a little more consistent than I was, and he just played a smarter match," he said.

Junior Devin Mullings won his first match at Wimbledon.

He captured his boys match against India's Somdev Dev Varman 7-6(3), 5-7, 6-1 on Tuesday. The match which was supposed to be played on Monday was postponed due to rain, and instead played yesterday. Mullings advanced to the second round where he will meet Romanian Horia Tecau. [2 July, 2003]

Larikah Russell wins girls 18
By SHAVAUGHN MOSS NG Sports Reporter

Larikah Russell was crowned the Bahamas International Junior Tennis Open girls 18 champion after defeating American Alexis Dorr in straight sets 6-2, 6-0 on Saturday at the National Tennis Centre.

Russell, who had an easy run through the tournament said she was nervous going into the championship match. By the fifth game, after she rushed her returns and gave up two games to Dorr off unforced errors, Russell settled down. Realizing her mistakes, she got her game under control and hit deep shots which forced Dorr to miss most of her own.

To some extent, Russell played an aggressive game, but for the most part she was able to stay back and hit her strokes.

For the entire week, Russell gave up only 12 games, in her four matches. Despite the scores, she said the tournament had been competitive for her because she had a lot of long games.

Russell liked winning the tournament, the first of three in her final junior year, but the most important thing for her was that she won 50 precious International Tennis Federation points.

The win she said, has also given her confidence as she heads onto her final junior summer tour, with tournaments in Aruba and the Dominican Republic, after she plays in the junior nationals which are scheduled to begin today at the NTC.

With a smile on her face, Dorr said she had fun in the championship match and played her own match.

"Now I know what I need to improve on," she said. "I played my own game, and thought I played it alright, although I think I could have played a little better. But she's a good player."

How she got there

1st round - Defeated Bahamian Shaniek Pinder 6-1, 6-2

2nd round - Defeated Puerto Rico's Natalia Guevara(5) 6-0, 6-0

Quarterfinals - Defeated Costa Rica's Andrea Brenes Pozue 6-2, 6-2

Semifinals - Defeated American Adriene Duenas(4) 6-3, 6-0

Final - Defeated American Alexis Dorr 6-2, 6-0