Trinity Moshi won the GU15 draw at the 64-draw Dutch Junior Open. Leading up to the final, she won all her matches in three games, then prevailed in a five-game thriller over the top Dutch player.
Akaisha Bhatia scored the best finish among NCS juniors at the season’s first Junior Championship Tournament (JCT), in Connecticut in August, by reaching the GU17 semis. Akaisha also won the Virginia Gold in GU19 earlier this summer. Playing in an older age division, Isabella Tang took 9th place in GU19 at the JCT and Rohan Gondi, who also won the Racquet Up Detroit Summer Junior Gold, placed 6th in BU19. Zack Ingber took 9th in BU15.
Trinity Moshi won the GU17 draw at the Southeast Regional Junior Gold, and Christian Keng won BU17. Sami Garside, Zack Ingber, and Kian Patnaik finished third in BU19, BU17, and BU15, respectively. Several NCS juniors notched personal bests there, including BU13s Zayd Mansi-Schmitt to the finals, brother Ali Mansi-Schmitt in third, Jonathan Chung in the quarters, and Aleksei Pilling 11-12. Also reaching personal best finishes were girls Willa Haberl in the U17 quarters and Mariam Masoud to 11-12. Gabriella Bitar matched a personal best by reaching the GU13 semis.
John Bitar scored a personal-best Silver finish, taking third place in the BU15 Calvert Summer Junior Silver draw. Arman Sana continued his steady improvement, finishing 14th at the Virginia Junior Gold BU19, a personal best Gold result.