Tennis
player
bounced

SPORTS _

NORTH. VANCOUVER | tennis
player Sonya Jeyaseelan reached
the finals of the under-l4 single
and double events in the Chipwich
Canedian Junior Indoor National
Tennis Championships in Calgary,
but was bounced by the top seed. *

Number three seeded Jeyaseclan 7

lost: her final) match <to the top
seeded Juna Nejedly of Richmond
in straight sets 6-4, 6-1.

Nejedly was highly favored to

“win this tournament because of her

‘“nadian national

_ Re, size, strength and expericnee,

Seyaseclan reached the finals by
defenting unseeded Sacra Zoibeod
of Vancouver 6-0, 6-4,

Zolbrod, the 1986 under-12 Ca-
champion, -had
upset number, two’ seeded «Kristine
Smith of. Calgary’ in the quarter
finals. ~ :

“This was the first time Sonya
had reached ‘the finals: of a’ na-
tional event," said father’ and

. couch Reggie Jeyaseelan,

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“Understandably Sonya started
her match kind of shaky. But they

both held serve until §-4, when:

Jana broke Sonya’s serve for the
first. set. In the second ‘set Sonya

could not handle the pressure and -

power of Jana and surrendered the
match easily,” he said.

Said Sonya. Jeyascelan:: ‘1 was
nervous because of the crowd, TV

-cameras, ball boys and girls. It, was:

like. a: professional match on TV.

Jana played well, | did not.

“Next time 1 wil be less ner-
vous, Then 1 can play better.

In the doubles finals, number
two seeded players Jevasecian and
Smith were defeated by the top
seeded Jana and Murtina Nejedly
6-1, 7-6 (7-4).

_In the boys’ doubdles finals, Alex’ ;
. Klimek of North Vancouver and ”

Steve Deakin. of Port Moody
defeated Adan . Dickinson = of
Grimsby, Ont., and Allan Pintaric

“of Toronto 6-2, 7-5,