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Marco Bryan (above, Richmond Hill) won U9 Boys green ball division singles title at the Little Mo tennis tournament at the Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center in Florida. Marco teamed with Evan Yu (Brampton, below right) to win the doubles title as well, defeating a fellow Ontarian Rowan Coons (Burlington) and his American partner Armeen Yazdi in the final. Marco and Evan both train at Advantage Tennis International in Woodbridge with coach Bill Cowan.
Rowan (below, left) also played in the U9 Green Ball singles draw, where he made it to the consolation semi-finals and the U9 Green Ball mixed doubles where he and his American partner Raquel Delarosa made it to the main draw semi-finals. Rowan’s brother Hudson (below, right) played in the U10 Green Ball singles final, losing to American Daniel Levine. He also reached the U10 Green Ball mixed doubles main draw quarter finals. Congratulations to the Hudson brothers!
Congratulations also go out to Helena Chialtas (Thornhill, below). Helena won the Girls U12 consolation singles event!
In all there were over 600 kids representing 55 different countries playing in 24 divisions at this year’s Little Mo Internationals!
About the “Little Mo”
The Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis Foundation (MCB) was co-founded by Maureen Connolly Brinker and Nancy Jeffett in 1968, with the mission of furthering junior tennis development worldwide.
The "Little Mo" tournaments are hosted by MCB in honor of tennis champion Maureen Connolly. Known by her nickname "Little Mo", she was the first woman to win the calendar Grand Slam in 1953. She is still the only American woman and the youngest at age 18 to have accomplished this magnificent feat.
For over 50 years, MCB has organized tennis tournaments annually, presented many notable awards, and given support to many junior tennis players and organizations.