
Francesca Curmi winner of U18 ITF G2
Our young tennis star, Francesca Curmi (age 15) is the first ever Maltese player to win an ITF U18 Grade 2 Junior tournament.
This tournament win is another milestone for Francesca and improves her world-ranking to one of the top junior players of the world.
Throughout the week in Tunisia, Francesca had a number of tough opponents namely Flavie Brugnone (FRA) 3-6 6-3 6-0; Destinee Martins (GBR) 2-6 6-3 6-1, considered to be one of Britain’s answer to the William sisters; Selma Stefania Cadar (ROM) 6-1 6-2 ranked second under 18 in Romania and Anastasia Tikhonova (RUS) 7-6(7) 5-7 6-4, a team member of the under 16 Russian European winning team. In the finalFrancesca beat Carole Monnet (FRA) 5-7 7-5 6-3. Francesca played over 14 hours of competitive tennis in five days.
Well done Francesca! On to the next one.