Connelly and Clayton win doubles in France

Saturday 15th August 2009, 2:59PM BST.

James Connelly

JERSEY tennis players Scott Clayton and James Connelly won the doubles event at a senior tournament held in Dinard this week after a second set championship tie-break in the final.

The pair progressed through several rounds of the competition to make it to the final on Wednesday which they eventually won 3-6, 7-6 (8-6) and championship tie break 10-7.

In the singles competition at the same event, 15-year-old Clayton won a total of seven matches, four of those against higher ranked adult players – including one against Jersey’s Andrew Evans – and won through two tableau finals to reach the main draw before losing to the eventual semi finalist, Alexander Pardoue, 1-6, 2-6.

Connelly (19) also progressed through four rounds in the singles competition.
Clayton now turns his attention to playing a year young in the U16 British Junior National Championships which start in Roehampton on Monday.

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