Maddie takes the under 14 and 16 titles in Ipswich

Maddie Brooks proved the class act at the Ipswich Sports Centres Christmas Tournament by taking both the under 14 and 16 girls singles events.

Since September 2009 Maddie has stepped up her training programme, working with the Norfolk Tennis Academy, and this showed in a tournament where she dominated her opponents. In the 14s event she breezed through to the final, overpowering her opponents, only dropping 2 games on the way. In the final Maddie continued her fine form winning the first set 6-0, in the second set things got a little tighter but Mad held her nerve to come through 6-3.

Competing in the under 16 event, Maddie was potentially 3 years younger then the opposition and this showed with some tough matches, especially in the semi final where Maddie faced Sophia Papworth. Maddie took the first set 6-3 but was shaken in the second set losing it 6-4 and as they went into the deciding tie break Sophia played some of her best tennis to lead 6-2, only needing 10 to win, but here is where Maddie showed her fighting spirit and improved fitness to battle back to win the tie break 10-6 reeling off 8 points in a row!

In the final Maddie faced Charlotte Hillyard which was an opponent she had never beaten before so it was a good test to see how far she had come. Maddie has always been a big match player and once again this was proven with a comprehensive victory 6-0, 6-3.

Congratulations to Mad, a great week!