The very first National Series winners have been crowned as the fourth and final weekend of matches threw up some tight tussles.
The Division One winners across three age categories and both genders received their trophies, with Rachael Iles and Max Radiven winning the two Under-19 titles, Soraya Rahmani-Walentynska and Jake Davidson the Under-15s and Amber Lemmon and Rishaan Sawant the Under-13s.
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Under-19 Girls

Rachael Iles won the only division, which was extended to nine players, as she won seven of her eight matches to finish a point clear of Anjali Singh at Joola Plymouth TTC.
It was Singh who actually defeated Iles, by a 3-0 margin (13-11, 11-8, 11-4). However, she lost to Alyssa Nguyen 3-2 (8-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8, 11-2) and also to Lianna Shilani Tousi 3-0 (11-9, 11-5, 11-4).
Iles was tested by Shilani Tousi before coming through 3-2 (7-11, 11-2, 6-11, 11-2, 11-6), but was not taken beyond a fourth game in any other match.
Shilani Tousi ended in fourth place on countback behind Mia Lakhani but ahead of Nguyen after all three finished with five wins and three defeats.
Lakhani owed her third-place to a fine comeback against Nguyen, winning it 3-2 (7-11, 9-11, 13-11, 11-5, 11-8). She also won 15-13 in the fifth against Luna Archard, having been 2-0 down in that match too.
In other notable matches, Singh beat Anna Piercey 14-12 in the fifth, while Piercey won in the deciding game no fewer than four times – against Archard, Parmis Ahsani, Mille Noble and Shilani Tousi.
Under-19 Boys

Max Radiven’s win over Rohan Dani decided the destination of the trophy as both finished with four wins and a defeat in Division One.
It was 3-2 (8-11, 16-14, 11-9, 7-11, 11-4) to the left-hander, who also owed his overall victory to a superb comeback against Larry Trumpauskas, who he beat 3-2 (12-14, 7-11, 11-8, 15-13, 12-10).
Radiven also needed five against Nathaniel Saunders as he recovered from losing 3-1 (12-10, 11-6, 11-13, 11-5) to Isaac Kingham.
Trumpauskas ended in third place ahead of Kingham by virtue of beating him 11-7, 11-6, 11-7. Saunders also lost in a fifth to both Trumpauskas and Leo Nguyen.
There was a three-way tie at the top of Division Two, which was decided in favour of Hugo Nguyen, ahead of Joseph Fortnum-Adams and Francesco Bonato.
Bonato beat Nguyen 3-2 (4-11, 11-2, 11-8, 3-11, 11-9), while Fortnum-Adams defeated Bonato 3-1 (4-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-5) and Nguyen beat Fortnum-Adams 3-1 (11-6, 9-11, 11-2, 12-10).
Under-15 Girls

Soraya Rahmani-Walentynska defeated Hannah Saunders to take the trophy at St Neots TTC.
The score was 3-1 (11-4, 11-5, 8-11, 11-3) in favour of the London Academy player, who completed an unbeaten weekend.
Saunders was second and Catherine Lv third, though the longest match was played by two players outside the top three as Chloe Kniep came from 2-0 down to defeat Maahi Malde 3-2 (10-12, 8-11, 11-8, 13-11, 11-3).
There was a three-way tie in Division Two, with Zoe Gonpot, Jessica Tansur and Millie Ufton each winning three and losing one.
Tansur beat Ufton 3-1 (7-11, 11-5, 13-11, 11-7), before Ufton defeated Gonpot 3-2 (11-8, 6-11, 11-6, 6-11, 11-6).
Gonpot bounced back to beat Tansur 3-1 (11-6, 9-11, 11-7, 12-10), which meant she got the verdict ahead of her opponent, with Ufton in third.
It was a hard-won accolade for Gonpot, who defeated both Sienna Svoboda and Eva Yared in the fifth.
Daisy Watson won all five matches in Division Three, losing only four games all day and never more than one in a match.
Nour Alamine was second and Zeina Negm third – Alamine had a good match with Niylah Fernandez, who she beat 3-2 (7-11, 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 11-6).
Under-15 Boys

Jake Davidson won all five matches to lift the trophy, for the loss of only six games.
There were two deciding games within that record – first against Dimitar Dimitrov, which he won 11-9, 7-11, 10-12, 11-9, 11-1 and then against Sinan Surensoy, in which he overturned a two-set deficit to win 3-2 (11-13, 8-11, 14-12, 11-4, 11-7).
The two beaten players in those matches also went the distance, Dimitrov taking it 3-2 (13-11, 6-11, 11-7, 7-11, 14-12) on his way to finishing second, his record also including beating Oscar Nikolli 11-9 in the fifth.
Surensoy was third – he won 11-9 in the fifth against Nikolli and 13-11 in the fifth against Harrison Hill.
Aarav Parihar had an unbeaten record to win Division Two, ahead of Nishil Shah and Ryan Holland. Parihar lost only three games, two of them to Holland in a fantastic, lengthy match which Parihar won 3-2 (11-13, 16-18, 11-3, 12-10, 12-10).
There was also a cracker between Hassan Damji and Chun Yin Ng, won 15-13 in the fifth by Damji.
Division Three went to Rowan Kumar, who won all five matches to finish ahead of Finley Aitken and Adam Watson.
Kumar was taken to 14-12 in the fifth by Aitken and also won in the decider against both Bharath Prasanna Kumar and Adam Riadi – 13-11 in the latter.
Yacoub Rahmani-Walentynska won all six of his matches in take top spot in Division Four, with Ibrahim Hussain second and Harry Tomlinson third – it was Tomlinson who pushed him hardest as that match went to a fifth the champion winning it 3-2 (11-8, 12-10, 6-11, 9-11, 11-8).
Jayden Chau was involved in two momentous matches, losing out 15-13 to Hussain in the fifth and 19-17 to Aarav Pahwa in a decider.
Under-13 Girls
Amber Lemmon won all five matches to take the trophy – and she did not drop a game all day at Draycott & Long Eaton TTC.
The closest she came was against second-placed Assil Sarri, Lemmon winning that on 3-0 (11-7, 13-11, 12-10)
Sarri won all her other matches, including a comeback 3-2 (9-11, 11-8, 11-13, 11-8, 11-5) over Ffion Evans.
Third went to Serene Rahmani-Walentynska, thanks in part to coming from 2-0 down to beat Maisha Patel 3-2 (9-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-6). She also won 11-6 in the fifth against Ruby Gandi Bamidele.
In Division Two, Cindy Xiao took the top spot with five wins, dropping only one game all day, in a 3-1 (8-11, 12-10, 11-3, 11-9) win over Rabani Ahluwalia.
Second place went to Alexia-Bianca Ciobanica, with Bethany Yang in third. Ciobanica was involved in the closest match, finally prevailing 19-17 in the fifth against Evie Turner-Samuels. She also won 12-10 in a decider against Ahluwalia.
Isabelle Bradly topped Division Three with four wins out of four, including 12-10 in the fifth against Evie Main, the only match to go the distance. Aeyva Fayaz was second and Naomi Adeji third.
Under-13 Boys
Rishaan Sawant won six of his seven matches to finish as overall champion, ahead of Lewis Wu and Zihan Lin.
Both Wu and Lin took Sawant to a decider, Sawant coming from behind to beat Lin 3-2 (12-10, 9-11, 7-11, 13-11, 11-7) and taking it 3-2 (11-9, 12-10, 12-14, 7-11, 12-10) against Wu.
It was Zaid Aldilimi who beat Sawant by a 3-1 (11-8, 11-7, 4-11, 13-11) margin, but Aldilimi missed out in a three-way countback for the minor medals, losing to both Lin and Wu. It was Wu who took silver by virtue of defeating Lin 3-1 (11-6, 16-18, 13-11, 11-9).
Division Two saw Saisurya Prasanna Kumar edge out Taha Shamakh after both finished with five wins and one defeat.
Kumar’s defeat was to Zacharia Sarri, who came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 (7-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9). The match between the top two ended 3-1 in Kumar’s favour.
The winner was tested by third-placed Mustafa Ibrahim, before coming through 3-2 (8-11, 12-10, 12-14, 13-11, 11-6). Ibrahim edged out Sarri for third, beating him in four.
10-year-old Thomas Ellis won Division Three as he won five matches out of six to finish ahead of Dhruvan Karthik and Lev Sahmurov.
Ellis lost only six games, including the three in his defeat to Karthik, who also beat Sahmurov in four to seal second place, despite losing in deciders to both Mikul Patel and Darsh Gopal, the latter by 13-11.