Young champs battle it out at Victoria Park

After a year of hard work for players and referees, the Hong Kong Junior Tennis Series 2010 came to an end at Victoria Park Tennis Centre Court on Saturday.

All the young winners in the Grand Masters gathered at the court after the last match of the year-end tournament saw Hong Kong's Jonathan Cho Hyun-duk beat Janik Burri from the Swiss German School 6-3, 6-1 in the under 18 boys' singles within an hour.

The Grand Masters is the last leg of the series. Only the best players in the previous six competitions held throughout the year are invited to compete to become a 'champion of champions'.

National Squad player Jonathan survived a scary semi-final against Vincent Chau Kwan-lam, winning 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, ahead of his match with Janik on Saturday.

'It was a promising win and it's great to claim my first title,' said Jonathan. 'Although other National Squad teammates were not playing in this tournament, it was still hard for me to stay on top as all the other players have done well in previous series competitions this year.'

Jonathan also had to contend with GCSE exams and had no time to play as many competitions as other players normally do.

Now he is keen to make up for lost time. 'I was a semi-finalist in this year's ITF Junior Tournament so this will encourage me to do even better when the ITF returns in January.'