BURNIE'S Elliot Johnstone survived a tough three-set final to claim the 2014 Tasmanian Easter Championship men's singles title at the Launceston Regional Tennis Centre yesterday.
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The tournament No.2 seed proved too good for Hobart fourth seed Daniel Groom winning 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 in a close and high-standard final with good tennis by both players.
Hobart's Janaya Smith had a convincing victory in the open women's final comfortably defeating Hobart's Sanyukta Singh 6-0, 6-2.
Singh had some consolation for that defeat winning the girls' 16 singles by defeating Erin Fazackerley 6-4, 6-1, in an all-Hobart final.
Sam Elliston-Buckley was successful in the boys' 12 singles final beating Sam Whitehead 6-4, 7-5, in an excellent match between two up-and-coming talents.
Victorian Alexandra San Andres took out the girls' 12 singles final defeating Hobart's Charlotte Ingram 6-2, 6-1.
The results of the boys' 16 singles final and the open men and women's doubles were unavailable.
