Barbados: Gabrielle Leslie gained the “Prime 8 Title” for the fifth consecutive 12 months within the Barbados Tennis Affiliation’s end-of-year Prime 8 competitors. The occasion was held final Thursday evening on the Nationwide Tennis Centre in Wildey.
Barbados Youngsters Listing shared the replace and mentioned that twenty-year-old Gabrielle Leslie is understood for her distinctive work in sports.
Leslie defeated Serena Bryan, 18, in straight units 6-4, 7-5 in an entertaining battle between two former Queen’s Faculty schoolmates.
Leslie is at the moment enrolled in her third 12 months learning felony justice at Troy College in the USA. She has continued to steadiness tennis and lecturers efficiently.
The social media customers of Barbados Children Listing lauded Lesile and mentioned that she is an distinctive expertise within the nation. One of many customers mentioned,” Good going Gabri, tennis was my past love over subject hockey. Lived on the courts each weekend, ’until we couldn’t see the ball…..hats off to you. Searching for you at Wimbledon.”
One other consumer additionally commented,” Congratulations Gabrielle …wishing you continued success each in sports activities and lecturers in 2024.”
Some mild on Gabrielle Leslie’s award
Barbados hosts a Prime 8 competitors to pick the most effective tennis gamers on the island. In 2021, Leslie efficiently defended her ‘BTA Prime 8 Ladies’s Title’ on the Wildey Tennis Centre when the Barbados Tennis Affiliation (BTA) Prime 8 event got here to an finish.
At the moment, the event’s prime seed gained her third consecutive ‘Prime 8’ title, making her the one participant in each males’s and girls’s divisions to say a hat trick victory within the BTA Match.
Leslie, who was primarily based in Texas after receiving a full athletic scholarship to review and proceed her tennis at Prairie View A&M College, defeated Hannah Chambers 17, in three straight units 6-2, 6-3.
In addition to this, Serena Bryan is one other participant who secured the third rank within the 2023 Barbados Tennis Affiliation Prime 8 end-of-year event. Ryan made it to her first finals of that occasion after she defeated the #2 seed Hannah Chambers in an upset on the Wildey courts.
Bryan got here again from a 2-5 deficit towards the highly effective Chambers to win 6-2, 7-6(4) earlier than reaching the finals. She then got here up towards the skilled Gabrielle Leslie, the place she went down in two entertaining video games after placing up a superb combat.
Bryan has been profitable in ITF junior doubles this 12 months when she paired with Jordane Dookie of Trinidad and Tobago to say 4 junior doubles titles.
