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Dunblane Tennis Star Wins Top British Award


Dunblane tennis ace Ali Collins has won a major British Tennis award after reaching three singles fi nals in three international competitions.


Ali, a scholarship pupil at Beaconhurst School, was awarded the Aegon Junior Player of the Month award after representing Great Britain during a successful Central America tour. The 15-year-old won one Singles title and one Doubles title, with GB colleague Fran Jones, at the International Tennis Federation Junior U18 tournaments. She also reached the fi nals of two more Singles competitions before narrowly losing out to American players.


Ali says: “I enjoyed the Central America competitions although it was pretty hot and humid over there so it was hard work on the court at times. I was pleased with my performances and chuff ed to win the Player of the Month competition. It was a nice surprise because I really wasn’t expecting it.”


It is the fi rst time Ali has won the award which is presented monthly by the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) to the GB player considered to have made the best contribution to British tennis.


The teenager’s winning performance began when she travelled to Central America for the Costa Rica Bowl in March making it to the Girls’ Singles Final before losing to USA’s Morgan Coppoc. She and her team-mates then headed to Panama for the Panama Bowl where Ali also reached the Singles Final but lost a tight three-set battle to American Amanda Meyer. Ali and her doubles partner Fran Jones then went on to beat USA’s Amanda Meyer and Anna Dollar in the Doubles Final. Next up on the tour was the Copa Sultana-Mayaguez in Puerto Rico, where Ali faced team-mate Fran in the Singles Final beating her 6-4, 6-2 in two sets.


Ali lives in Dunblane with her father Lee, mother Dawn and brother Max. She attends Beaconhurst School where, as a tennis scholar, she has a fl exible study programme to ensure she can combine playing national and international tennis with her schoolwork. Beaconhurst’s Director of Sport Judith Ramsay has watched Ali’s tennis career fl ourish over the past few years and is amazed by her achievements. She says: “We are so proud of Ali and to win the Aegon Junior Player of the Month award is just fantastic. It’s also good to see Ali taking advantage of the programme we off er and managing to keep up with her studies as well as her tennis.”


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