Abanda and Onila are Doubles Finalists at Copa Milo
February 23, 2009
National Training Centre (NTC) participants Elisabeth Abanda (Montreal) and Emma Onila (Mississauga, Ontario) were finalists in girls’ doubles over the weekend at the Grade 2 Copa Milo in Santiago, Chile. Seeded eighth, Abanda and Onila overcame a close 3-6, 6-4 [10-8] match in the quarter-finals against Chile’s Cecilia Costa and Puerto Rico’s Monica Puig to move into the next round. They then cruised through the semis against a team from Hungary, but were outmatched in the final against No.2 seeds Stephanie Cornish of Great Britain and Angelique Van Der Meet of the Netherlands, falling 6-0, 6-1.
Compatriots Khristina Blajkevitch (New Westminster, British Columbia) and Elianne Douglas-Miron (Ottawa, Ontario) were also successful in doubles, advancing to the semifinals, before suffering a similar fate against Cornish and Van Der Meet. No.4 seeds Blajkevitch and Douglas-Miron were outlasted 1-6, 6-1 [10-4].
In girls’ singles, Blajkevitch reached the quarter-finals, falling to No.1 seed and eventual champion Camila Silva of Chile 5-7, 6-2, 7-5. Douglas-Miron and Abanda fell in the third round, while Emma Onila and Laurie Gingras (Beauport, Quebec) were defeated in the second round.