Young tennis star Jurence Mendoza has won the singles championship in the Consolation round and with his partner Basil Khuma of India finished runners-up in the doubles finals in Belgium.

Roland Kraut, one of the coaches on the ITF Team Asia 14 and under Europe Tour informed us that in the fifth and last leg of the ITF Team Asia 14 and under Europe Tour in Hasselt, Belgium.

Mendoza was Champion in the Singles consolations playing some fine tennis to overcome Omar Gamal El Din of Egypt  6-1, 6-4 in the finals

Mendoza earlier blasted Mateusz Terczynski of Poland who is ranked No. 177 in Europe  6-1, 6-1, blanked Marc Blancaneaux of France  (Europe #220) 6-0, 6-0 before ripping Mounir Ferchichi of Tunisia 6-2, 6-0.

Kraut reported that in the doubles the unseeded pair of Jurence Mendoza and Basil Khuma of India reached the finals but lost against 4th seeds Silas Araujo De Cerquierra of Brazil and Pedro Iamachkine of Peru to grab runner-up honors.

On the way to the finals Mendoza and Khuma scored a stunning  upset over  No. 2 seeds Christian Carli and Jacopo Stefanini of Italy in the quarter finals winning easuly 6-1, 6-1 and No. 7 seeds  Clement Green and Arnaud Koutenkakis of Belgium in the first round in a monumental struggle 7-5, 6-7, 11-9 after being down two match points at 7-9 in the third. They also hammered Cellupica Towers and Jack Haworth of Great Britain  6-1, 6-0 in the second round and overcame Colin Wong and Walterschied Tukic of Germany  in a much tougher semi final showdown  6-3, 7-5.

The tennis coach said Mendoza had to sit out last week’s 4th leg in Cologne, Europe because of  a slight tear in his groin during the 3rd week in France and  had to retire in his singles match while being one set up. Kraut said Mendoza seventy percent ready to play last week but he  thought it was better for him to rest and fully recover rather than risk further injury.

In the final stop Mendoza was again  unlucky in the draw and faced 10th seed and Europe #59 Xander Veys of Belgium in the first round and lost 2-6, 3-6. Veys was one of the favorites in the draw after impressive runs in the last 2 tournaments, and playing in his home town.

Kraut said they are heading back to Manila on Sunday after six weeks of competition in France, Holland, Germany and Belgium.

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