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ESIS - Edinburgh junior wins first match senior match

Edinburgh 15 year old, James McKie netted his first win at a senior tennis event yesterday.  Playing in the first qualifying round of the Scottish Open Men's $15,000 event at Craiglockhart he comfortably beat England's Craig Veal 6-2 6-1.

ESIS James McKie“I'm very happy and I played well,” said McKie after surviving his first match in a senior event.  “I was a bit nervous to start with but I kept the ball in court and didn't go for too many winners.” 

A member of Waverley Tennis Club and supported by the East of Scotland Institute of Sport, McKie won the Scottish Grand Prix under 16 title at Craiglockhart in August but has spent the past six weeks recovering from shin splints.  In today's final qualifying round, he faces England's David Rice.
 
Edinburgh's Graeme Dyce, winner of the Australian Open junior doubles event, will play his first match on Capital soil this year on Tuesday after earning a wild card into the main draw of the $15,000 event.

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