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Double delight for cool Calnan
3:46pm Thursday 24th July 2008
TENNIS: Ben Calnan has shot up the junior world rankings after back-to-back tournament victories.
The 16-year-old, from Kidlington, triumphed in the Danish Junior Cup and then followed this up with success in the Scottish Junior International Championships.
It has propelled him from No 719 to 430 in the Under 18 world rankings.
Seeded No 3 in Denmark, Calnan, a member at North Oxford, came from a set down in the final to beat fellow Brit Mat Thomson 4-6, 6-0, 6-3.
On the way to the final in Edinburgh, Calnan saw off the highly-regarded George Morgan and Ahmed El Menshawy.
He then produced some of his best tennis in the final to record a convincing 6-1, 6-1 victory over Marc Westgate.
Calnan has been training at the TeamBath Tennis Academy for just a couple of months, a switch that appears to be working wonders.
Director of Tennis, Barry Scollo, said: "To win back-to-back tournaments at any level is a great achievement.
"Ben is playing very well and is a very cool, determined character which is a real advantage."
Calnan remains in Portugal for a further ITF event, before setting off to Portugal next month.
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