Butler stays cool for victory

Tennis TeamBath Tennis Academy player Samm Butler won his firstTennis Europe event by taking the boys' under-14 doubles title atthe Kaleva Open in Finland.

Playing in Oulu, on the edge of the Arctic Circle, Butler andpartner Tom Coluatti beat Russian top seeds Nikita Zverkov andMichail Galyamov 6-1 6-3 in the final to take the title.

Butler also performed well in the singles. After winning hisqualifying- round match he battled his way to the final of the maindraw before going down 6-2 6-2 to Italy's Nicholas Compagnucci.

Ian Macdonald, Butler's coach at the TeamBath Tennis Academy,said: "It was a fantastic week for Samm. He deserves much credit fordoing the business on the match court."

Meanwhile, in Sweden, TeamBath Tennis Academy player ChrisHelliar reached his first ITF World Junior Tour singles final at theKramfors Junior Challenge.

Helliar was unseeded but reached the final before going down 6-26-2 to number two seed Tobias Blomgren from Sweden.

Ashley Hewitt reached the quarter- finals of the Uruguay Bowl inMontevideo, but lost 6-2 5-7 to Shuichi Sekiguchi of Japan.