Earlier last month, the year-long HK Junior Tennis Series was brought to a terrific close following the conclusion of the Grand Masters tournament. Presiding over the prize presentation festivities was none other than former Hong Kong number one and the '92 Junior Series Best Girl Award recipient, Jacklyn Fu.   [Photo Gallery]

Hong Kong Life Presents: Tennis Stars of the Future 2008 concluded in grand style last Sunday at Kowloon Tsai Park, where a Pro-Celeb Tennis Classic, won by Kevin Cheng and Yu Hiu Tung, took place prior to the eagerly awaited prize presentation, especially for those youngsters who turned in good performances during the year-end Stage V Competitions.

Hong Kong's junior number one Dino Dell'Orto (ITF 151) successfully negotiated three rounds in the B18 singles qualifying to reach the maindraw of the 62nd Dunlop Orange Bowl before he was upended by 16th-seeded world No. 55 Dino Marcan of Croatia, 7-5, 6-3.

Like many of the top-ranked juniors around the world, Hong Kong number one Dino Dell'Orto heads to the Americas this week for the three highest graded tournaments remaining on the ITF calendar this year – the G1 Yucatan World Cup, G1 Eddie Herr, and the GA Dunlop Orange Bowl.

At the Asian 14 Under Championships 2008 – Bahrain, Kelvin Lam was halted in the quarterfinals in both boys' singles and doubles, while Vivian Lin took second-seeded Megha Sehrawat of India to a deciding set before exiting, 7-5, 2-6, 6-2, in round two of the girls' singles.

At the Grade 2 LTAT Junior Championships 2008 in Thailand, Dino Dell'Orto and Kelsey Stevenson combined to reach the boys' doubles final. However, the HK-Canadian duo came away second best against top-seeded Francis Casey Alcantara and Huang Liang-Chi in the title showdown, 6-1, 6-7, 6-2, earlier on Saturday.

Final day of the HK Open Junior Championships 2008 saw No. 4 seed Levente Godry of Hungary (ITF 599) become the sixth player since 1993 to capture both the boys' singles and doubles titles simultaneously.

Second-seeded Jarryd Botha of South Africa (ITF 398) and 4th-seeded Levente Godry of Hungary (ITF 599) both registered straight-set wins in the semifinals earlier today at the HK Open Junior Championships 2008 to set up a meeting in the boys' singles final on Saturday.

World junior circuit debutante Katherine Ip extended her Cinderella run by beating No. 5 seed Benyapa Phumtip of Thailand, 6-2, 6-2, today at the HK Open Junior Championships 2008 to join compatriot Sher Pui Wing in the girls' semis.

Local girls Katherine Ip, Wu Ho Ching, Sher Pui Wing, and Lorraine Cheung sent No. 4 seed Jang Yi-Bei, No. 8 Tsao Fang-Chi, No. 6 Vaniya Dangwal, and No. 2 Wang Danni tumbling out of the HK Open Junior Championships 2008 in the second round respectively.