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Saturday, July 2, 2011

Gardiner is on a roll.

David does it again and again. 

This isn't the first time I have written pieces about David this season and i'm predicting now, it won't be the last either.

In a previous article I spoke about David being a player to watch for the season ahead and he hasn't let me down.

A couple of weeks ago he travelled to Malahide to take on Ireland's best juniors both in his own age group of U-16 and also the U-18 event.

David was seeded 1 in the U-18 event and true to the seeding he came through to the finals where he took on and beat Galways' Michael Clarkson 6-0, 6-1.

The U-16 event was the big one.
Here David was seeded 2, and considering he was seeded 1 in the U-18 event it just shows how difficult this draw was. David made it to the final where his opponent was Coilin MacNamara.
Coilin hadn't lost at this age group yet this year.  David has played Coilin on a few occassions over the last couple of years and they have always had good battles, with results being unpredictable and both tasting success.

There was, however, only going to be one winner this time and with the form David has being showing it was he who succeeded on a scoreline of 6-2, 6-4.

Following Malahide was the Munster Senior Open, where as a fourteen year old David was the youngest in the draw.  Age didn't seem to matter and playing beyond his years David beat senior interpros along the way before succumbing to eventual winner Jamie Blake in the semi finals.

After good performances in singles and doubles David headed to Naas Junior Open with confidence high.
Playing in the U-16 singles, David was seeded 2 behind Sean O Rourke, his doubles partner.
Following some very impressive performances and none more so than the final, David beat Eoin Fitzsimons 6-2, 6-0 to add to his list of titles for the year.

Then teaming up with Sean they took on the number 1 and 2 from the U-18 singles draw and won 6-4, 6-2, to give David another double in Leinster.

Congratulations David and I have no doubt there is more to come.

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