Kota Kinabalu: Adrian Tan and Jashnavissri Uigneswaran emerged champions in the 2025 Sandakan Closed Tennis Championship held over the weekend.
Tan successfully defended his men’s open title by defeating Baharuddin Ladoding in the final and third place went to Braylen Odell, while Jashnavissri captured the women’s open title with the defeat of junior player Scharllotte Avryll Silvester in the final and third place was won by 11-year-old Sandra Allysa Silvester.
Jashnavissri and Scharllotte also took the women’s doubles title after defeating Audrey Khoo and Salistina Tandai in the final and in third place was the pairing of Norah Nilus and Chang Mew Jin.
The men’s doubles title was won by Mohd Asyamie Haffizie Suhaili and Braylen. Second place went to Johannes Belili and Baharudin Ladoding with Christopher Mark Malubay and Azwie Jafri in third place.
In the veteran category, main sponsor Christopher Lim and Sandakan District Tennis Association (SDTA) president Silvester Lawai finally won the men’s double title after 10 years of trying.
Second place went to Donald Lee and Rabahim Masdik with Rohjan Md Daud and Suhaili Aliuddin in third.
Christopher and Silvester also presented the prizes to the winners in the closing ceremony attended by Sabah Tennis Association president Johnson Koh, who is the life member of SDTA.
A total of 45 players took part in the competition and Silvester expressed his gratitude to Christopher for sponsoring the tournament for the past 10 years as well as to Johannes, Iruwan Amboragang and Rohjan for managing the competition.
