Daniel Phillips who has spent time at the Rafael Nadal Tennis Academy in Spain, is back on the Island and he took part in the recently concluded BLTA Junior Tennis Tournament.
Phillips played in the Under 14 and Under 16 Divisions, winning the Under 14, and finishing as a runner up in the Under 16 Division going down to Matthew Doe from the UK, who played in the 2016 Bank of Bermuda Foundation ITF Junior Tournament at the WER Joell Tennis Stadium.
Veteran coach Sam Maybury has seen the development of Phillips over the years said, “Daniel is a special one =, we saw something years ago and we are just watching the youngster develop into a man right before our eye’s.”