Kingham and Eccles top the National Series standings

October 23, 2025 | Paul Stimpson

Isaac Kingham (pictured above) was undefeatable as he justified top seeding by heading the top division after the first weekend of the National Series.

He was extended to four games but never to five as he finished the weekend clear of Leo Nguyen, who won four and lost two, with Francesco Bonato (3-3) in third.

In Division 2, William Hopkins won five of his six matches to finish just ahead of Prayrit Ahluwalia and Angad Saggu, who both won four.

Saggu was the player who beat Hopkins, by a 3-2 (12-10, 1-11, 4-11, 11-9, 11-3) scoreline, while Hopkins came from 3-0 down to defeat Hassan Damji 11-9 in the fifth.

In the corresponding girls†category, the top seed on paper, Rachael Iles, pulled out and it was Eva Eccles who topped the standings having won five out of six.

She lost out to Anjali Singh, 11-6 in the fifth, though Singh could only end the day in fourth spot with a 3-3 record, behind Catherine Lv and Brooke Morris, who both won four.

Eccles and Lv went to five, Eccles coming from 2-1 down to win, while Lv beat Singh 3-2 (11-7, 10-12, 4-11, 15-13, 11-6) and Morris also got the better of Singh in a decider, coming from 2-1 down.

The second division saw Maja Wojcicka win all five to finish clear of Daisy Watson in second.

In the top division of the Under-15 Boys, Oscar Nikolli won six out of seven to finish a point clear of two Ryans, Goodier and Holland, who won five. Noah Byrne-Smith won four and will feel frustrated to have lost out to both Holland and Goodier in the fifth.

Rishaan Sawant won all seven matches and only dropped three games to head Division Two from Harrison Hill and Finley Aitken.

Connor Godley topped Division Three on countback ahead of Teagan Khazal and Charlton Ngitngit after all three won four and lost two, while Aarav Pahwa edged out Louis Green at the top of Division Four.

There was a three-way tie at the top of the top division in the Under-15 Girls†event, with Alyssa Nguyen on top ahead of Hannah Saunders and Kiishi Adekola.

All three won five and lost one – and Nguyen only dropped three games, all when she was defeated 3-2 (6-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-4) thanks to Adekolaâ€s fine comeback.

Saunders beat Adekola 3-0 (8, 2, 3), while Nguyen beat Saunders 3-0 (8, 6, 8).

Division Two is headed by Sienna Svoboda, who won five out of six matches to stand two points clear of a clutch of four players who won three and lost three. Svobodaâ€s defeat was to Chloe Kniep in four.

In Division Three, Isabelly Lorrana is at the top, with four wins from five, just ahead of three players with 3-2 records, among them Jessie Daniel, who beat Lorrana.

Sai Prasanna Kumar is top of the Under-13 Boys†top division, with six wins from seven putting him ahead of Malek Shamakh.

It was Zacharia Sarri, who finished in seventh spot, who beat Kumar, by a 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 12-10) scoreline. Kumar edged out Shamakh 13-11 in the fifth when the top two met.

Oliver Glowacki and Tyler Shalson both won six and drew one in Division Two, with Glowacki on top of the countback. It was Glowacki who beat Shalson, but he lost out to Christopher Darby.

The girls†top division is headed by Isabella Xiao Xu, who won six and drew one, the same record as Phoebe Oâ€Brien. It was Oâ€Brien who inflicted the defeat on Xu, by a 3-2 (7-11, 11-9, 5-11, 13-11, 12-10) scoreline. Oâ€Brienâ€s defeat was to Bethany Yang.

Nyasha Roberts is top of Division Two ahead of both Evie Turner-Samuels and Saskia Svoboda on countback, all three having a 5-1 record.

Roberts beat Svoboda, who in turn beat Turner-Samuels, who herself defeated Roberts.

Results and tables

Under-19 Boys | Under-19 Girls
Under-15 Boys | Under-15 Girls
Under-13 Boys | Under-13 Girls

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