Eagle Staff Report

The Texas Summer Grand Slam tennis tournament ended Friday, crowning a champion in the event's biggest division along with a couple of two-time winners.

Fifth-seeded Charles Boyce of Cedar Hill captured the Boys 16 singles title with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over No. 17 seed Grant Solomon of Dallas on Friday morning at Texas A&M's Mitchell Tennis Center. The Boys 16 bracket was the biggest of the eight divisions in the eight-day tournament, with more than 128 players competing in the USTA Super Champ event.

Both singles champions in the 12 and under categories earned two victories at this year's Grand Slam. Top seed Elizabeth Porter of Dallas posted a 7-5, 7-5 win over No. 2 seed Racquel Lyn of Sugar Land in the Girls 12 singles final. Porter shared the 12 Girls doubles title with Abigail Chiu of Austin.

In Boys 12 singles, top-seeded Jean Thirouin of Houston won the final 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-0 over second-seeded Cole Lawson of Spring. Two days earlier, Thirouin teamed with Bailey Showers of Bellaire to win doubles.

The only player in this year's Grand Slam to repeat as singles champion was Lilly Kimbell of New Braunfels, who claimed the Girls 18 crown on Thursday.

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