Daniel Phillips underlined his potential after blazing his way to victory at last week’s Frinton Junior Open held at the Frinton Lawn Tennis and Squash Club in Essex, England.The promising player won the eight and under mixed singles division to make amends for coming up short in last year’s final at the same event.Phillips, who attends Somerset Primary, competed on smaller grass courts with the developmental red ball in a first to ten points match format.The Bermudian got off to a roaring start, brushing aside George Reynolds 10-1 in his opening match before going on to record equally emphatic wins over Sophia Middleton (10-2), Luke Pratt (10-0) and Kit Morley (10-4) in his remaining round-robin matches.Phillips then carried his dominant form in to the final round where he recorded convincing wins against Hugh Halfhide (10-3) and Henry Procter (10-4) to lift the title.Phillips is a product of the Temple of Tennis which is based at Port Royal Golf Course and headed up by former pro Ricky Mallory.Accompanying Phillips in the UK was Temple of Tennis director Sammy Maybury who said he was impressed by the youngster’s awesome prowess on court.“Daniel came out all business and his serve and volley strategy went up to a whole new level,” he said. “His topspin forehand and backhand was sharp while his serve and coming to the net to volley the ball in to the corner was just tremendous.”Maybury said Phillips’ footwork was equally as impressive.“He really stepped up his footwork,” he added. “His footwork was just tremendous.“Gavin Manders has been doing a lot of footwork drills with Daniel this summer and when you saw that footwork transferred to the tennis court it was just tremendous.”Phillips’ dominant display caught the eye of British talent performance coordinator and scout Mark Hayden who has invited the youngster to return to the UK later this year to try and qualify for the junior national championships.“Daniel has been invited back over to play in a regional tournament to qualify for the national championships,” Maybury said. “The Temple and his parents will definitely be looking to support him going forward.“The scout (Hayden) was totally impressed with Daniel’s footwork and aura during the tournament. He was serious and walked around the court as though the place belonged to him.”Also competing in the UK was Phillips’ sister, Imani, who lost her two matches in the girls ten and under division against India’s Sarah Skaria (4-2, 0-4, 1-4) and Sri Lanka’s Annali Olivelle (4-0, 4-0).Maybury said one of the primary objectives of the tour was to afford Phillips the opportunity to progress to the next rung of English junior tennis.“Last year the purpose was to get engaged but the intention this year was to win so that Daniel can be recognised and be put in to the next level of tennis development in England which was accomplished,” he added. “Every trip we go on we make sure we have a scout or a representative from the governing body to critique Daniel’s performance in order to give us the necessary information to assist him in terms of what we need to work on to tidy up his game.”Having already forged strong ties with Britain, Maybury said the Temple of Tennis now planned to establish a similar link in Spain in the not-too-distant future.