Boys & Girls: 53rd Astrid Bowl Charleroi, Belgian International Junior Championships, clay - Grade 1 (Week 22)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Boys & Girls: 53rd Astrid Bowl Charleroi, Belgian International Junior Championships, clay - Grade 1 (Week 22)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Barnaby next plays an American who won a G1 recently without dropping a set, but on hard courts. Hope Ali's retirement is precautionary, but it won't be because of Roland Garros, as she is only 26th alt

Boys R2

(10) Barnaby Smith d. (Q) Tristan Boyer (USA) 6-3 6-7(2) 6-4

R3

(10) Barnaby Smith v (6) Alexandre Rotsaert (USA)

Girls R2

(9) Hurricane Tyra Black (USA) d. Ali Collins 4-1 rtd
(10) Anhzelika Isaeva (RUS) d. (Q) Emma Raducanu 6-4 7-6(4)

DavidC · Tennis legend

British interest ended today with a straight sets defeat for Barnaby. The silver lining was that it enables him to take part in Roland Garros qualifying - if he had won he would have been out of RG as two higher ranked players on the qualifying list are still in the draw here, and hence take the Special Exempts

Boys R3

(6) Alexandre Rotsaert (USA) d. (10) Barnaby Smith 6-3 6-2

tharris · Intermediate Club Player

I see Emma's conqueror has made it to the final.

Mervatron2 · Futures level

Seems to be the case quite often. Rotten draws for her then.

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Strikes me as a good thing particularly as the second set went to a tie break, it just reflects that this is the right level for Emma and Holly to be playing at.