Boys & Girls: Flower Bulb Tournament, Netherlands - clay - Grade 4 (week 29)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Boys & Girls: Flower Bulb Tournament, Netherlands - clay - Grade 4 (week 29)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Poor Ben Heynold obviously lost - he was playing a legend !

Boys R2:

Jim HENDRIKX (NED) 7-5 6-3 Benjamin HEYNOLD (GBR) [14]

Toby SAMUEL (GBR) [10] 6-3 6-4 Diego DIGRACI (BEL)

Girls R1:

Holly STAFF (GBR) 4-6 6-4 6-1 Rixt VAN DER WERFF (NED)

Madelief HAGEMAN (NED) 6-4 6-2 Arabella MOEN (GBR)

A131 · Intermediate Club Player

Did the organisers have no option but to call it the Flower Bulb Tournament?! Was the other option the Pansy tournament?!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Great down to the wire victory for Holly:

Girls:

R2: Holly STAFF (GBR) 6-2 5-7 7-6(5) Yelizaveta KARLOVA (KAZ) [5]

Boys:

R3: Toby SAMUEL (GBR) [10] 6-2 3-6 6-4 Yamato SUEOKA (JPN) [7]

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

A131 wrote:
Did the organisers have no option but to call it the Flower Bulb Tournament?! Was the other option the Pansy tournament?!

I like the Flower Bulb name smile

Makes me think of tulips and little Peter sticking his finger in the dyke/flood wall and all that....

In the boys, Toby is through to the semis:

Boys QF: Toby SAMUEL [10]

-

Joshua DOUS KARPENSCHIF [16]

6-2 6-3

Holly just lost out, though, to the top seed:

Girls QF: Carole MONNET [1]

-

Holly STAFF

6-1 3-6 6-3

Both boys' teams are through to the semis in the doubles too:

Boys Dubs QF:

Benjamin HEYNOLD /
Harry LAZELL [7]

-

Diego DIGRACI /
Moritz SCHROETER

3-6 6-2 10-6

Samuel GUARIN /
Christian LERBY [1]

-

Joel PIERLEONI /
Toby SAMUEL [6]

2-6 3-6

Bella is also in the doubles semis and her SF match should be later today.

Strongbow · All-time great

Coup Droit wrote:
A131 wrote:
Did the organisers have no option but to call it the Flower Bulb Tournament?! Was the other option the Pansy tournament?!
I like the Flower Bulb name
Makes me think of tulips and little Peter sticking his finger in the dyke/flood wall and all that....
In the boys, Toby is through to the semis:
Boys QF: Toby SAMUEL [10]   -   Joshua DOUS KARPENSCHIF [16] 6-2 6-3
Holly just lost out, though, to the top seed:
Girls QF: Carole MONNET [1]   -   Holly STAFF 6-1 3-6 6-3
Both boys' teams are through to the semis in the doubles too:
Boys Dubs QF:
Benjamin HEYNOLD /
Harry LAZELL [7]   -
  -   Diego DIGRACI /
Moritz SCHROETER 3-6 6-2 10-6
Samuel GUARIN /
Christian LERBY [1]   -
  -   Joel PIERLEONI /
Toby SAMUEL [6] 2-6 3-6

Bella is also in the doubles semis and her SF match should be later today.

Historicaly it should be the "Tulip mania" Tournament but I don't think they'll go for that

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

It was a bust today in Tulipland:

Boys Singles SF:

Christian LERBY (NED) [2] 6-2 2-6 6-4 Toby SAMUEL (GBR) [10]

Boys Doubles SF:

KOKORO ISOMURA (JPN) / Yamato SUEOKA (JPN) [5] 6-0 6-3 Joel PIERLEONI (GBR) / Toby SAMUEL (GBR) [6]

Kei MANAKA (JPN) / Keisuke SAITOH (JPN) [3] 6-0 6-2 Benjamin HEYNOLD (GBR) / Harry LAZELL (GBR) [7]