Boys & Girls: ITF Juniors - Roehampton - ITF Grade 1 - 2008.

Salmon · Tennis legend

RE: Boys & Girls: ITF Juniors - Roehampton - ITF Grade 1 - 2008.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Girls draw and results from OZTENNIS on Tennisforum.

Oudin (USA) (1) def Piven (UKR) (Q) 6-1 6-1
Tabakova (SVK) def Mulsap (THA) 6-0 6-2
Ishizu (JPN) (LL) def Hogenkamp (NED) 6-4 6-3
Orlik (BLR) def Babos (HUN) (16) 6-2 6-2

Yang (HKG) (10) def Brook (GBR) (WC) 6-4 6-1
Vandeweghe (USA) (WC) def Zaniewska (POL) 6-0 6-1
Holland (AUS) def ??? (Watson) (GBR) (WC) 6-3 6-2
??? Watson (GBR) (WC) def Williams (GBR) (LL) 6-1 6-1

Lertcheewakarn (THA) (3) def Mills (USA) (Q) 6-4 6-0
Susanyi (HUN) def Windley (GBR) (WC) 6-2 6-1
Guarachi (USA) def Hopper (AUS) 6-2 6-4
Kerkhove (NED) (14) def Linhova (CZE) 6-4 6-4

Gumulya (INA) def Curtis (GBR) (12) 7-6(1) 4-6 6-4
Sirotkina (RUS) def Smith (CAN) (Q) 6-1 7-6(4)
Doi (JPN) def Cornish (GBR) (WC) 6-0 6-1
Chala (FRA) def Jovanovski (SRB) (5) 4-6 6-4 7-6(2)

Rompies (INA) (7) def Cunningham (GBR) (Q) 6-0 2-6 6-4
Slater (GBR) (Q) def Luknarova (SVK) 3-6 6-4 7-6(3)
Mladenovic (FRA) def Peers (AUS) 6-4 6-2
Yamasoto (JPN) (9) def Bartnik (USA) 2-6 6-4 6-1

Spremo (SRB) def Grymalska (ITA) (13) 6-4 6-4
Lertpitaksinchai (THA) def Pimkina (RUS) 6-4 6-4
Kurillova (RUS) (Q) def Whybourn (GBR) (Q) 7-6(5) 6-0
Bogdan (ROU) (4) def Moore (GBR) (WC) 2-6 6-3 6-2

Konta (GBR) (6) def Buchina (RUS) 6-3 7-6(5)
Gorny (RSA) def Easterbrook (GBR) (WC) 6-2 3-6 6-0
Robson (GBR) def Borecka (CZE) 6-3 6-1
Burdette (USA) (11) def Narattana (THA) 6-1 6-1

Sotnikova (UKR) def Jani (HUN) (15) 7-6(3) 7-6(2)
Dabrowski (CAN) (LL) def Gregorians (GBR) (Q) 6-1 6-1
Broady (WC) def Gunuganti (IND) (Q) 6-3 6-2
Rus (NED) (2) def Calderwood (AUS) 2-6 6-3 6-2

Grr... our two best Junior players are in the same section.

I'm glad that Broady plays Rus early on. This event is meaningless for her, and the only way to gain from this is to play and defeat some big name like Rus, Vandeweghe or Oudin.

Bad draw for Tara.

Salmon · Tennis legend

From d_s on MTF.

Borut Puc SLO def (1)Tsung Hua Yang TPE | 2-6 6-3 6-3
Cristobal Saavedra Corvalan CHI def (LL)Faris Akhazzan GBR | 6-3 6-2
Guillaume Rufin FRA def (Q)Lewis Barnes GBR | 6-2 6-1
Andrew Thomas AUS def (14)Alexandre Folie BEL | 6-4 7-6(9)

Vasek Pospisil CAN def (9)Peerakit Siributwong THA | 6-3 6-2
Marin Draganja CRO def Niall Angus GBR | 6-1 5-7 6-4
(Q)Alessandro Giannessi ITA def Ty Trombetta USA | 7-5 3-6 7-5
Mirza Basic BIH def (5)Ryan Harrison USA | 3-6 6-1 6-4

Jared Easton AUS def (4)Henrique Cunha BRA | 7-6(4) 6-4
(Q)Dane Propoggia AUS def Jose Hernandez DOM | 7-6(8) 6-2
(LL)Tom Knights GBR def Giacomo Miccini ITA | 7-5 6-2
(13)Bradley Klahn USA def (Q)Devin Britton USA | 6-1 6-2

Ze Zhang CHN def (12)Marcus Willis GBR | 6-4 6-1
Takanyi Garanganga ZIM def (LL)Hiroyasu Ehara JPN | 2-6 6-3 6-3
(Q)Dominic Hodgson GBR def Alex Sanders AUS | 3-6 6-0 6-4
(8)Alexei Grigorov RUS def Jarryd Botha RSA | 6-2 7-6(6)

(7)Cedric Stebe GER def (Q)Ashley Watling GBR | 7-6(7) 6-3
(WC)James Marsalek GBR def Daniel Evans GBR | 6-4 1-6 7-5
Jarmere Jenkins USA def (WC)Michael Thompson GBR | 3-6 6-1 6-2
(11)David Goffin BEL def Kittipong Wachiramanowong THA | 7-5 1-6 6-3

(15)Christopher Rungkat INA def Gilad Ben Zvi ISR | 6-4 6-2
(Q)Daniel Smethurst GBR def Lorenzo Papasidero ITA | 6-2 7-5
(LL)Harry Fowler USA def (Q)Blaz Rola SLO | 3-6 6-3 7-6(5)
Matt Reid AUS def (3)Yuki Bhambri IND | 6-4 6-3

(WC)Neil Pauffley GBR def (6)Marcelo Arevalo ESA | 7-5 7-6(4)
Milos Raonic CAN def Hiroki Moriya JPN | 4-6 7-5 6-1
(WC)James Chaudry GBR def Di Wu CHN | 5-7 6-3 6-4
Daniel Cox GBR def (10)Chase Buchanan USA | 6-1 6-4

(16)Henri Kontinen FIN def Juan Carlos Spir COL | 6-4 7-5
(WC)Federico Gaio ITA def (WC)Jordan McCulloch GBR | 7-6(3) 6-3
Mark Verryth AUS def Axel Michon FRA | 6-3 6-4
(2)Cesar Ramirez MEX def (WC)George Morgan GBR | 6-2 6-2

Weird loss for Marcus there but nevermind as he'll be fresh next week. Gaio has all the luck - first he got a WC and I don't know how, then he drew a plum (no offence to Jordan and I'm sure he'll improve a lot with time as he is young).

Good to see Pauffers take the seed out and Chaudry is starting to show sparks of promise (it's high time).

Loving Coxy's win over Chase, who has won a 10K recently. The title's there to be taken for him... and if he doesn't, it doesn't matter. Win-win!

-- Edited by Greenleaf at 10:00, 2008-06-23

Salmon · Tennis legend

JT have posted the draws at last! http://www.juniortennis.com/Tournaments/tourna_live_home.php?tid=2552

They had great coverage last year, with scores updated every few hours.

Second round:

Heather Watson vs. Isabella Holland of Australia
Laura Slater vs. Jessie Rompies of Indonesia
Johanna Konta vs. Monica Gorny of South Africa
Laura Robson vs. Mallory Burdette of the USA
Naomi Broady vs. Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands

Thomas Knights vs. Bradley Klahn of Germany
Dominic Hodgson vs. Alexei Grigorov of Russia
James Marsalek vs. Cedric-Marcel Stebe of Germany
Daniel Smethurst vs. Christopher Rungkat of Indonesia
Neil Pauffley vs. Milos Raonic of Canada
James Chaudry vs. Daniel Cox

Salmon · Tennis legend

Tough matches for Heather, Naomi, Chaudry, Marsa, Knights and Pauffley. 50-50 matches for La Robson and Hodgson (if he plays like he has been playing) and very winnable ones for Cox, Smethurst and Konta.

richo · Junior player

i dont think that saying they are too good for juniors is right.. as all you have to do is look at their results no one is doubting that they are very talented and could have a good future but why waste the oppurtunity of playing all these matches at a high level compared to winning a match every other week,, or having a good run every month why not mix them both up

Salmon · Tennis legend

Well, most top players quit Juniors when they turn 17. All of the top 1990 born players in the world are playing Futures and Challengers full time.

Plus Cox, Evans and Smethurst underperform badly in Juniors for no reason at all, which is weird!

Salmon · Tennis legend

Anyway, it's never too late to start if you have the hunger. Roddick started playing men's tennis very late (at around 18) compared to people like Gasquet but look at the difference between them now!

richo · Junior player

its what ever work best and feels most comfortable for the player i suppose we could have this conversation all day and never agree, and no one can really comment with out finding out what the players want

Salmon · Tennis legend

So true!

Salmon · Tennis legend

Cox won 1 and 5. Chaudry did well in the second set.
Smethurst won 4 and 4.
Marsa lost 1 and 1.
Knights lost 2 and 2.
Hodgson lost 3 and 1.
No news on Pauffers.

La Robson won 1 and 0.

Konta won 0 and 1.
Broadster won 6-2; 3-6; 7-6(5).

Great win against a future top 100 player.
Watson won 6-3; 1-6; 6-3.

Slater lost 4 and 3.

The boys did as they were expected. But some wins there for Watson, Broady and Robson!

richo · Junior player

i think pauffley won aswell.. wouldnt put it past smethy or coxy to win this

Salmon · Tennis legend

Yes. Shame that they aren't in two different halves.

richo · Junior player

didnt realise they were in the same half o well they can still both make what quaters or semis?

who do they play next??

Salmon · Tennis legend

Both can make the semis.

Cox plays Pauffers. Smethy plays Matt Reid [ranked 32] of Australia. Smethy beat Reid at Roland Garros, so should be the favourite here. That said, Reid must be quite good since he beat Yuki Bhambri in the first round here and Bhambri is a class apart from most in the field in terms of results.