Boys: AEGON Scottish Junior International Wk 1, Edinburgh - Grade 5 (Week 27)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Boys: AEGON Scottish Junior International Wk 1, Edinburgh - Grade 5 (Week 27)

DavidC · Tennis legend

The first round was completed today, with Clay Crawford giving a w/o. There was a tight contest between James Ireland and Juan Carlos Ferrero Academy student Tom Gutteridge - the former shading three 7-5 sets. All the results on the above link.

Smidster · Challenger level

Into the QF's we have 5 players reamining

Robert Carter (7) who plays number 1 seed Havaj
(3) Robin Goodman who will play a Pakistani
WC Lloyd Grasspool (who beat the German number 5 seed) will play 4th seed Brit James Ireland
Qualifier Jonathan Brooklyn (who beat 2nd seed Westgate in R2) will play 6th seed Frenchman

tennisfan84 · Junior player

Wow, didn't know Gutteridge was playing over in Spain now. I played him in a student competition last year. He beat me pretty comfortably but I'm surprised his taking it that seriously. He must be younger than he looked!

DavidC · Tennis legend

tennisfan84 wrote:

Wow, didn't know Gutteridge was playing over in Spain now. I played him in a student competition last year. He beat me pretty comfortably but I'm surprised his taking it that seriously. He must be younger than he looked!

Tom's 17 later this month, and there are photos of all the current academy members here:

http://www.equelite.com/seccion.asp?idseccion=8056&indice=1

The singles resolves into a couple of Anglo-French semis, with both French boys in ominously good form, yet to drop a set in singles or doubles

QF

(7) Robert Carter (GBR) d. (1) Filip Havaj (SVK) 2-6 6-2 6-4
Lucas Pouille (FRA) d. (3) Robin Goodman (GBR) 6-1 6-1
(WC) Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) d. (4) James Ireland (GBR) 6-1 6-3
(6) Mathias Bourgue (FRA) d. (Q) Jonathan Brooklyn (GBR) 6-2 6-1

SF

(7) Robert Carter (GBR) v Lucas Pouille (FRA)
(WC) Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) v (6) Mathias Bourgue (FRA)

DavidC · Tennis legend

The two French boys look poised to pick up both titles

SF

Lucas Pouille (FRA) d. (7) Robert Carter (GBR) 6-1 6-2
(6) Mathias Bourgue (FRA) d. (WC) Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) 7-5 6-2

Doubles Final

(3) Bourgue/Pouille (FRA) v (4) Carter/Glennon (GBR)

DavidC · Tennis legend

The boys prevented a French clean sweep:

Doubles Final

(4) Carter/Glennon (GBR) d. (3) Bourgue/Pouille (FRA) 6-3 6-4

In the Tennis Europe Category 3 event also held here top seed Shakeel Manji, our highest ranked 1996 boy, prevailed, beating Alex Sendegeya (who was discussed at length in a previous thread) in the semis.