A strong British presence here, with several seeds (though the Czech website does not indicate information about exact seedings) and a return to Junior action for Liam Broady after a spell playing French money tournaments.
R1 (L64)
() Tom Allen (GBR) BYE () Jack Carpenter (GBR) BYE George Morgan (GBR) v Marius Merz (GER) () Lewis Burton (GBR) BYE () James Marsalek (GBR) BYE Tommaso Lago (ITA) v Liam Broady (GBR)
(7) Tom Allen (GBR) BYE (3) Jack Carpenter (GBR) BYE George Morgan (GBR) d. Marius Merz (GER) 6-0 6-2 (15) Lewis Burton (GBR) BYE (6) James Marsalek (GBR) BYE Liam Broady (GBR) d. Tommaso Lago (ITA) 6-2 6-3
R2
Jakub Eisner (CZE) v (7) Tom Allen (GBR) (3) Jack Carpenter (GBR) v Lucian Gheorghe (ROU) George Morgan (GBR) v (8) Lukas Vrnak (CZE) (15) Lewis Burton (GBR) v Christian Plattes (GER) (6) James Marsalek (GBR) v Alexandru Catalin Marasin (ROU) (16) Tomas Prokop (CZE) v Liam Broady (GBR)
Mixed results today, with the highlight being a thumping win for George over someone inside the top 150
R2
(7) Tom Allen (GBR) d. Jakub Eisner (CZE) 6-4 6-3 (3) Jack Carpenter (GBR) d. Lucian Gheorghe (ROU) 6-4 6-4 George Morgan (GBR) d. (8) Lukas Vrnak (CZE) 6-3 6-0 Christian Plattes (GER) d. (15) Lewis Burton (GBR) 6-3 6-7(6) 7-5 Alexandru Catalin Marasin (ROU) d. (6) James Marsalek (GBR) 6-4 3-6 6-3 (16) Tomas Prokop (CZE) d. Liam Broady (GBR) 6-1 7-6(4)
R3
Maik Ulrich (GER) v (7) Tom Allen (GBR) (3) Jack Carpenter (GBR) v (13) Thomas Bertsch (GER) (11) Leonard Stakhovsky (UKR) v George Morgan (GBR)
A good day in singles where we are assured of a semi-finalist, and hence good points, but all interest in the doubles has evaporated
R3
(7) Tom Allen (GBR) d. Maik Ulrich (GER) 6-1 6-3 (3) Jack Carpenter (GBR) d. (13) Thomas Bertsch (GER) 6-4 6-3 George Morgan (GBR) d. (11) Leonard Stakhovsky (UKR) 2-6 6-1 6-3
QF
Marco Cecchinato (ITA) v (7) Tom Allen (GBR) (3) Jack Carpenter (GBR) v George Morgan (GBR)
reckon George will win after he beat Carpenter so well
You're right, though I think I would have picked Tom to win, with his clay court record. Looks like George has moved up a gear or two lately, with his success at the European Juniors U16, and pleasing to see that he has done so on clay,
SF
George Morgan (GBR) d. (7) Tom Allen (GBR) 6-1 6-3
Final
George Morgan (GBR) v (2) Peter Heller (GER)
The German is ranked 78, won his last tournament and has compiled a 31-8 record this year, mainly on clay, and beat George on carpet at the Bavarian Junior open in February
Smidster's ranking estimate is good - George will move from 327 to around 180, and as he has no points to defend this year plus is below the allowed quota of 6 scoring tournaments there's plenty of scope for further improvement this year.
