The penultimate top tier junior event of the year sees a relatively weak field, especially in the Boys event, where players outside the top 100 are seeded. With the majority of our top boys playing Spanish Futures it falls to 4th ranked 1993 boy Robert Carter to maintain interest, and he is fortunate to draw a local wildcard.
We have taken a strong contingent of 1993 girls to the far east for this event and a subsequent Grade 2, but they have been less fortunate, with 3 drawing seeds.
Boys R1 (L64)
(WC) Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) v Robert Carter (GBR)
Girls R1 (L64)
Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) v Lucy Brown (GBR) Daneika Borthwick (GBR) v (14) Ting-Fei Juan (TPE) Amy Askew (GBR) v (10) Sachei Ishizu (JPN) Elisha Gabb (GBR) v Yuki Ito (JPN) Francesca Stephenson (GBR) v (12) Emi Mutaguchi (JPN) Laura Deigman (GBR) v Hua-Chen Lee (TPE)
Matches again followed the rankings, with just one of the 32 seeds falling - to the player who now stands between Robert Carter and an unexpected place in round 3.
The doubles first round disappointingly resulted in defeats for Lucy/Fran and Elisha/Amy against lower ranked local players, but Daneika and her American partner (Noel Scott) survived. They have the daunting prospect of top seeds Mladenovic/Babos next.
Boys R1 (L64)
Robert Carter (GBR) d. (WC) Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 7-5 7-5
R2
Robert Carter (GBR) v Kaichi Uchida (JPN)
Girls R1
Hua-Chen Lee (TPE) d. Laura Deigman (GBR) 6-2 6-2
R2
Lucy Brown (GBR) v (16) Risa Ozaki (JPN) Elisha Gabb (GBR) v (3) Silvia Njiric (CRO)
Robert took advantage of his opportunity and is now just one win away from overtaking Andrew Bettles as the third highest 1993 boy. All interest in the Girls event evaporated with Daneika and partner losing 7-5 6-1 to the top seeds.
Boys R2
Robert Carter (GBR) d. Kaichi Uchida (JPN) 6-7(4) 6-2 7-5
R3
(8) Hiroyasu Ehara (JPN) v Robert Carter (GBR)
Girls R2
(16) Risa Ozaki (JPN) d. Lucy Brown (GBR) 6-3 6-0 (3) Silvia Njiric (CRO) d. Elisha Gabb (GBR) 6-3 6-3
