Luke Bambridge leads the British hopefuls trying to emulate George Morgan and Jamie Delgado (winners in 2007 and 1991 respectively). The main draw starts tomorrow, and we also have one or two players left in qualifying, though Alex Sendegeya was an early casualty in the 256 (!) strong qualifying draw.
U14 R1 (L128)
Ilya Vasilyev (RUS) v Ryan Frankel (9) Kyle Edmund v Grant Solomon (USA) (3) Drew Dawson (USA) v Billy Harris Alexandros Balampanidis (GRC) v (Q) Thomas Hill Alexandru Gozun (MDA) v (9) Evan Hoyt Gustav Hansson (SWE) v (4) Luke Bambridge Nicholas Reyes (USA) v (17) Christopher Pearce
U12 R1 (L128)
William Archer v Raheel Manji (CAN) (1) Lucas Taylor v Vince Tabotabo (PHL) Henry Hall v (Q) Gabriel Pilones (USA) Julian Robinson v Justin Hill (CAN) Eduardo Camacho (CRI) v Tiran Sanghera
Lucas is one of 16 top seeds, and similarly Evan is one of 8 ninth seeds in the under 14s etc.
edit: qualifiers plus one missed player added
-- Edited by DavidC on Thursday 17th of December 2009 06:48:59 PM
A mixed day for the under 14s, with two seeds losing, but our two best bets Kyle Edmund and Luke Bambridge progressing through the opening two rounds, joined by two others.
U14 R1 (L128)
Ryan Frankel d. Ilya Vasilyev (RUS) 6-0 6-0 (9) Kyle Edmund d. Grant Solomon (USA) 6-2 6-3 Billy Harris d. (3) Drew Dawson (USA) 7-6(6) 7-6(2) (Q) Thomas Hill d. Alexandros Balampanidis (GRC) 6-2 6-0 (9) Evan Hoyt d. Alexandru Gozun (MDA) 6-3 6-2 (4) Luke Bambridge d. Gustav Hansson (SWE) 6-2 6-4 (17) Christopher Pearce d. Nicholas Reyes (USA) 6-3 6-2
R2
Ryan Frankel d. (LL) Baker Newman (USA) 0-6 6-2 6-2 (finally after 9 consecutive bagel sets Ryan manages to contrive a different result )
(9) Kyle Edmund d. Elliott Sprecher (USA) 6-3 6-3 Billy Harris d. (Q) Hyeon Chung (KOR) 7-5 6-1 (a remarkable pair of wins for Billy, following up the number 3 seed with last year's Eddie Herr and Orange Bowl under 12 champion)
(7) Joseph Di Giulio (USA) d. (Q) Thomas Hill 6-2 6-3 Noah Rubin (USA) d. (9) Evan Hoyt 6-3 6-2 (4) Luke Bambridge d. Ignacio Suanno (ARG) 6-3 6-0 Naoki Nakagawa (JPN) d. (17) Christopher Pearce 7-6(8) 6-3
R3
(6) Thai Kwiatkowski (USA) v Ryan Frankel (9) Kyle Edmund v Diego Pedraza (COL) Billy Harris v Or Ram (ISR) (LL) Amir Gal (ISR) v (4) Luke Bambridge
Ryan plays against the Eddie Herr finalist
-- Edited by DavidC on Sunday 20th of December 2009 10:32:18 AM
Raheel Manji (CAN) d. William Archer 6-2 6-0 (1) Lucas Taylor d. Vince Tabotabo (PHL) 6-3 6-3 (Q) Gabriel Pilones (USA) d. Henry Hall 5-7 6-0 7-5 Justin Hill (CAN) d. Julian Robinson v 6-0 6-3 Eduardo Camacho (CRI) d. Tiran Sanghera 6-6 rtd
(6) Thai Kwiatkowski (USA) d. Ryan Frankel 6-2 6-0 (9) Kyle Edmund d. Diego Pedraza (COL) 6-1 6-2 Or Ram (ISR) d. Billy Harris 6-3 7-5 (4) Luke Bambridge d. (LL) Amir Gal (ISR) 6-0 6-4
L16
(6) Thai Kwiatkowski (USA) v (9) Kyle Edmund (17) Nikko Madregallejo (USA) v (4) Luke Bambridge
A chance for Kyle to avenge his Eddie Herr defeat by the eventual finalist
Very good news for Kyle he not only won against the American but he also downed the number one seed in the quarter finals 6-0 in the third. No news of Luke as of yet.
(9) M. Mackenzie L Mcdonald (USA) d. (9) Kyle Edmund 4-6 7-5 6-4
Here's a composite report from Zoo Tennis / Orange Bowl website
The ending of McDonald's 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 win over fellow No. 9 seed Kyle Edmund of Great Britain was also odd. McDonald and Edmund battled evenly in their third set, exchanging service breaks early on the way to a 4-4 deadlock. After three hours of deuce game after deuce game, Edmund was serving at 4-5, but unable to get a first serve in. Down 15-30, Edmund struck what he thought was a backhand winner, but McDonald saw it just long, and the chair agreed, giving McDonald two match points. Edmund escaped the first when McDonald's forehand was wide. Edmund missed his first serve again, and the ball bounced into the stands. McDonald turned his attention to a youngster preparing to retrieve the ball, but Edmund was already hitting his second serve.
"He missed a first serve and it went over the fence and this kid was going to run after it," said McDonald. "So I told him to stop, and as I looked back the serve was already coming and he double faulted. So I got lucky there."
McDonald lost in the final today to the Vietnamese boy Thien Nguyen
3rd-4th place play-off
(17) Nikko Madregallejo (USA) d. (9) Kyle Edmund 6-3 6-4
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