The main draws of the prestigious under 14 tournament start on Monday with a clutch of British players involved (plus 3 more in final qualifying), but only two (Shakeel Manji and Eleanor Dean) earning seedings. It is an event which Andy Murray won, whilst in 2008 Liam Broady and Laura Robson were finalists.
Q/LL v Joshua Paris (GBR) Riccardo Chessari (ITA) v Peter Ashley (GBR) Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) v (10) Shakeel Manji (GBR)
Girls singles R1 (L64)
Grace Dixon (GBR) v Marianna Zakarlyuk (UKR) Alice Keddie (GBR) v (8) Kanami Tsuji (JPN) Harriet Dart (GBR) v (4) Oleksandra Korashvili (UKR) Donna Vekic (CRO) v (11) Eleanor Dean (GBR) Katie Boulter (GBR) v (WC) Mathilde Armitano (FRA)
(Q) Elias El Khalifa (FRA) v Joshua Paris (GBR) (Q) Joshua Sapwell (GBR) v Daniel Windahl (SWE) Peter Ashley (GBR) d. Riccardo Chessari (ITA) 6-1 7-5 (10) Shakeel Manji (GBR) d. Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) 6-2 6-1 (Q) Alexander Sendegeya (GBR) v (WC) Takumi Tsunematsu (JPN) (Q) Josef Dodridge (GBR) v (Q) Jean Baptiste Neri Fuchs (FRA)
Girls singles R1 (L64)
Marianna Zakarlyuk (UKR) d. Grace Dixon (GBR) 6-4 6-1 (8) Kanami Tsuji (JPN) d. Alice Keddie (GBR) 6-2 6-2 (4) Oleksandra Korashvili (UKR) d. Harriet Dart (GBR) 6-2 6-2 (11) Eleanor Dean (GBR) d. Donna Vekic (CRO) 6-4 6-4 Katie Boulter (GBR) d. (WC) Mathilde Armitano (FRA) 7-6(4) 6-4
R2
Monika Stanikova (SVK) v (11) Eleanor Dean (GBR) (13) Belinda Bencic (SUI) v Katie Boulter (GBR)
Good wins for Eleanor in her first match for 4 months, and Katie, against players who have been semi-finalists in Orange Bowl under 12s. Unfortunately they are both in a strong quarter along with the American who won the Bolton warm-up and a rising star from the Netherlands (Indy de Vroome, who won the 2008 Orange Bowl under 12s, and has won back-to-back ITF events this month)
Joshua Paris (GBR) d. (Q) Elias El Khalifa (FRA) 7-5 7-5 (Q) Joshua Sapwell (GBR) d. Daniel Windahl (SWE) 6-2 6-2 Peter Ashley (GBR) d. Riccardo Chessari (ITA) 6-1 7-5 (10) Shakeel Manji (GBR) d. Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) 6-2 6-1 (WC) Takumi Tsunematsu (JPN) d. (Q) Alexander Sendegeya (GBR) 6-2 6-2 (Q) Jean Baptiste Neri Fuchs (FRA) d. (Q) Josef Dodridge (GBR) 7-5 6-7(6) 6-1
R2
(3) Oliver Nagy (SVK) v Joshua Paris (GBR) (Q) Joshua Sapwell (GBR) v (14) Bogdan Bobrov (RUS) Peter Ashley (GBR) v (4) Stefan Kozlov (USA) Philip Gresk (POL) v (10) Shakeel Manji (GBR)
Kozlov is a player to watch out for - he won the Eddie Herr U12s and last week's major under 14 event in Bolton - and he's only 11!
(3) Oliver Nagy (SVK) def Joshua Paris (GBR) 6-1 7-6 (Q) Joshua Sapwell (GBR) def (14) Bogdan Bobrov (RUS) 6-0 6-2 Peter Ashley (GBR) lost to (4) Stefan Kozlov (USA) 6-2 3-6 6-1 Philip Gresk (POL) def (10) Shakeel Manji (GBR) 2-6 6-3 6-1
Girls Doubles R32 Alice Keddie/ Christina Makarova (GBR/USA) lost to Stitiler/Townsend (USA) 6-3 4-6 108 Grace Dixon/ Daniella Silva (GBR/POR) Lost to Sharifova/Yuzefovich (RUS) 6-2 6-4 Katie Boulter/Eleanor Dean def Fernandes/Haddad Maia (POR/BRA) 6-4 6-3
L16
Katie Boulter/ Eleanor Dean def Lottner/Scholten (GER) 6-4 7-6