Jennifer Ren has flown over from South Africa and joins Jessica as a low seed. They may have been better off unseeded, as the low seeds have to play the top 4 seeds (if the seedings work out - and they have done more or less in the previous 2 legs of the Asian Grade 1s) in order to reach the quarter finals, the earliest point in which either can gain points.
Boys R1 (L64)
William Kwok (USA) v James Marsalek (GBR)
Girls R1 (L64)
(15) Jessica Ren (GBR) BYE (14) Jennifer Ren (GBR) BYE
A good win for James over a player of similar ranking and record, but he faces a tough task next against the finalist in Thailand, who also reached the Australian Open quarters and has an ATP ranking around 900
Boys R1 (L64)
James Marsalek (GBR) d. William Kwok (USA) 6-3 6-3
R2
(9) Suk-Young Jeong (KOR) v James Marsalek (GBR)
Girls R1 (L64)
(15) Jessica Ren (GBR) BYE (14) Jennifer Ren (GBR) BYE (WC) Marian Jade Capadocia (PHI) d. Manisha Foster (GBR) 6-4 6-1 (apologies for missing Manisha off originally)
R2
Ksenia Gospodinova (RUS) v (15) Jessica Ren (GBR) (14) Jennifer Ren (GBR) v Alessia Camplone (ITA)
The Rens have opted to play with different partners in the doubles.
Do you think Marsalek has any chance of getting his ranking high enough for a DE into Wimbledon or for the US Open?
A slim chance. He's currently got 225 points and needs to up that to around 400, which means he needs major points here and in Tokyo next week (after that if he plays any further junior events before the grass court season they are likely to be strong clay court tournaments with little chance of major progress). The Tokyo field is weaker so he may have a chance there, but realistically he will do well to gain direct acceptance to Wimbledon qualifying even. I wouldn't expect any of our 1992 boys to play junior events after Wimbledon except the US Open (plus or minus the Canadian) if they have enough points after Wimbledon for acceptance to the main or qualifying draw.
No official results from today's action on the ITF but according to a Phillipines newspaper report "unheralded Kalle Averfalk of Sweden, Spencer Simon of the US, James Marsalek of Great Britain and James Duckworth of Australia pulled off big wins over their fancied foes........Marsalek slew No. 9 Jeong Suk Young of Korea, 6-4, 7-5;" (I didn't realise that they had to fight to the death )
Unfortunately it doesn't get any easier for James, as he will have to play Duckworth next, who is the former top 20 player who beat Oliver Golding in the Australian Open.
No official results from today's action on the ITF but according to a Phillipines newspaper report "unheralded Kalle Averfalk of Sweden, Spencer Simon of the US, James Marsalek of Great Britain and James Duckworth of Australia pulled off big wins over their fancied foes........Marsalek slew No. 9 Jeong Suk Young of Korea, 6-4, 7-5;" (I didn't realise that they had to fight to the death )
Unfortunately it doesn't get any easier for James, as he will have to play Duckworth next, who is the former top 20 player who beat Oliver Golding in the Australian Open.
. . . . . . . . . Okay, I admit I giggled.
-- Edited by Maza1987 on Wednesday 24th of March 2010 11:28:55 PM
Jenny definitely outplaying her little sis at the moment. Leykina is a good yardstick and has a promising future so that must be one of Jen's best wins. Jen coming through as our best 93 girl at the moment.
Excellent win for Jennifer, the second of her career over someone in the top 50. Leykina beat Heather in the Eddie Herr, so a good scalp after scraping through a tight one yesterday. Ran Tian is a Chinese girl who performed strongly in Grade 4s last year, but hasn't much experience in top grade events. Nevertheless she beat the 5th seed this week.
Jessica is the only one left in the doubles, up against the top seeds in the quarters
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