Peter Ashley aims to go one better than Luke Bambridge last year, who won the Eddie Herr followed by the American tournament bridging the gap to the Orange Bowl but was unable to complete the hattrick. Joshua Sapwell's fine year in Europe culminating in the Masters title earns him the number 1 seeding.
Under 14 R1 (L128)
(1) Joshua Sapwell (GBR) v Terrell Whitehurst (USA) Shakeel Manji (GBR) v Ivan Liutarevich (BLR) Alex Sendegeya (GBR) v Jared Donaldson (USA) (Q) v (3) Peter Ashley (GBR)
Under 12 R1 (L128)
Ignacio Ascarrunz (BOL) v Ivan Bennett (GBR) Timur Chelmodeev (RUS) v Antonio Carpasso (GBR) (1=) Nathan Ponwith (USA) v Tiran Sanghera (GBR) Camilo Ponce (ECU) v (1=) Charles Broom (GBR)
Similar strength - they have just adjusted the seedings. The boy who was top seed at the Eddie Herr suddenly becomes unseeded (!) whilst the two unseeded Belgian semi-finalists have gained seedings as a result. The Les Petits As finalist is another dangerous floater.
Alex Sendegeya (GBR) d. (LL) Gustavo Gonzalez (MEX) 6-2 6-0
R2
(1) Joshua Sapwell (GBR) v (Q) Alfredo Perez (USA) (Q) George Hedley (GBR) v Tim Portnoy (CAN) (9) Filippo Baldi (ITA) v Shakeel Manji (GBR) Alex Sendegeya (GBR) v (Q) Nikita Matveyko (RUS) Simon Stevens (BEL) v (3) Peter Ashley (GBR)
Filippo Baldi is the strong Italian number 2 who crushed Peter Ashley on clay in the European Summer Cup
Ignacio Ascarrunz (BOL) d. Ivan Bennett (GBR) 7-6(5) 6-4 Timur Chelmodeev (RUS) d. Antonio Carpasso (GBR) 6-3 6-2 (1=) Nathan Ponwith (USA) d. Tiran Sanghera (GBR) 6-1 6-2 (1=) Charles Broom (GBR) d. Camilo Ponce (ECU) 6-2 4-6 7-5
After rain washed out Saturday's play the under 14s have finally completed their second round matches
U14 R2
(1) Joshua Sapwell (GBR) d. (Q) Alfredo Perez (USA) 6-2 6-2 (Q) George Hedley (GBR) d. Tim Portnoy (CAN) 7-5 6-4 (9) Filippo Baldi (ITA) d. Shakeel Manji (GBR) 6-3 6-3 Alex Sendegeya (GBR) d. (Q) Nikita Matveyko (RUS) 6-0 6-3 (3) Peter Ashley (GBR) d. Simon Stevens (BEL) 7-5 6-1
R3
(1) Joshua Sapwell (GBR) v Arturs Lazdins (LVA) (5) Hyeon Chung (KOR) v (Q) George Hedley (GBR) Alex Sendegeya (GBR) v Alexander Zverev (GER) Justin Roberts (BHS) v (3) Peter Ashley (GBR)
(5) Hyeon Chung d. George Q Hedley 6-0; 6-4 (1) Joshua Sapwell d. Arturs Lazdins 6-1; 6-3 Alexander Sendegeya d. Alexander Zverev 6-2; 6-3 (3) Peter Ashley d. Justin Roberts 6-2; 6-2
Round 4:
(1) Sapwell v Restrepo Sendegeya v Chepelev Coric v (3) Ashley
Alex's next opponent is in Europe's U14 top 10 but Peter scraped past him in the QF last week. Peter's opponent cruised to the U14 Nike Masters warm-up last week.
-- Edited by Aeneas on Monday 20th of December 2010 09:29:38 PM