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The under 18s drew the short straw of the Czech Republic, who on ranking are the strongest team in the final (they lost to the second strongest Germany in qualifying, thanks to Robin Kern, who pushed Liam Broady at Wimbledon, beating Jiri Vesely). An opportunity for Josh or Toby to play the world number 1.

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DavidC wrote:

The draw for the under 16s has pitted GBR against Ukraine, who were hammered by Italy in singles, so I expect a comfortable passage. The other top nations, France and Italy, are in the opposite half, which should bolster our chances of making the final as last year.

 Evan Hoyt won the first rubber 1 & 2



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A very solid qualification for the Junior Davis Cupsmile   Next up is Israel who upset fourth seeds Germany in what always looked the most evenly matched contest. Their players (Or Ram-Harel and Igor Smilansky) are a step up from Ukraine's, ranked just outside the top 100 ITF. France and Italy won as expected to contest the other semi

(2)GBR 3 Ukraine 0

Evan Hoyt d. Yuriy Kryvoy 6-1 6-2
Kyle Edmund d. Pylyp Kekercheni 6-1 6-1
Bambridge/Hoyt d. Kekercheni/Kryvoy 6-2 6-2

SF

Israel v (2) GBR



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The under 18s found the Czechs too strong as expected

Under 18 QF

Caech Republic 3 (3) GBR 0

Toby Martin lost to Adam Pavlasek 4-6 2-6
Joshua Ward-Hibbert lost to Jiri Vesely 3-6 1-6
Ward-Hibbert/Hudson lost to Pavlasek/Jaloviec 6-2 6-7(5) 2-6

They play Belarus next for the minor places

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Hoyt beat the Israel number 2 Igor Smilansky 6-2 4-6 6-3. 1-0 GBR.

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And Edmund won 6-0 6-1 to send them into the final for the second straight year.

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Under 16 SF

(2) GBR 2 Israel 1

Evan Hoyt d. Igor Smilansky 6-2 4-6 6-3
Kyle Edmund d. Or Ram-Harel 6-0 6-1
Edmund/Bambridge lost to Smilansky/Ram-Harel 6-4 2-6 [6-10]

We've only appeared in the finals once before in the tournament's 36 year history, and as Wolf remarked that was last year. Tomorrow's final pits us against 3rd seeds Italy, who squeaked through against France (all 3 matches going to 3 sets). The Italians field Stefano Napolitano, who beat Liam at the Trofeo Bonfiglio and the top 1996 Gianluigi Quinzi. Their doubles team won the European Championships recently.


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The under 18s beat Belarus 3-0 with Oliver and Toby winning their singles in straight sets before Toby and Josh combined to win the doubles. They play off for 5th/6th tomorrow

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A magnificent effort sees the under 16s win the Borotra Cup for the first time smile - (scores unofficial from LTA twitter)

(2)GBR 2 (3)Italy 1

Evan Hoyt lost to Gianluigi Quinzi 6-7(3) 6-3 4-6
Kyle Edmund beat Stefano Napolitano 7-6(5) 6-4
Edmund/Bambridge beat ?Napolitano/Donati 7-6(0) 6-3



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Brilliant news, congratulations fellas!

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great coverage by the lta today, well played lads, edmund really has spearheaded the team the last week, dont think he has dropped a set

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Evan also stepped up, playing top 100 tennis judging by the results, so I hope he can carry that through to the forthcoming tournaments and join Kyle and Luke in the top 100 before the end of the year.

The LTA had someone in Le Touquet to provide Twitter updates, and also interviews with Greg and the team yesterday

http://www.lta.org.uk/News/2011/August/2011-08-01/GB-16U-Boys-into-European-Summer-Cup-Final/

Here's the Tennis Europe report on the final

http://www.tenniseurope.org/news_item.aspx?id=51694

The under 18s lost 2-1 to Poland (a win for Oliver) so finish 6th 



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well done to the team

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That's superb. Well won against very strong opposition.

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Here's the report on the Final, with video interviews http://www.lta.org.uk/News/2011/August/2011-08-01/Great-Britain-16U-boys-win-European-Summer-Cup/

If I remember right, this isn't the first time Greg Rusedski has had unprecedented success as the captain of a GB U16 team! smile



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