A good start with both Josh and Tom beating players of similar ranking
Boys R1 (L32)
Joshua Sapwell (GBR) d. Sonder Friis Soendergaard (DEN) 7-5 2-6 6-2 (Q) Marc Monier (FRA) v (4) Luke Bambridge (GBR) Tuesday Thomas Colautti (GBR) d. Alexander Lebedyn (UKR) 6-2 7-5
Luke completes a clean sweep for the boys, but there is an alarming scoreline for Eleanor, if the ITF have it the correct way round.
Luke plays a dangerous opponent next, someone who was ranked above him (top 5) in the under 14s. Tom faces a late developer, who according to the ITF only started playing tennis at the age of 80
Boys R1 (L32)
Joshua Sapwell (GBR) d. Sonder Friis Soendergaard (DEN) 7-5 2-6 6-2 (4) Luke Bambridge (GBR) d. (Q) Marc Monier (FRA) 3-6 6-3 6-3 Thomas Colautti (GBR) d. Alexander Lebedyn (UKR) 6-2 7-5
R2
(3) Bar Tsuf Botzer (ISR) v Joshua Sapwell (GBR) (WC) Enzo Py (FRA) v (4) Luke Bambridge (GBR) Thomas Colautti (GBR) v Remy Chala (FRA)
Girls R1 (L32)
(Q) Aliona Bolsova (MDA) d. (7) Eleanor Dean (GBR) 6-2 6-0
Luke has no difficulty beating the ambidextrous octogenarian - making his maiden Grade 2 final in style, gatecrashing the French party. That gives him enough points to get back into the top 50, which should be good enough for direct acceptance into the French Open
SF
(4) Luke Bambridge (GBR) d. Remy Chala (FRA) 6-1 6-2
F
(WC) Maxime Tchoutakian (FRA) or (7) Maxime Hamou (FRA) v (4) Luke Bambridge (GBR)
Congratulations to Luke on his first grade 2 singles title, won against a local player, which should make him safe for both Roland Garros and Wimbledon direct entry
F
(4) Luke Bambridge (GBR) d. (WC) Maxime Tchoutakian (FRA) 7-6(7) 7-5