Boys & Girls: French Open - Grade A (week 23)

DavidC · Tennis legend

RE: Boys & Girls: French Open - Grade A (week 23)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Luke makes Borna pay for his profligacy by breaking and holding for 5-2*

DavidC · Tennis legend

Luke had one matchpoint on the Croatian serve, but Coric held. He then went down 15-40, recovered to a second matchpoint but Coric has saved it and broken back

7-5 2-6 5-4*

DavidC · Tennis legend

Luke finally converts his 5th matchpoint to win 7-5 2-6 6-4

DavidC · Tennis legend

Luke is likely to play top seed Luke Saville next, but the Aussie's lack of clay court experience and tournament preparation could have contributed to him falling a set and a break down to Maxime Hamou. However he appears to have turned it round and leads 4-2 in the decider

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Good win Luke

DavidC · Tennis legend

Luke does indeed play Saville while Kyle will play Maxime Tchoutakian , who Luke beat narrowly in a recent Grade 2 final

DavidC · Tennis legend

R1: Luke Bambridge beat Borna Coric (CRO) 7-5 2-6 6-4
R1: (3) Liam Broady vs Karim Hossam (EGY) 1st match Ct 10
R1: Quentin Halys (FRA) beat (10) Josh Ward-Hibbert 6-4 6-1
R1: Kyle Edmund beat (16) Daniel Masur (GER) 6-3 7-6(6)

R2: (1) Luke Saville (AUS) v Luke Bambridge 3rd match court 14
R2: Kyle Edmund v Maxime Tchoutakian (FRA) 2nd match court 3

Liam and Josh are top seeds in doubles, and could meet Kyle (+ Israeli partner) in round 2. None of our doubles teams play tomorrow

DavidC · Tennis legend

Luke B gets his first break to get a foothold in the match at 0-6 4-3* (looking at the stats he has had as many breakpoints as Aussie Luke, but not taken them)

-- Edited by DavidC on Monday 4th of June 2012 02:34:20 PM

DavidC · Tennis legend

A topsy-turvy first set saw Liam go a break up only to drop serve twice in a row to trail 3-4*. It was then Liam's turn to break twice in a row to take the set 6-4

DavidC · Tennis legend

Liam takes the first breakpoint chance of set 2 to go up 6-4 4-1*

DavidC · Tennis legend

Games went without drama with serve to 5-3, but Liam was broken trying to serve it out

6-4 5-4*

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Good to see ITV taking an interest in the fate of our juniors, with brief interviews with both Kyle & Luke conducted by Selina Hinchcliffe.

The boys' doubles match-ups:

R1: (1) Liam Broady & Josh Ward-Hibbert vs Grégoire Barrere & Johan-Sébastien Tatlot (FRA/FRA)

R1: Bar Tzuf Botzer (ISR) & Kyle Edmund vs Mathias Bourgue & Kimmer Coppejans (FRA/BEL)

R1: Enzo Py & Maxime Tchoutakian (FRA/FRA) vs (8) Luke Bambridge & Kaichi Uchida (JPN)

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Come on Liam !

DavidC · Tennis legend

Liam 6-4 6-5*
Kyle 1*-2