As there is no British interest in this week's Grade 2 (China) the most significant tournament for us is this Grade 4 with Peter Ashley and Josh Sapwell as top seeds. Peter has little opportunity to progress his ranking here, but if Josh wins the title he can leap to close to 200
Not a good day for Peter as he loses both in singles and doubles (with Josh). His Czech opponent had looked to be a potential banana skin, having beaten a seed in a recent Grade 2
R2
Zdenek Derkas (CZE) d. (1) Peter Ashley (GBR) 6-7(2) 6-1 6-4 (LL) Nazar Khrustalev (RUS) d. (12) Samuel Sutton (GBR) 6-0 6-3 (2) Joshua Sapwell (GBR) d. Ondrej Krstev (CZE) 4-6 6-4 6-2
Josh safely through to the semis. Here it gets tougher - his opponent having cruised through so far, and having beaten Peter comfortably in a recent Grade 2
QF
(2) Joshua Sapwell (GBR) d. Anton Khyzhkin (UKR) 5-7 6-1 6-2
SF
(4) Filip Kraljevic (CRO) v (2) Joshua Sapwell (GBR)
A good win for Josh - arguably an upset despite the seedings, considering venue and both player's form - to reach his second Grade 4 final, against Peter's conqueror
SF
(2) Joshua Sapwell (GBR) d. (4) Filip Kraljevic (CRO) 3-6 6-4 6-2
