The second week of Grade 3s in Israel seesseeded opponents for Clay Crawford, trying to extend his 18 match winning sequence, and Joshua Sapwell. Johannes Haerteis was a finalist in the Tennis Europe 14s Masters a couple of years ago, but doesn't appear to be in great form at present, while Igor Smilansky lost to Peter Ashley in the semis last week. In addition to the 4 below Joshua Paris is in final qualifying
Virtually no play was possible yesterday but Clay was in early action today, tweeting a win while not playing at his best apparently. Peter survived a scare, but Josh found his seeded opponent too strong. Joshua Paris lost his final qualifier
R1 (L32)
Julian Cash (GBR) d. Oleg Kurbatov (RUS) 4-6 6-3 6-3 Clay Crawford (GBR) d. (7) Johannes Haerteis (GER) 6-4 6-3 (6) Igor Smilansky (ISR) d. Joshua Sapwell (GBR) 6-2 6-4 (8) Peter Ashley (GBR) d. Alexander Mozgovoy (RUS) 6-2 6-7(2) 7-5
R2
(1) Or Ram-Harel (ISR) v Julian Cash (GBR) Giovanni Rizzuti (ITA) v Clay Crawford (GBR) (8) Peter Ashley (GBR) v Daniel Baumann (GER)
Clay makes it 20 ITF wins in a row and 10 consecutive straight sets wins in Israel GBR v ROU in the quarters, with Peter tackling one of Clay's victims from last week
R2
(1) Or Ram-Harel (ISR) d. Julian Cash (GBR) 6-4 6-2 Clay Crawford (GBR) d. Giovanni Rizzuti (ITA) 6-2 6-3 (8) Peter Ashley (GBR) v Daniel Baumann (GER) 1-6 6-2 6-0
QF
(Q) Luca George Tatomir (ROU) v Clay Crawford (GBR) (8) Peter Ashley (GBR) v Nicolae Frunza (ROU)
A couple of epic matches, but unfortunately ending GBR 0 Roumania 2 - with Peter having a matchpoint. Nevertheless a good return from the two Israeli tournaments with Peter moving up to around 140 and Clay around 150
QF
(Q) Luca George Tatomir (ROU) d. Clay Crawford (GBR) 2-6 7-6(4) 6-4 Nicolae Frunza (ROU) d. (8) Peter Ashley (GBR) 6-4 2-6 7-6(5)
GBR v ROU in the quarters, with Peter tackling one of Clay's victims from last week
