Jay Clarke is the main British hope in the under 14s, and he reached the final of the warm-up highfaluting named Nike International Masters this week. He is seeded to meet the European number 1 Mikael Yemer in the quarters
Marcus Walters followed up his stunning win over European number 1 Mikael Ymer last week in the Nike Masters by upsetting another seed to ensure a British clean sweep on day 1
Under 14 R1 (L128)
Alexis Canter (GBR) d. Michael Li (USA) 6-1 6-0 Marcus Walters (GBR) d. (8) Mwendwa W Mbithi (USA) 7-5 6-2 (5) Jay Clarke (GBR) d. Borna Gojo (CRO) 6-0 6-4
R2
(3/WC) Nathan Ponwith (USA) v Alexis Canter (GBR) Marcus Walters (GBR) v ? ? v (5) Jay Clarke (GBR)
Under 12 R1 (L128)
(1) Jake Hersey (GBR) d. Zaid Darcourt (USA) 6-1 6-1 Jack Draper (GBR) d. (Q) Sohta Okabe (JPN) 6-0 6-0
R2
(1) Jake Hersey (GBR) v Davit Nazaretyan (ARM) Jack Draper (GBR) v Patrick Sydow (ARB)
An expected defeat for Alexis against one of the strongest Americans in the draw, who has reached a G4 final already (top seed Michael Mmoh guided the US to the World Junior title in the summer and already has a Grade A quarter-final). Smooth progress for the other 3 Brits in action so far today.
Under 14 R2
(3/WC) Nathan Ponwith (USA) d. Alexis Canter (GBR) 6-3 6-0 Marcus Walters (GBR) d. Duarte Vale (POR) 6-2 6-4 (5) Jay Clarke (GBR) d. Giovanni Calvano (ITA) 6-2 7-5
R3
Marcus Walters (GBR) v (Q) Ulises Blanch (USA) (Q) Felipe Ramirez Luna (COL) v (5) Jay Clarke (GBR)
Under 12 R2
(1) Jake Hersey (GBR) d. Davit Nazaretyan (ARM) 6-1 6-3 Jack Draper (GBR) v Patrick Sydow (ARB)
Marcus continues his excellent run - his next opponent recently reached the final of a G5 event - and is joined by Jay, who is one match away from a showdown with Yemer (who has only lost a few games so far)
Under 12 R3
Brian Shi (USA) d. (1) Jake Hersey (GBR) 7-6(2) 7-6(1)
Under 14 R3
Marcus Walters (GBR) d. (Q) Ulises Blanch (USA) 6-4 6-2 (5) Jay Clarke (GBR) d. (Q) Felipe Ramirez Luna (COL) 6-4 6-2
R4
Marcus Walters (GBR) v (17) Chien Hsun Lo (TPE) (Q) Gui Gomes (USA) v (5) Jay Clarke (GBR)
(4) Mikael Yemer (SWE) d. (5) Jay Clarke (GBR) 7-6(3) 6-3
With a final last week, quarters here and top 5 in Tennis Europe under 14s Jay has laid down a good marker comparable to our top 93-96 boys at the same stage
