Boys & Girls: 12th Abu Dhabi ITF Junior Championships - Grade 4 (Week 3)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Boys & Girls: 12th Abu Dhabi ITF Junior Championships - Grade 4 (Week 3)

DavidC · Tennis legend

As expected a comfortable opener for Maia. Josef's second round opponent benefited from the seed he was playing being defaulted.

Boys R1 (L32)

(1) Roman Nashatyrkin (RUS) d. Youssef Hassan (GBR) 6-7(8) 6-3 6-3
Josef Dodridge (GBR) d. Seif Ben Slimane (TUN) 6-0 6-0
Sam Rice (GBR) d. (WC) Abdulla Ahli (UAE) 6-2 6-0

R2

Kareem Allaf (SYR) v Josef Dodridge (GBR)
(5/Q) Egehan Sertkaya (TUR) v Sam Rice (GBR)

Girls R1 (L32)

(8) Millie Stretton (GBR) d. Emelie Luisa Schwarte (GER) 6-0 6-2
Maia Lumsden (GBR) d. Rikeetha Pereira (IND) 6-1 6-1
Melis Bayraktaroglu (TUR) d. Katie Dyson (GBR) 4-6 6-3 6-2

R2

Sanjana Sudhir (IND) v (8) Millie Stretton (GBR)
Maia Lumsden (GBR) v Natalia Vikhlyantseva (RUS)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Disappointment for Maia, but the other 3 all progressed

Boys R2

Josef Dodridge (GBR) d. Kareem Allaf (SYR) 5-7 6-4 6-1
Sam Rice (GBR) d. (5/Q) Egehan Sertkaya (TUR) 7-5 6-4

QF

Josef Dodridge (GBR) v Aleksandre Bakshi (GEO)
Sam Rice (GBR) v (2) Shota Meparidze (GEO)

Girls R2

(8) Millie Stretton (GBR) d. Sanjana Sudhir (IND) 6-2 7-6(2)
Natalia Vikhlyantseva (RUS) d. Maia Lumsden (GBR) 6-2 6-4

QF

(1) Sabina Shaydullina (RUS) v (8) Millie Stretton (GBR)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Boys QF

Aleksandre Bakshi (GEO) d. Josef Dodridge (GBR) 6-2 6-4
(2) Shota Meparidze (GEO) d. Sam Rice (GBR) 6-2 6-4

Girls QF

(1) Sabina Shaydullina (RUS) d. (8) Millie Stretton (GBR) 6-1 6-0

Katie Dyson and partner have reached the doubles semis at the expense of Maia and Millie

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Just spotted that the girl who beat Maia won the title quite easily so, maybe not such a bas loss in the end?

Reeltime · Satellite level

Just for completion:

SF: Kristina PASTUKHOVA (RUS) / Sabina SHAYDULLINA (RUS) [2] beat Vasilisa APONASENKO (RUS) / Katie DYSON (GBR) [3] 5-7 7-5 [13-11]

So close