Boys & Girls: 2013 Tennis Europe under 14 events

DavidC · Tennis legend

Boys & Girls: 2013 Tennis Europe under 14 events

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Good luck guys and gaals. Think we'll need it this year by the looks of things

DavidC · Tennis legend

Most of the girls played today. Sadly Katie retired again (as in the Orange Bowl) but the others won, along with Max

Boys R1 (L64)

(12) Nikolay Vylegzhanin (RUS) v (Q) Finn Bass (GBR) Tue
Roman Blokhin (RUS) d. Jack Molloy (GBR) 6-4 6-3
Max Stewart (GBR) d. Patrick Kypson (USA) 6-3 6-1
(8) Philipp Klimov (RUS) v (Q) Brandon Drew (GBR) Tue
(Q) Dominic West (GBR) v Igor Karpovets (UKR) Tue

Girls R1 (L64)

Anastasia Mikheeva (GBR) d. Inci Ogut (TUR) 6-1 6-3
(Q) Francesca Jones (GBR) v (8) Evgeniya Levashova (RUS) Tue
(WC) Sophia Mejerovits (GER) d. Katie Swan (GBR) 1-6 6-3 2-0 rtd
Georgina Axon (GBR) d. (WC) Inasse Hamouti (FRA) 6-2 6-3
Jodie Anna Burrage (GBR) d. (WC) Lucie Devier (FRA) 6-1 6-0

DavidC · Tennis legend

The remainder R1 matches were completed today, with no joy for the 4 Brits - 3 playing seeds. In round 2 the 3 remaining girls all play Russian seeds at 7.30am with live scoring available at http://www.lespetitsas.com/gp/Matches-en-direct/40 Max plays late in the afternoon

Boys R1 (L64)

(12) Nikolay Vylegzhanin (RUS) d. (Q) Finn Bass (GBR) 3-6 6-2 6-1
Roman Blokhin (RUS) d. Jack Molloy (GBR) 6-4 6-3
Max Stewart (GBR) d. Patrick Kypson (USA) 6-3 6-1
(8) Philipp Klimov (RUS) d. (Q) Brandon Drew (GBR) 3-6 6-4 6-2
(Q) Dominic West (GBR) d. Igor Karpovets (UKR) 6-2 7-5

R2

Yshai Oliel (ISR) v Max Stewart (GBR)

Girls R1 (L64)

Anastasia Mikheeva (GBR) d. Inci Ogut (TUR) 6-1 6-3
(8) Evgeniya Levashova (RUS) d. (Q) Francesca Jones (GBR) 6-0 6-2
(WC) Sophia Mejerovits (GER) d. Katie Swan (GBR) 1-6 6-3 2-0 rtd
Georgina Axon (GBR) d. (WC) Inasse Hamouti (FRA) 6-2 6-3
Jodie Anna Burrage (GBR) d. (WC) Lucie Devier (FRA) 6-1 6-0

R2

Anastasia Mikheeva (GBR) v (15) Anastasia Gasanova (RUS)
(5) Anna Ureke (RUS) v Georgina Axon (GBR)
Jodie Anna Burrage (GBR) v (9) Valeriya Yushchenko (RUS)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Nastya had a fine win to keep British interest in the girls event, but will need a better one tomorrow against the top seed. Max is on Court Central at present but is 2-5 down

Girls R2

Anastasia Mikheeva (GBR) d. (15) Anastasia Gasanova (RUS) 6-7(4) 7-5 6-3
(5) Anna Ureke (RUS) d. Georgina Axon (GBR) 6-0 7-5
(9) Valeriya Yushchenko (RUS) d. Jodie Anna Burrage (GBR) 6-1 6-1

R3

(1) Andreea Amelia Rosca (ROU) v Anastasia Mikheeva (GBR)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Max recovered superbly to not only knock out the Israeli, but follow that up with another win this afternoon. He plays in the quarterfinals tomorrow afternoon, with live scoring on the above link, but Nastya's attempt to oust the top seed today ended very quickly. At the moment the top 1999 trio seem to be well behind the 98's at a similar stage

Boys R2

Max Stewart (GBR) d. Yshai Oliel (ISR) 2-6 6-4 6-0

R3

Max Stewart (GBR) d. (WC) Corentin Moutet (FRA) 6-2 6-7(8) 6-3

QF

(9/WC) Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v Max Stewart (GBR)

Girls R3

(1) Andreea Amelia Rosca (ROU) d. Anastasia Mikheeva (GBR) 6-0 6-1

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

I thinks thats primarily because our top 98 girls are unusually strong rather than 1999 being particularly weak.

DavidC · Tennis legend

RBBOT wrote:
I thinks thats primarily because our top 98 girls are unusually strong rather than 1999 being particularly weak.

Agreed - I compared because a number of people have expressed great hope of future success for both groups

Meanwhile Max continues to impress, following up his win over the Bolton champion to become our first semifinalist in the boys since Luke Bambridge. His semi-final opponent hasn't been troubled in his 4 matches so far

QF

Max Stewart (GBR) d. (9/WC) Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 6-3 5-7 6-2

SF

Max Stewart (GBR) v (2) Samuele Ramazzotti (ITA)

steven · Tennis legend

Some fun footage of this event from previous years - Michael Chang, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Richard Gasquet, Rafa Nadal, etc ... http://www.lequipemag.fr/avant-hier/Reconnaissez-vous-ces-petits-as/345395/#xtor=CS1-12-[Reconnaissez-vous-ces-petits-as-345395

steven · Tennis legend

The full (17 min) version of the les Petits As documentary of which there was a trailer at the link two posts up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrjFZA5gc-A&feature=youtu.be

Includes more of the girls - Hingis, Henin, Clijsters, etc

-- Edited by steven on Saturday 26th of January 2013 09:23:29 AM

tharris · Intermediate Club Player

RBBOT wrote:
I thinks thats primarily because our top 98 girls are unusually strong rather than 1999 being particularly weak.

I'm particularly excited about Katie Swan of all the 1999 girls. She's quite tall for her age, without being a giant, and has a decent serve and solid forehand. She defeated Anastasia Mikheeva quite easily at nationals last year and gave Gabriella Taylor a good match in the final. It's a shame she had to retire in her match this week after a good showing last week.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Max's semi currently on court with live scoring as per the link in post 4. Max currently trails 4-6 0-1*

DavidC · Tennis legend

Max lost 6-4 6-2 so isn't able to emulate Liam Broady and Laura Robson as the most recent British finalists, but an impressive tournament for him nevertheless

DavidC · Tennis legend

Max has continued his fine start to the year by winning the Category 1 event in Portugal today, defeating home favourite Duarte Vale 6-2 6-1 in the final, and didn't drop a set all week.

DavidC · Tennis legend

This week there is a major Category 1 event in Italy. Anastasia Mikheeva and Jodie Anna Burrage have reached the semis, seeded 11 and 12. Georgina Axon lost early in singles, but all three reached the semis in the doubles.