With Joshua Sapwell a late withdrawal and Rhett Purcell plus Jasmine Amber Asghar losing in qualifying there are just 2 Brits in the main draw. Katy Dunne was a finalist here 2 years ago.
There was one name missing from the ITF drawsheet (usually that means a LL) - and it turns out fortunately to be that of Josh Sapwell, who joins Billy and Freya in round 2
Boys R1 (L32)
Billy Harris (GBR) d. Xander Veys (BEL) 6-7(3) 7-6(4) 6-1 Joshua Sapwell (GBR) d. Vadym Ursu (UKR) 6-2 6-3
R2
Billy Harris (GBR) v (5) Piotr Lomacki (POL) (7) David Pichler (AUT) v Joshua Sapwell (GBR)
Girls R1 (L32)
Freya Christie (GBR) d. Vendula Zovincova (CZE) 6-2 6-4
Billy does indeed make his maiden G2 semi and has a crack at the strong top seed. Duck Hee Lee has been much written about in the junior press as he is a talented young player, born completely deaf. He won the Asian closed G1 recently to follow Stefan Kozlov as the first 1998s into the top 50
QF
Billy Harris (GBR) d. Nino Serdarusic (CRO) 6-1 6-4 (Q) Gyorgy Agoston (HUN) d. Joshua Sapwell (GBR) 6-4 7-5
