Results are on the ITF but not yet on the LTA drawsheet, and they show an encouraging number of upsets: Isaac Stoute, Josef Dodridge, Jamie Malik, Robbie Ridout and Alexander Jhun (over the 3rd, 11th, 13th, 7th and 8th seeds respectively). As a result 2 Brit qualifiers guaranteed

Coup Droit wrote:

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Congratulations to Jamie Malik, Alexander Jhun, Josef Dodridge and Robbie Ridout for qualifying for the Wimbly Juniors!

Jaime beat the no. 4 seed in 2 sets (having beaten the 13th seed yesterday).

Robbie beat the 16th seed in a third set TB, having beaten the no. 7 seed yesterday - in a third set TB !

And Alex Jhun, no ranking at all, beat the world no. 148 and 15th seed. Obviously the Futures approach (see above) pays off . . .

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 I'm confused. Wimbledon juniors qualies is a different event, isn't it? This is a qualification for the Grade 1 warm-up

I was a bit surprised not to see Jonny O'Mara on the list, but this explains it:

"Tough to watch everyone getting ready to play Roehampton ITF. Forgot to enter as I am a shambles. Same for Wimbledon. #gutted #sadtweet"

Sounds almost unbelievable (though it may be easier than we think to miss deadlines when you are travelling all the time), but hopefully it means he has learnt a valuable lesson that will stand him in good stead in the future, i.e. he'll make sure he is never in this position again.

Can he not therefore get WC's?

A relevant clause on the LTA site giving guidance about wildcards is:

"Wild Card Policy Performance Support May 2013
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Late requests from juniors:

The LTA will not issue late entry wild cards to junior competitions. Players must enter tournaments on time in order to be considered for a wild card. The only exception will be ITF Junior Circuit and TE Junior Tour tournaments held in Great Britain, which are sanctioned by the ITF & TE respectively, and whose regulations state that a wild card may be granted to a player who has not entered the tournament. In such a situation, players who did not enter the event in time but who wish to be considered for a wild card must contact the LTA to request consideration and to demonstrate that exceptional circumstances have led to the situation."

2 years ago Liam Broady (or more accurately his dad) failed to enter Roland Garros, and there was considerable debate about whether or not it was within the rules to allocate a wildcard or qualifying wildcard to him - he wasn't given one. I don't know whether the Wimbledon regulations allow it. If they do then considering that Jonny was messed up at Eastbourne through no fault of his own (withdrawn in favour of Marcus Daniell, who had been missed out of the draw) then I would hope the LTA take the opportunity to remedy their error by giving him a Wimbledon WC

Tennis36 wrote:

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I don't get this, his ranking wouldn't have been high enough to get in the Wimbledon main draw anyway, so irrelevant wether he entered or not he would still need a WC

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True, but the problem is that it is relevant to that "Players must enter tournaments on time in order to be considered for a wild card" clause.

Interesting. I wonder if there is any link to the fact that Martin Weston tweeted that there were 14 GB boys in the main draw whereas I could only find 13.