Boys: European Summer Cups - U12/U14/U16/U18

DavidC · Tennis legend

Boys: European Summer Cups - U12/U14/U16/U18

DavidC · Tennis legend

A strong showing from the under 12s who won all 4 of their qualifying matches to move smoothly into the finals, to be held from August 8th in Turkey. The team of Jack Draper, Jacob Fearnley and Matthew Hollingworth beat Finland 3-0, Serbia 2-1, Germany 2-1 and Belgium 3-0

DavidC · Tennis legend

The under 18 team start their quest for the Valerio/Galea Cup tomorrow in the Czech Republic against the host nation, needing to win their first two matches to make the finals. Originally GBR were scheduled to play in a group based in Russia, but were unable to obtain visas, so have been switched. The team (Peter Ashley, Alex Sendegeya and Joshua Sapwell) are nominally seeded 4 but will do well to get past the Czechs.

The under 16 team of Jay Clarke, Joel Cannell and Marcus Walters are in Italy but face a very tough task to qualify for the Borotra Cup finals (and thus have the chance to qualify for the Davis Cup), starting with the perennially tough Italians

DavidC · Tennis legend

Unfortunately Josh was sick overnight, which weakened the under 18 team, who went down 2-1 despite a fine win by Alex over a top 100 player. That ends their hopes of qualifying for the final

U18 QR1

Czech Republic 2 (4)GBR 1

Pete lost 2-6 3-6
Alex won 1-6 6-3 6-3
Alex/Pete lost 2-6 4-6

The under 16s are on court at the moment, and Jay has claimed a good three set win over the Italian number 2

DavidC · Tennis legend

As expected Italy hit back to end our Davis Cup hopes

U16 QR1

GBR 1 (3)Italy 2

Jay won 3-6 6-4 6-1
Joel lost 3-6 1-6
Joel/Marcus lost 6-7(3) 5-7

DavidC · Tennis legend

In the under 18s Josh returned to help the team to 2 easy 3-0 wins against Greece and Bulgaria to claim 5th place in the group.
The under 16s lost 2-1 to Croatia but beat Bulgaria 3-0 to finish 7th.
The under 14s start their campaign in the World Juniors on Monday

DavidC · Tennis legend

The under 12 finals start tomorrow in Turkey, and we have been placed in Group A. There are 2 round robin groups of 4 with the team placed nth in Group A playing the team placed nth in Group B to decide final placings. We open against Romania with the Czech Republic and Italy the other teams in Group A

DavidC · Tennis legend

They changed the oop and we played Italy today losing 2-1 - a win in 3 for Jacob (Fearnley) but a straight sets loss for Jack (Draper) and in the doubles (Jack/Jacob)

KK · Club Coach

Is Jack Roger's son?

steven · Tennis legend

Yes

DavidC · Tennis legend

The boys retained their chance of the trophy with a 2-1 win over the Czech Republic (Jacob winning in 2, Jack losing in 3 and the pair combining to win in 3). To have a chance of finishing top of the group they need to beat Romania and hope that the Czech Republic beat Italy, so all three nations have 2 wins

DavidC · Tennis legend

Their outside chance has been extinguished this morning as they lost to Romania (currently 0-2 with straight set defeats for Matthew and Jacob) whilst Italy are leading the Czech Republic 2-0. Hence depending on sets etc. they will be playing off tomorrow for one of the lower positions.