Boys: Junior Orange Bowl, USA - U14/U12 (Week 51)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Boys: Junior Orange Bowl, USA - U14/U12 (Week 51)

seagull · Hall of fame

Wow my son has played against 2 of the U12's. Funny when you start to see them in events like this!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

seagull wrote:
Wow my son has played against 2 of the U12's. Funny when you start to see them in events like this!

I know ! My son's obviously a little older than yours because, I'm watching a group of French players on tour today, who all played and trained with my son regularly, trading wins and going off to tournaments together. It's quite bizarre . . . smile

DavidC · Tennis legend

There's another two under 12s who he may have played here, both coming in as qualifiers (see www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/other-sport/tennis/baker-makes-strides-with-stunning-year-1-3386694 for a bit of background on one - Blu has since gone to the Gomez Tennis Academy in Florida, with some impressive results)

U12 R1 (L128)

Leighton Allen (USA) v (Q) Blu Baker (GBR)
Jacobi Bain (BAH) v Benjamin Heynold (GBR)
(Q) George Davis (GBR) v Roi Ginat (ISR)
(Q) Sean Hess (ARG) v Jack Draper (GBR)
Jose Garmendia (CHI) v Jacob Fearnley (GBR)

U14 R1 (L128)

(Q) Roko Savin (CRO) v (17) Finn Bass (GBR)
Philip Hjorth (DEN) v (5) Max Stewart (GBR)
Will Davies (GBR) v (17) Alex De Minaur (AUS)

paulisi · Tennis legend

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Max wins first round at 14U Orange Bowl 6-1 6-3. Solid start having to deal with some tricky conditions

DavidC · Tennis legend

U12 R1 (L128)

Leighton Allen (USA) d. (Q) Blu Baker (GBR) 1-6 6-3 6-1
Benjamin Heynold (GBR) d. Jacobi Bain (BAH) 6-1 6-0
Roi Ginat (ISR) d. (Q) George Davis (GBR) 7-6(2) 6-2
Jack Draper (GBR) d. (Q) Sean Hess (ARG) 6-1 6-1
Jose Garmendia (CHI) v Jacob Fearnley (GBR)

R2

Benjamin Heynold (GBR) v Nick Lagaev (CAN)
Jack Draper (GBR) v (9) Cannon Kingsley (USA)
Jose Garmendia (CHI) or Jacob Fearnley (GBR) v Lancelot Carnello (SWE) or (2) Adrian Andreev (BUL)

DavidC · Tennis legend

U14 R1 (L128)

(17) Finn Bass (GBR) d. (Q) Roko Savin (CRO) 6-4 6-0
(5) Max Stewart (GBR) d. Philip Hjorth (DEN) 6-3 6-1
(17) Alex De Minaur (AUS) d. Will Davies (GBR) 6-1 7-5

R2

(Q) Ignacio Garcia (PUR) v (17) Finn Bass (GBR)
(Q) Kody Pearson (AUS) v (5) Max Stewart (GBR)

seagull · Hall of fame

Ha yet he did play against Blu ages ago (in red ball I think).

DavidC · Tennis legend

U12 R1 (L128)

Jacob Fearnley (GBR) d. Jose Garmendia (CHI) 6-4 7-5

R2

Benjamin Heynold (GBR) v Nick Lagaev (CAN)
Jack Draper (GBR) v (9) Cannon Kingsley (USA)
Jacob Fearnley (GBR) v (2) Adrian Andreev (BUL)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Shame they have to meet so early, but unlike in the girls under 14s we do get the expected all-Brit clash in round 3

U14 R2

(17) Finn Bass (GBR) d. (Q) Ignacio Garcia (PUR) 6-2 1-6 6-1
(5) Max Stewart (GBR) d. (Q) Kody Pearson (AUS) 6-3 6-3

R3

(17) Finn Bass (GBR) v (5) Max Stewart (GBR)

DavidC · Tennis legend

No joy for the under 12s

U12 R2

Nick Lagaev (CAN) d. Benjamin Heynold (GBR) 6-4 6-2
(9) Cannon Kingsley (USA) d. Jack Draper (GBR) 6-2 6-7(4) 6-1
(2) Adrian Andreev (BUL) d. Jacob Fearnley (GBR) 6-2 6-2

DavidC · Tennis legend

Max comfortably won the all-Brit battle to maintain his sequence of wins. Next up is an American who benefited from a default (pps) which means I think that his opponent was timed out.

R3

(5) Max Stewart (GBR) d. (17) Finn Bass (GBR) 6-3 6-1

R4

Kento Perera (USA) v (5) Max Stewart (GBR)

korriban · Challenger level

Max through easily in straight sets once again to reach the QF. Hadn't realised this was a 128 draw, so VERY tough to win (everyone has a bad day from time to time, especially when you are 14!), and the #1 seed Ramazotti is now out. Every chance for Max to win with only the #2 seed left above him, and he has yet to play his L16 match. I believe Max now plays one of many #17 seeds....whatever that means!!

DavidC · Tennis legend

There are 32 seeds including 16 #17 seeds, recognising the difficulty in establishing an accurate hierarchy from limited data, since most under 14s stick to tournaments on their own continent. Max played his quarter-final opponent recently on clay in Spain winning reasonably comfortably, but this is on hard. The top seed Ramazzotti is the one who accounted for Max in the Les Petits As semis

R4

(5) Max Stewart (GBR) d. Kento Perera (USA) 6-2 6-3

QF

(5) Max Stewart (GBR) v (17) Alex De Minaur (AUS)

DavidC · Tennis legend

I referred to Perera's previous match where his opponent was defaulted, assuming this was for non-appearance given no score on the drawsheet. However this wasn't the case, as Colette explains:

"there was drama on another court when No. 17 seed Nicolas Mejia of Colombia was defaulted in his match with Kento Perera of the United States, with Perera leading 6-3, 1-2. I didn't see the progression of point penalities, but according to reports, it was an overrule on a line call that sent Mejia over the edge and he was defaulted. There was then an argument between the two players' coaches that resulted in the police being called, but when the officer arrived, Perera's coach lodged his complaint against Mejia's coach and asked for an escort off the property, and the matter was considered closed."