paulisi wrote:

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Can I ask a silly question, but I assumed by the name that Tennis Europe comps were exclusive to Europeans. I assume that's not the case.

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No, they're only European in the sense that they are held in Europe (and places that aren't in Europe but count as if they are) and contribute to a specific set of rankings. Given that they are aimed at players aged under 16, the vast majority of the entrants are European, but the non-Europeans tend to be very good, e.g. top young Americans who have moved to Europe to train. Indeed, the top boy and girl in the current Tennis Europe 16U rankings are both Americans - Stefan Kozlov and Tornado Black.

I don't know. They two I've mentioned may even train in the US and just have played the odd TE tournament when over in Europe for ITFs or senior events and done extremely well in them. The "e.g." was just to give an example of why non-Europeans might play in Europe a lot.

DavidC wrote:

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Ali suffered at Canadian hands in both singles and doubles today

Girls SF

Maria Tanasescu (CAN) d. (11) Ali Collins (GBR) 6-3 7-6(6)


The reason why the Tennis Europe Under 16 rankings have Americans at number 1 is because they include points gained in ITF tournaments (and Pro tournaments if relevant). Neither Kozlov nor Black has played a Tennis Europe event in the last year (but did the year before). Under 14 rankings are solely based on Tennis Europe events, so although non-Europeans are included if they choose to play (and several come over in January and July usually), they rarely feature high up

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Thanks for clarifying. I should have known to just leave you to explain in the first place That seems quite a bizarre system - I mean, I can see why it makes sense to include ITFs and pro tournaments in order to make the rankings more accurate (I've often thought the ITF junior rankings should allow for pro tournaments in some way) but in that case, why include some non-Europeans in the 16U rankings and not others ... or is it specifically just those who have played TE events in less than 2 years ago?

The main draw of Les Petits As starts tomorrow. Several Brits were in qualifying, including Jack Draper, Eliz Maloney, Kira Reuter, Lauren Armstrong and Alexandra Hunter, but the only one to survive was Emile Hudd. The ? against his opponent indicates that he is seeded, judging from place in the draw, but the host website doesn't at present have the seeding information, whilst TE doesn't even have the draw yet.

Boys R1 (L64)

(Q) Emile Hudd (GBR) v (?) Tomas Jirousek (CZE)
Brandon Murphy (GBR) v Adrian Andreev (BUL)
Jake Hersey (GBR) v (2) Yshai Oliel (ISR)

Girls R1 (L64)

Simona Borisova (BUL) v Maria Budin (GBR)
(WC) Maneva Rakotomalala (FRA) v Francesca Jones (GBR)
Ali Collins (GBR) v (WC) Dana Radovanovic (FRA)

Good stuff

Boys R2

(10) Alexander Zgirovsky (BLR) d. (WC) Brandon Murphy (GBR) 7-6(3) 7-6(1)
Jake Hersey (GBR) d. Axel Creton (FRA) 2-6 6-1 6-1

R3

Riccardo Perin (ITA) v Jake Hersey (GBR)

Girls R2

Maria Budin (GBR) d. (Q) Olga Danilovic (SRB) 6-4 2-6 6-4
(4) Claire Liu (USA) d. Francesca Jones (GBR) 6-3 6-0
Grace Joyce (USA) d. Ali Collins (GBR) 6-3 6-3

R3

Elysia Bolton (USA) v Maria Budin (GBR)