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Boys & Girls: NWU PUK/RVTA ITF 2, South Africa, Hard - Grade 2 (Week 11)
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The second week of G2s in South Africa sees Maia Lumsden with the toughest draw seemingly, a chance to avenge last week's defeat by the eventual runner-up.  Rob Smith is blogging, mainly focusing on Ben Stride's preparation, at http://itc-tennis.com/category/blog  Ben has a much better draw than last week, against a lucky loser who has made little impact in lower grade events. .

Boys R1 (L32)

Yankel Zemel (ISR) v Jay Clarke (GBR)

Ben Stride (GBR) v (LL) Hubert Badenhorst (RSA)

Girls R1 (L32)

Marli Van Heerden (RSA) v Georgina Axon (GBR)

Anastasia Mikheeva (GBR) v Huibre-Mare Botes (RSA)

(Q) Alona Puskkarevsky (ISR) v (5) Jasmine Amber Asghar (GBR)

(6) Katie Swan (GBR) v (Q) Avital Vaysbuch (ISR)

(8) Maia Lumsden (GBR) v Hana Mraz (SLO)



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Both boys take advantage of good draws, and have a reasonable chance of further progress against players who ousted minor seeds. Ben warmed up yesterday against his next opponent, as you can read on the blog.

Boys R1 (L32)

Jay Clarke (GBR) d. Yankel Zemel (ISR) 7-5 6-1
Ben Stride (GBR) d. (LL) Hubert Badenhorst (RSA) 6-2 6-3

R2

Jay Clarke (GBR) v David Volfson (CAN)
Isa Mammetgulyyev (TKM) v Ben Stride (GBR)

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So far so good for the girls, though Jasmine surprisingly struggled. No result yet though for Maia in the toughest R1 match

Girls R1 (L32)

Georgina Axon (GBR) d. Marli Van Heerden (RSA) 6-2 6-2
Anastasia Mikheeva (GBR) d. Huibre-Mare Botes (RSA) 6-2 6-1
(5) Jasmine Amber Asghar (GBR) d. (Q) Alona Puskkarevsky (ISR) 6-4 2-6 7-5
(6) Katie Swan (GBR) d. (Q) Avital Vaysbuch (ISR) 6-0 6-1

(8) Maia Lumsden (GBR) v Hana Mraz (SLO)

R2

(1) Johnnise Renaud (USA) v Georgina Axon (GBR)
(3) Dalma Galfi (HUN) v Anastasia Mikheeva (GBR)
Janet Koch (RSA) v (5) Jasmine Amber Asghar (GBR)
(6) Katie Swan (GBR) v TBD




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Maia exacted revenge and backed it up in her second match today, Katie stormed on but Jasmine had a second disappointing early South African exit

Boys R2

Jay Clarke (GBR) v David Volfson (CAN)
Isa Mammetgulyyev (TKM) d. Ben Stride (GBR) 6-2 7-5

Girls R1 (L32)

(8) Maia Lumsden (GBR) d. Hana Mraz (SLO) 7-6(4) 6-4

R2

(1) Johnnise Renaud (USA) d. Georgina Axon (GBR) 6-4 7-6(4)
(3) Dalma Galfi (HUN) d. Anastasia Mikheeva (GBR) 6-3 6-2
Janet Koch (RSA) d. (5) Jasmine Amber Asghar (GBR) 6-3 6-2
(6) Katie Swan (GBR) d. (WC) Minette Van Vreden (RSA) 6-1 6-0
(8) Maia Lumsden (GBR) d. May Kimhi (ISR) 6-1 6-2

QF

(6) Katie Swan (GBR) v TBD
(8) Maia Lumsden (GBR) v TBD



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A British finalist guaranteed with Katie continuing to kindly hand out two different bakery products in every match. The four semifinalists are the same as last week, with the exception of Maia taking out Mraz. Katie is one win away from the top 100

Boys R2

David Volfson (CAN) d. Jay Clarke (GBR) 7-6(2) 6-2

Girls QF

(6) Katie Swan (GBR) d. (4) Lesedi Sheya Jacobs (NAM) 6-1 6-0
(8) Maia Lumsden (GBR) d. Hana Mortagy (EGY) w/o

SF

(6) Katie Swan (GBR) v (8) Maia Lumsden (GBR)

Doubles SF

(1) Jacobs/Van Zyl (NAM/RSA) v (3) Asghar/Swan (GBR)
(4) Kolodziejova/Mraz (CZE/SLO) v (2) Galfi/Lumsden (HUN/GBR)




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Maia edges an epic battle and there is a guaranteed doubles title. However Maia's opponent in the final has won all 18 sets she has played this year

Girls SF

(8) Maia Lumsden (GBR) d. (6) Katie Swan (GBR) 6-3 4-6 7-6(5)

F

(1) Johnnise Renaud (USA) v (8) Maia Lumsden (GBR)

Doubles SF

(3) Asghar/Swan (GBR) d. (1) Jacobs/Van Zyl (NAM/RSA) 6-3 6-4
(2) Galfi/Lumsden (HUN/GBR) d. (4) Kolodziejova/Mraz (CZE/SLO) w/o

F

(3) Asghar/Swan (GBR) v (2) Galfi/Lumsden (HUN/GBR)



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Another big ranking jump for both girls - Katie will be close to 120, Maia will be close to top 100

Katie is actually the 9th highest ranked 99er in the rankings at the moment.

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Very good ! South Africa has proved very profitable

I'm actually getting even more positive for Katie ( I don't think I've done anything silly ).

Gabi Taylor is currently JWR 111 on 283.75 points.

I make it that Maia will as a minimum move to 302.5 points, currently equivalent to JWR 101.

And Katie as a minimum move to 290 points, currently equivalent to JWR 104.

Some slight worsening of ranking positions for equivalent points is not unlikely, but looking very good.

Best of luck to Maia in her singles final, and may the best pair win the doubles final.

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I'd just like to mention that according to the South Africa tournament software website, Katie was the winner. Regardless of the outcome, it appears to have been a tightly contested match. Here's the link. tsa.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx

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Interesting and confusing !

The ITF site is still showing Maia as the winner, both on their drawsheet and in their listed results.

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It was Maia who won the semis, because she went on to win the Final (a tweet from Iain Bates makes it clear that it definitely was her)

FINAL: (8) Maia Lumsden (GBR) beat (1) Johnnise Renaud (USA) by 4 & 3

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Maia won the doubles too so I make it that she now has:

- 260 singles points = 180 now + 100 (G2 singles title) - 20 (current 6th best)
- 295 doubles points = 230 now + 75 (G2 doubles title) - 10 (current 6th best)

That would give her 333.75 points in total, currently good enough for mid-80s, i.e. she will break into the top 100 on Monday and have risen about 100 places in just 2 weeks!


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Excellent news.

Nice to see the all junior girls going so well, which has not been the case for a couple of years.

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Great news ! I wuz thinking Scotland had maybe been robbed again ! :)

Really good week from Katie again too, still 10 days off her 15th birthday.

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Nice to see a very talented group of juniors continuing to progress and move up the rankings. A large group as well all bodes well.

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