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DavidC


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Several boys made it into qualifying eventually as the cut-off dropped, though all will have to beat a seed to reach final qualifying. It would appear that Alex Sendegeya, Rhett Purcell, Josh Sapwell, Julian Cash, Joel Cannell and Jamie Malik have main draw wildcards

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(WC) Marcus Walters v (12) Alejandro Tabilo (CAN)

(2) Seong Chan Hong (KOR) v (WC) Max Stewart

(WC) Finn Bass v (14) Corentin Moutet (FRA)

(3) Andre Biro (HUN) v (WC) Alexis Canter

(4) Matteo Berrettini (ITA) v (WC) Jay Clarke

(WC) Mason Recci v (10) Johannes Haerteis

Youssef Hassan v (15) Peter Bertran (DOM)

Daniel Little v (9) Jordi Arconada (ARG)

(7) Rafael Matos (BRA) v Aswin Lizen

Lewis Roskilly v (13) Lloyd George Muirhead Harris (RSA)

Ben Stride v (11) Andrea Pellegrino (ITA)



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Only Marcus caused an upset, winning his match 3-6 6-1 6-1

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Fine effort from Dan, going down in an extended third set Unfortunately Marcus's excellent win has poor reward - top qualifying seed Noah Rubin is a former top ten junior currently making his way on the ATP tour (ATP 539) but just having a go at a couple of slams this year. At Roland Garros he only dropped a couple of games in qualifying.

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(WC) Marcus Walters d. (12) Alejandro Tabilo (CAN) 3-6 6-1 6-1
(2) Seong Chan Hong (KOR) d. (WC) Max Stewart 6-1 6-1
(14) Corentin Moutet (FRA) d. (WC) Finn Bass 6-4 6-2
(3) Andre Biro (HUN) d. (WC) Alexis Canter 7-5 6-3
(4) Matteo Berrettini (ITA) d. (WC) Jay Clarke 6-1 6-2
(10) Johannes Haerteis d. (WC) Mason Recci 6-1 6-1
(15) Peter Bertran (DOM) d. Youssef Hassan 6-3 6-4
(9) Jordi Arconada (ARG) d. Daniel Little 7-6(6) 6-7(2) 11-9
(7) Rafael Matos (BRA) d. Aswin Lizen 6-2 6-3
(13) Lloyd George Muirhead Harris (RSA) d. Lewis Roskilly 1-6 6-1 6-2
(11) Andrea Pellegrino (ITA) d. Ben Stride 7-5 6-4

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(1) Noah Rubin (USA) v (WC) Marcus Walters

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Marcus posted a very respectable score against Rubin, the overwhelming favourite both as junior and as adult ATP 539, as David highlighted:

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(1) Noah Rubin (USA) def. (WC) Marcus Walters 6-3 7-6(4)

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Noah also faces British opposition in the main draw. Josh Sapwell faces a Brazilian who dominated the COSAT circuit this year, but has yet to win a match on grass. Julian Cash appears to be in a decent section (Spanish/Brazilian seeds) if he can get past the Roehampton semifinalist first.

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(WC) Jamie Malik v (Q) Noah Rubin (USA)
(WC) Julian Cash v Taylor Harry Fritz (USA)
(WC) Rhett Purcell v Alex Rybakov (USA)
(WC) Joel Cannell v Jan Zielinski (POL)
(WC) Joshua Sapwell v (3) Orlando Luz (BRA)
(WC) Alexander Sendegeya v (Q) Simon Friis Soendergaard (DEN)

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R1 (L64)

(WC) Jamie Malik v (Q) Noah Rubin (USA)
(WC) Julian Cash v Taylor Harry Fritz (USA)
(WC) Rhett Purcell v Alex Rybakov (USA) Ct 19 match 1
(WC) Joel Cannell v Jan Zielinski (POL)  Ct 19 match 4
(WC) Joshua Sapwell v (3) Orlando Luz (BRA)  Ct 4 match 1
(WC) Alexander Sendegeya v (Q) Simon Friis Soendergaard (DEN)



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The boys certainly seem to have a generally much more favourable draw than the girls. I suspect that they will need it !

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Very sorry Mr Malik faces Mr Rubin: would like to see him do well, and that's potentially one of the toughest draws this year.

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Is it not pretty horrifying that we dont have a singe DA?

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murray_2k9 wrote:

Is it not pretty horrifying that we dont have a singe DA?

 

Yes.

 

But, on the other hand, if you follow on from what Hoferlein was saying, and what others have said too, and indeed what the figures back up, the UK generally has no trouble producing high ranking juniors - who then don't go on to manage to perform in seniors.

So, you never know, maybe it's all a good sign this time round ? confuse

 

 



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Swings and roundabouts really we've had this before. I'm sure we'll get some guys in MD next year

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It is not uncommon for there to be no British DAs - we have been somewhat spoilt by the strength of the 93-95 groups. However it is disappointing not to have any 96s on ranking this year or last year given the promise shown as under 14s, when Josh Sapwell and Pete Ashley won the Orange Bowl and Eddie Herr events for their group.

Correlation between players ranked 10-50 as juniors and achieving ATP level is not high though. I have just looked at the 2004 boys draw (ie those who are now 27/28 and should have reached Tour level if they are ever going to). The only ones I spotted who reached Tour level were Gael Monfils, Thomaz Bellucci, Kevin Anderson, Jeremy Chardy, Donald Young, Robin Haase, Lukas Lacko, Pablo Andujar, Mischa Zverev, Juan Martin Del Potro, Fabio Fognini, Viktor Troicki and Andy Murray. Of those 13 significantly only 2 (Bellucci and Anderson) had junior career highs outside the top 10

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It shouldn't be a matter of swings and roundabouts though and been here before. Nearly everyone acknowledges that we are too far behind many other nations, so we surely want to see an improving trend.

And while we may clutch at some correlation stats and players that have come through later, frankly to my mind this is worrying a relatively poor junior boys generation. And I'd suggest there may be more to worry about than luck or swings and roundabouts.

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Josh and Rhett have both recovered from losing the opening set to level at 1 set all

Josh 4-6 6-3
Rhett 6-7(5) 6-3 1*-0

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Allez, Josh !

 

3-0 up

 

(And Rhett too, of course)



-- Edited by Coup Droit on Saturday 28th of June 2014 06:47:16 PM

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