Boys: Kelibia, Tunisia, Hard - Grade 4 (Week 24)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Boys: Kelibia, Tunisia, Hard - Grade 4 (Week 24)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Three out of three in the first round:

Finn BASS (GBR) [2] def. Elyes MAROUANI (TUN) 6-0 6-0

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Two out of three this time round, with the youngsters coming up trumps:

2nd Round

Ioannis PAPOUNIDIS (GRE) 6-1 6-2 Alastair GRAY (GBR) [7]

Jake HERSEY (GBR) 6-0 6-0 Christian LINGE (NOR)

Finn BASS (GBR) [2] 6-2 6-4 Maxim KRAPIVIN (RUS)

All three are into the semis of the doubles

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VERY close for young Finn but he comes through the third set TB, and even younger Jake puts out the 5th seed

Singles Quarterfinal

Jake HERSEY (GBR) 6-4 6-4 Eleftherios NEOS (CYP) [5]

Finn BASS (GBR) [2] 4-6 6-4 7-6(6) Jacopo BERRETTINI (ITA)

THe two play each other in the semis so we've got a guaranteed finalist

Singles Semifinal:

Jake HERSEY (GBR) v Finn BASS (GBR) [2]

All three are through to the doubles final too, so that's some good points this weeK;

Double Semifinal

Finn BASS (GBR) / Seppe CUYPERS (BEL) [1] 6-7(4) 6-1 [10-8] Mohamed Ali BELLALOUNA (TUN) / Youssef DABBABI (TUN) [3]

Alastair GRAY (GBR) / Jake HERSEY (GBR) [4] 4-6 6-2 [10-7] Cengiz AKSU (TUR) / Jacopo BERRETTINI (ITA)

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They've shared the honours around nicely amongst themselves:

Semifinal:

Finn BASS (GBR) [2] 7-6(4) 6-1 Jake HERSEY (GBR)

Final:

Finn BASS (GBR) [2] v Seppe CUYPERS (BEL) [4]

In the doubles:

Final

Alastair GRAY (GBR) / Jake HERSEY (GBR) [4] 7-5 6-7(6) [10-6] Finn BASS (GBR) / Seppe CUYPERS (BEL) [1]

Jake, in particular, will get a big ranking boost thanks to these points.

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Final:

Finn BASS (GBR) [2] lost to Seppe CUYPERS (BEL) [4] 6-2 6-1

That's two runners-up cups for Finn.....

Congrats again to the doubles champions, Jake and Alistair. Good points haul for all of them this week.