Along with most European nations we have 2 representatives in both the boys and girls events. Holly Fischer is one of only 2 2003 girls in the draw (most are 2001)
Holly was unable to repeat yesterday's heroics but Anton stunned the TE number 1. It isn't as much of a shock as it may appear at first sight. Anton has been playing a few ITFs recently with limited success, but his only TE14 event was the Bolton Teen Tennis Category 1 event before Les Petits As, with a strong field. He won that (representing USA, where he was born, though he has been based mainly in Kent for some years I gather), serving notice of his ability.
Boys R4
Anton Matusevich d. (1) Timofey Skatov (RUS) 6-7(4) 6-2 7-6(5)
(3) Jack Draper d. Carlos Gimeno Valero (ESP) 6-4 7-5
QF
Anton Matusevich v (7) Nicolas Alvarez Varona (ESP)
(5) Wojciech Marek (POL) v (3) Jack Draper
Girls R4
(5) Ivana Sebestova (CZE) d. Holly Fischer 6-4 6-2
Yes, great win for Anton. I was looking at the Tennis Europe Rankings and he's just outisde the top 100 having played only 3 tournaments. Top ranked players have played around 11 or 14. Clearly, if he'd played as many, he'd be much higher. In fact, if he carried on that points to tournaments ratio, he'd be number 1 with only 11 tournaments played!
