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DavidC


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Three British boys try their hand at this week's top graded event. Barnaby Smith lost in final qualifying, and missed out on a couple of LL spots.

R1 (L32)

Ben Draper v Mirko Martinez (SUI)

Constant De La Bassetiere (FRA) v Charles Broom

(6) Robert Wrzesinski (LTU) v Luke Oakley



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Matches appear to have been delayed by the weather but one early result sees Ben with a win

R1 (L32)

Ben Draper d. Mirko Martinez (SUI) 7-5 6-4
Constant De La Bassetiere (FRA) v Charles Broom
(6) Robert Wrzesinski (LTU) v Luke Oakley


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Luke takes out the seed and makes the quarters - his first at this level

R1 (L32)

Ben Draper d. Mirko Martinez (SUI) 7-5 6-4
Constant De La Bassetiere (FRA) d. Charles Broom 3-6 6-4 6-3
Luke Oakley d. (6) Robert Wrzesinski (LTU) 6-3 6-3

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(5) Louis Tessa (FRA) d. Ben Draper 6-3 6-4
Luke Oakley d. Nicolas Moreno de Alboran (ESP) 6-4 6-4

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Luke Oakley v (2) Evan Furness (FRA)


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...and first G2 semi

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Luke Oakley d. (2) Evan Furness (FRA) 2-6 6-4 6-3

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(3) Lev Kazakov (RUS) v Luke Oakley


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DavidC thank you for your relentless efforts keeping the board updated on our juniors unstinting efforts around the world. Very exciting to see Luke having a career best week. Fingers crossed for the semi!!

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I know this question gets asked time to time but what British boys should we be looking out for in regard to making an impact over the next few years? I am aware of a few girls but, has the boys side of things seems to be lagging behind a bit.....is that a fair comment???

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Shhh wrote:

I know this question gets asked time to time but what British boys should we be looking out for in regard to making an impact over the next few years? I am aware of a few girls but, has the boys side of things seems to be lagging behind a bit.....is that a fair comment???

 There are less stand out boys than girls IMHO. Max Stewart and Aidan McHugh are the obvious names.

Quite a few of the older ones are going down the US college route.



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There really does seem a paucity of not just top junior boys, but top senior guys in their late teens and early twenties.

Kyle, Liam, then ? Maybe Cameron ?  Luke yet ?

Really hope some juniors can push on. Still a lot of time for many of the juniors, the seniors less so, though there clearly could be late developers.



-- Edited by indiana on Saturday 1st of August 2015 10:17:32 AM

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Oakland2002 wrote:

DavidC thank you for your relentless efforts keeping the board updated on our juniors unstinting efforts around the world. Very exciting to see Luke having a career best week. Fingers crossed for the semi!!

 Thanks for your kind words smile  Unfortunately not to be for Luke in the semi cry

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(3) Lev Kazakov (RUS) d. Luke Oakley 4-6 6-4 6-1



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Shhh wrote:

I know this question gets asked time to time but what British boys should we be looking out for in regard to making an impact over the next few years? I am aware of a few girls but, has the boys side of things seems to be lagging behind a bit.....is that a fair comment???

 With the boys there is a lower correlation than with the girls between junior success and achievement in the Pros. So while the boys' results haven't been outstanding recently there is still the possibility, much more than in the girls, of a surprise late developer (or someone opting for a different path to the ITF Juniors Tour) like Tim Henman or James Ward to come through.



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British tennis has been in cycles since I started following back in 2000. The future looks bright in boys, then it flips to girls, then back to boys.

Of course we had a bit of a golden period with Oliver, Liam and Kyle and then on the girls Laura and Heather.

I'd like to see us produce a good junior every year with a likelihood one of them will make the big breakthrough.

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Shhh wrote:

I know this question gets asked time to time but what British boys should we be looking out for in regard to making an impact over the next few years? I am aware of a few girls but, has the boys side of things seems to be lagging behind a bit.....is that a fair comment???

 Storrie looks to have a good work ethic, has a grade 1 semi and some competitive matches against the top juniors. Hopefully Bass and Stewart can show some good results as well below him



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