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This unimaginatively titled tournament is the first of 3 in Zimbabwe for Luke Hammond and Jack Burkill, hoping to continue their successful run, joined by Alastair Gray as top seed.

Boys R1 (L64)

(1) Alastair Gray bye

(16) Luke Purser bye

(13) Jack Burkill bye

(9) Luke Hammond bye

Girls R1 (L32)

(Q) Jonea Bach v (2) Diae El Jardi (MAR)



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Boys R2

(1) Alastair Gray v (LL) Robert Steinhauser (CZE)
Steele Greyling (RSA) v (16) Luke Purser
(13) Jack Burkill v (WC) Batsirai Saurombe (ZIM)
(Q) David Sedlar (CZE) v (9) Luke Hammond




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Comfortable wins for the boys

Boys R2

(1) Alastair Gray d. (LL) Robert Steinhauser (CZE) 6-1 7-5
(16) Luke Purser d. Steele Greyling (RSA) 6-4 6-2
(13) Jack Burkill d. (WC) Batsirai Saurombe (ZIM) 6-1 6-0
(9) Luke Hammond d. (Q) David Sedlar (CZE) 6-2 6-2

R3

(1) Alastair Gray v Siphosothando Montsi (RSA)
(4) Mohamed Abdel-Aziz (EGY) v (16) Luke Purser
(13) Jack Burkill v Charles Tzicas (BEL)
(6) Kevin Cheruiyot (KEN) v (9) Luke Hammond

Girls R1 (L32)

(2) Diae El Jardi (MAR) d. (Q) Jonea Bach 7-5 6-1



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Alistair, Jack and Luke Hammond all impressive and win in straight sets. Luke Purser loses a close one to the 4th seed.

Luke and Jack through to semi final of doubles while Luke and Alistair were on in their quarter final when I left.

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Thanks Mathew - Luke P and Alastair edged their doubles to join Luke H and Jack in the semis

R3

(1) Alastair Gray d. Siphosothando Montsi (RSA) 6-1 6-2
(4) Mohamed Abdel-Aziz (EGY) d. (16) Luke Purser 6-4 7-6(4)
(13) Jack Burkill d. Charles Tzicas (BEL) 6-3 6-4
(9) Luke Hammond d. (6) Kevin Cheruiyot (KEN) 6-3 6-2

QF

(1) Alastair Gray v Jordan Decloet (BEL)
(7) Richard Thongoana (RSA) v (13) Jack Burkill
(9) Luke Hammond v Cameron Petersen (RSA)

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Is Mohamed Abdel-Aziz the same Mohamed as Donia's brother?

I assume so. The name and age is right. I believe he lives and trains in Northumberland but presumably has decided to represent Egypt.

Sorry if this has come up before but it's obviously slightly unusual to have two young siblings representing two different countries....

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Yes Mohamed is related to Donia. He was down as GBR 12 months ago I believe but unsure why he changed nationality.

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Alistair and Luke through to semi-finals....Luke on fire winning 6-0 6-0 today. Jack lost comfortably.

Luke Hammond/Jack Burkill through to final of doubles....their third on the bounce.

Unfortunately not an all british final in the doubles as Alastair and Luke Purser went down in three sets.

Here's hoping for an all British singles final!

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ITF have Luke/Jack giving a w/o in tomorrow's doubles final - hope there is no serious problem

QF

(1) Alastair Gray d. Jordan Decloet (BEL) 6-4 6-2
(7) Richard Thongoana (RSA) d. (13) Jack Burkill 6-3 6-0
(9) Luke Hammond d. Cameron Petersen (RSA) 6-0 6-0

SF

(1) Alastair Gray v (8) Mehluli Don Ayanda Sibanda (ZIM)
(7) Richard Thongoana (RSA) v (9) Luke Hammond

Doubles F

(7) Petersen/Thongoana v (5) Burkill/Hammond

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I'm glad you mentioned the w/o David last night as even the tournament referee hadn't realised he'd made a mistake. Our boys didn't pull out and ended up winning the final 6-1 6-4 making it three doubles titles in three weeks.

Alastair lost his singles semi-final while Luke won 6-4 6-3.

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well done, David ! Saved the day again

And cheers, Matt, and congrats to the boys and good luck to Luke tomorrow.





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Very droll CDsmile It's not been a good few weeks for ITF junior tournament referees with draws having to be redone etc. The ITF are still showing the South Africans as winners on the overview page, though at least they are recording Jack & Luke's win on the drawsheet now.

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(8) Mehluli Don Ayanda Sibanda (ZIM) d. (1) Alastair Gray 7-5 6-3
(9) Luke Hammond d. (7) Richard Thongoana (RSA) 6-4 6-3

F

(8) Mehluli Don Ayanda Sibanda (ZIM) v (9) Luke Hammond

Doubles F

(5) Burkill/Hammond d. (7) Petersen/Thongoana (RSA) 6-1 6-4



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5 titles in 3 weeks for Luke smile

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(9) Luke Hammond d. (8) Mehluli Don Ayanda Sibanda (ZIM) 6-3 4-6 6-2



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Luke Hammond does it! Wins 6-3 4-6 6-2. Fantastic effort as he had the whole crowd on his back and missed a big chance when a set and a break up.

That makes it five titles in three weeks for Luke. On a serious streak. Couple of quiet days now before we go again.

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Brilliant news. And that's going to be another BIG jump up the rankings for Luke.

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