Finn Bass and Jack Molloy have been shunted down the seeding order by Alexis Canter's arrival in New Delhi. In week 1 Jack narrowly lost in round 1 to the eventual champion Lingxi Zhao, and he gets a repeat. Top seed Mahak Jain has lost to a Brit in her last 3 tournaments. Megan Davies gets the chance to make it 4.
Boys R1 (L32)
(1) Alexis Canter v Seon Yong Han (KOR)
(4) Jack Molloy v Lingxi Zhao (CHN)
Timothy Dollman (RSA) v (3) Finn Bass
Rian Pandole (IND) v (Q) Matthew Summers
Girls R1 (L32)
(1) Mahak Jain (IND) v Megan Davies
(4) Jodie Anna Burrage v (Q) Yasmina Karimjanova (UZB)
Jack was close again, but couldn't get the win, though Eden managed a seeding upset in our favour
Boys R1 (L32)
(1) Alexis Canter v Seon Yong Han (KOR)
Lingxi Zhao (CHN) d. (4) Jack Molloy 6-4 4-6 6-3
(3) Finn Bass d. Timothy Dollman (RSA) 6-3 6-2
(Q) Matthew Summers d. Rian Pandole (IND) 6-2 6-2
R2
(1) Alexis Canter or Seon Yong Han (KOR) v (Q) Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND)
Ray Ho (TPE) v (3) Finn Bass
Alex Solanki (IND) v (Q) Matthew Summers
Girls R1 (L32)
(1) Mahak Jain (IND) d. Megan Davies 7-6(7) 6-2
(4) Jodie Anna Burrage d. (Q) Yasmina Karimjanova (UZB) 6-0 6-1
(Q) Abinikka Renganathan (IND) d. (Q) Maria Budin 1-6 7-5 6-1
Eden Richardson d. (7) Sathwika Sama (IND) 3-6 6-4 6-1
(2) En Shuo Liang (TPE) d. Camille Verden Anderson 6-3 6-3
R2
(4) Jodie Anna Burrage v Thasaporn Naklo (THA)
Eden Richardson v Yarden Akler (ISR)
Eden did miss a lot of last season and looked rusty when playing qualifiers at the 25K in Shrewsbury
At 17, I would expect her to transition to seniors rather than playing juniors and would expect to see her at her local event in Feb - Wirral 10K
Well, to be honest, all the 17 year-olds should be thinking more about their senior careers next year, than the next 11 months of their last junior year.
Eden is a good athlete, a nice build for tennis, with clean technique. So glad she's fit and well again.
Finn should be on the cusp of the top 100 now, I make it, which for a late 99-er is promising. It's his best counter, so well done to him too.
And good net + points for Alexis too, who should be up to JWR 80 or so.
Tough semis as you would expect with a G2 against the 2 winners from last week (one on an 18 match winning streak) and an in-form second seed yet to be troubled this week.
Boys QF
(1) Alexis Canter d. (Q) Louis Dussin (FRA) 6-0 6-2
(3) Finn Bass d. Maxence Broville (FRA) 6-2 3-6 6-1
SF
(1) Alexis Canter v Lingxi Zhao (CHN)
(3) Finn Bass v (2) Seppe Cuypers (BEL)
Girls QF
Eden Richardson d. (2) En Shuo Liang (TPE) 6-4 6-3
All as expected, save the lack of competitiveness in Alexis's scoreline. Fairly similar scoreline between Zeel and Eden as in their encounter last week
Boys SF
Lingxi Zhao (CHN) d. (1) Alexis Canter 6-4 6-0
(2) Seppe Cuypers (BEL) d. (3) Finn Bass 6-4 2-6 6-3
Girls SF
(3) Zeel Desai (IND) d. Eden Richardson 6-2 3-6 6-2
