Looks like Ewan lost out...

QFs:

Ryan James STORRIE (GBR) [10] def. Lukas KLEIN (SVK) [1] 7-6(4) 6-1

Luca PREVOSTO (ITA) def. Ewan MOORE (GBR) [15] 6-2 6-4



Good luck in the semis, Ryan !!! He gets the unseeded Italian player who played a really long difficult match today to beat the Hungarian seed. Hopefully he's still a tad tired tomorrow.....

The Italian with a long match today vied with Corentin Moutet for star billing as top European in his year ('99), but whereas Moutet has progressed reasonably quickly into the ITF top 50 over a year ago before transitioning into the ATP top 1000, Ramazzotti's progress has been more of a slow burn.

SF

(10) Ryan James Storrie v Samuele Ramazzotti (ITA)

Word has it that Ryan won 6-0 6-0 in 50 minutes !!!!!!!!!

Into his first final, in style, without breaking a sweat

SO SO pleased for you, Ryan.

It's good of Martin to tweet the successes ...

Of course, it would be even nicer if the LTA would send a coach, or pay for an inscription fee, or donate a free pair of tennis socks .... :(

I can just imagine the federation coaches from the other countries, going : 'So, Britain: You've got SO many players in G1 finals, have you, that you can afford to have no interest????'

Jay, with his Grade 2 titles, presumably feels the same....

However, young Ryan seems to be doing very nicely thank you, there all on his lonesome...

Long may it continue (the success, that is, not necessarily the 'lonesome' )

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Saturday 12th of March 2016 02:08:19 PM

Excellent. Good wins. And no one can claim that he is from a culture of entitlement. Fine stuff.

Louis has an ATP WR of 1372

Interestingly, in February, in an adult tournament in Tunisia, he lost easily to the Italian lad that Ryan beat in three in the L16 here.

But has been doing pretty well in junior tennis (and not so badly in adult either). He made the L16 of the U18 Nationals last year.

He's not such a classic tennis profile as a lot of the French kids - played mainly basketball till he was 9 or 10, from a family of very good skiers.

He moved to the INSEP academy in Paris last year, which he wasn't too keen on (hated the weather, supposedly, ).

And took himself off, a la Ryan, to do some tournaments on his own, without trainer or parents, to 'find himself'.

Looks like an interesting match.

Good luck, Ryan !

Ryan continues to impress. His schedule has meant he consistently played in tournaments that have yielded contests against the worlds best juniors, beating the young man about whom BIS was waxing lyrical in Murcia, De Minaur, and pushing the likes of Mmoh, Karimov, Yimer and Shapolova in close games, repeatedly and closer in the case of Karimov.

This consistency is what impresses and there is obviously some support and indeed recognition of his potential and achievements within the LTA in that Ryan is getting around to some very well selected tournaments and adding the LTA (and specifically Martin Weston) in their live coaching sessions (which I enjoyed). So I guess there is a relationship, but different from that the previous generation had.

I have absolutely no idea how funding is dripping through to young players in the form of travel grants and coaching but Ryan seems to have been able to put himself in a position to develop significantly over the last 12 months.

Reaching a grade 1 final is a significant step, one more would be fantastic.