Boys & Girls: 18th Serbia Junior Open Novi Sad, clay - Grade 2 (Week 36)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Boys & Girls: 18th Serbia Junior Open Novi Sad, clay - Grade 2 (Week 36)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Another impressive result for Barnaby. The girls play two rounds tomorrow

Boys R1 (L32)

Barnaby Smith d. (7) Konstantin Kirovski (SRB) 7-6(5) 7-5

R2

Barnaby Smith v (LL) Marco Vujic (AUT)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Fran has withdrawn from the singles and been replaced by a LL (who then beat the wildcard 6-0 6-0)

Hope she's OK

Not sure about the doubles.

Aleksandra Topalovic is also in the doubles (lost out in the qualis)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Ali and Fran have indeed withdrawn from the doubles, so Fran is obviously definitely ill or injured.

Ali has also lost her singles:

(7) Ali Collins lost to Xin Yu Wang (CHN) 6-2 7-6(3)

So it's a real downer day all round for the girls... cry

Luckily, Barnaby shines a little light through the gloom:

R2

Barnaby Smith def. (LL) Marco Vujic (AUT) 6-2 6-4

DavidC · Tennis legend

Next up for Ryan is the winner of one of the Nottingham events in April

Boys QF

Barnaby Smith v Ryan Nijboer (NED)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Barnaby has made the semis in this Grade 2

This'll be another nice jump in the rankings....

QF: Barnaby SMITH (GBR) def. Ryan NIJBOER (NED) 4-6 6-1 4-1 Retired

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His semi-final opponent is in similarly unknown territory

SF

Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) v Barnaby Smith

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And into a G2 final .....

Semifinal

Barnaby SMITH (GBR) def. Emil RUUSUVUORI (FIN) 6-3 6-4

DavidC · Tennis legend

In the final Barnaby meets the top seed who has won a handful of matches on the Futures circuit

Boys F

(1) Matteo Martineau (FRA) v Barnaby Smith

DavidC · Tennis legend

Good effort, but Barnaby has to be content with being the runner-up. He will be rewarded with a move into the top 200

Boys F

(1) Matteo Martineau (FRA) d. Barnaby Smith 2-6 6-4 6-3