Boys: TIHTA Aruba - hard - Grade 4 (Week 26)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Boys: TIHTA Aruba - hard - Grade 4 (Week 26)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Another good win for Blu, taking out the 5th seed, ranked 329, in two sets.
This will now give him a full set of counters.

R2 (L16)

Freddie GRANT (GBR) [3] 6-0 3-6 6-4 Cesar CERNUDA ALONSO (ESP)

Blu BAKER (GBR) 6-4 6-3 Daniel MORENO (MEX) [5]

Doubles:

R1:

Blu BAKER (GBR) / Santiago HINOJOSA (MEX) [2] 6-7(3) 6-1 [10-4] Nama HEMAN (IND) / Alexander VAN NIEUWENHOVE (BEL)

Cesar CERNUDA ALONSO (ESP) / Max HARTENSTEIN (GER) 6-4 6-2 Freddie GRANT (GBR) / Alexander NUNEZ (ARU)

Strongbow · All-time great

Nice to see Freddie doing well smile If only in the singles.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I'm afraid Freddie's run came to an end.

But Little Boy Blu is still going strong:

Quarterfinal

Guillermo CASTANEDA (MEX) [8] def. Freddie GRANT (GBR) [3] 6-1 6-1

Blu BAKER (GBR) def. Blaise BICKNELL (USA) [4] 6-4 6-3

Doubles:

QF: Blu BAKER (GBR) / Santiago HINOJOSA (MEX) [2] def. Aydan GOMEZ OSORIO (CUW) / Patricio NIETO (MEX) 6-3 6-4

Strongbow · All-time great

Every time I see Blu's name I hear Dueling Banjos wink

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Same here !!!!!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

The boy's going for the double:

Semi-Final:

Blu BAKER (GBR) def. Aydan GOMEZ OSORIO (CUW) 7-6(3) 6-1

Dubs SF:

Blu BAKER (GBR) / Santiago HINOJOSA (MEX) [2] def. Guillermo CASTANEDA (MEX) / Mauricio HERNANDEZ (MEX) 6-4 6-4

tennischamp · Intermediate Club Player

Still no update on ITF, however I do know he won the singles and came runner up in doubles!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

tennischamp wrote:
Still no update on ITF, however I do know he won the singles and came runner up in doubles!

Well, that's good enough for me - well done, Blu !

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Finally officially confirmed:

Singles Final:

Blu BAKER (GBR) def. Guillermo CASTANEDA (MEX) [8] 6-0 7-5

Doubles Final:

Daniel MORENO (MEX) / Nicolas Jose PRIETO (COL) [1] def. Blu BAKER (GBR) / Santiago HINOJOSA (MEX) [2] 6-3 3-6 [12-10]

An excellent week, well done, Blu !