7 of the 8 seeds here are British with just one Romanian interloper. Top seed is George Davis, who usually plays Central American tournaments, and is playing his first ITF in the UK. He is drawn against Tennis Europe under 14 team member Harry Lazell who came through qualifying. Full draw at http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100039538
Round 1 completed - just one result from round 2 so far with fourth seed Andrew Rozanov losing to his French adversary
1st Round
George DAVIS (GBR) [1] 6-4 5-7 6-4 Harry LAZELL (GBR)
Benjamin HEYNOLD (GBR) 6-4 2-6 7-5 Andrin SANER (SUI)
Toby SAMUEL (GBR) 6-3 6-1 Michael OWEN (GBR)
Oscar WEIGHTMAN (GBR) 7-6(6) 7-5 Sebastian GIMA (ROU) [5]
Andrew ROZANOV (GBR) [4] 7-6(4) 6-2 Ying HOU (GBR)
Damien SALVESTRE (FRA) 6-2 6-1 Daniel MARTIN (GBR)
Jack PINNINGTON JONES (GBR) 6-4 5-7 6-1 Sebastian TONG (GBR)
Kai MAXTED (GBR) 6-2 2-6 7-5 Tom THELWALL JONES (GBR) [7]
Arthur CAZAUX (FRA) 6-0 6-2 Julian LEWIS (GBR) [8]
Connor THOMSON (GBR) 7-5 6-2 Alexander MAGGS (GBR)
Oliver OKONKWO (GBR) 0-6 6-4 7-6(6) Finn MURGETT (GBR)
Jacob FEARNLEY (GBR) [3] 6-4 5-7 6-4 Felix GILL (GBR)
Tad MACLEAN (GBR) [6] 6-3 4-6 7-6(5) Matthew CLEGG (GBR)
Gleb BLEKHER (CAN) 6-4 6-2 Ali HASSAN (GBR)
David QUAYLE (GBR) 3-6 6-1 6-2 James MACKINLAY (GBR)
Harry BUTLER (GBR) [2] 6-1 6-2 Euan LYNES (GBR)
Four British seeds go out. In fact, George Davis is the only seed left in (junior rankings, especially for the younger players, are frequently largely irrelevant). But two guaranteed British semi-finalists.
NB Hats off to wildcard Connor Thomson. Arthur Cazaux is admittedly 18 months younger than him but Cazaux was runner-up in the U14 national championships last year and is one of the FFT's top elite young French players. Very good win.
R2 results:
George DAVIS (GBR) [1] 6-0 6-3 Benjamin HEYNOLD (GBR)
Oscar WEIGHTMAN (GBR) 6-2 6-2 Toby SAMUEL (GBR)
Damien SALVESTRE (FRA) 6-1 6-2 Andrew ROZANOV (GBR) [4]
Kai MAXTED (GBR) 6-3 6-1 Jack PINNINGTON JONES (GBR)
(wc) Connor THOMSON (GBR) 6-3 0-6 6-4 Arthur CAZAUX (FRA)
Oliver OKONKWO (GBR) 6-3 6-1 Jacob FEARNLEY (GBR) [3]
Gleb BLEKHER (CAN) 6-2 6-1 Tad MACLEAN (GBR) [6]
David QUAYLE (GBR) 6-2 6-4 Harry BUTLER (GBR) [2]
Just a mention in passing for the Tennis Europe U14 event which is happening here at the same time (nice idea, I feel, to link the two together).
Top seed, and LTA's pick player, William Jensen lost in the semis to Cambridgeshire's Zach Cox. The second seed from Montenegro also was beaten, by Britain's Jonathon Price
So the TENNIS EUROPE U14 semis are:
(q) Zachary Cox v (4) Derin Acaroglu (30 William Nolan v (5) Jonathon Price
-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 20th of July 2017 11:26:38 AM
..and then there were none, as Oscar removes George, but both foreign lads remain a threat to a home title
QF
Oscar Weightman d. (1) George Davis 6-4 6-4
Damien Salvestre (FRA) d. Kai Maxted 7-5 4-6 6-4
(WC) Connor Thomson d. Oliver Okonkwo 6-4 7-6(5)
Gleb Blekher (CAN) d. David Quayle 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3
SF
Oscar Weightman v Damien Salvestre (FRA)
(WC) Connor Thomson v Gleb Blekher (CAN)
