The last major junior event of 2017 is the prestigious Junior Orange Bowl, with Andy Murray a previous winner (under 12). Unfortunately one of our top hopes Jack Pinnington Jones, who retired at the Eddie Herr, has withdrawn. William Nolan draws Bjorn Borg's son Leo. The main draw starts on Wednesday
A couple of comfortable early wins amongst the boys
Boys U12 R1 (L128)
Jake Evans v (Q) Lucas Acevedo (USA)
(Q) Stephan Gershfeld (USA) v Zach Stephens
Boys U14 R1 (L128)
(9) Derrick Chen d. Killian Bensoussan (FRA) 6-2 6-2
Harry Lazell d. Shion Yamada (JPN) 6-0 6-1
Pedro Boscardin Dias (BRA) v (8) Joel Pierleoni
Freddy Murray (IRL) v Matthew Rutter
William Nolan v (17) Leo Borg (SWE)
R2
(9) Derrick Chen v Jakub Svoboda (CZE)
Harry Lazell v (9) Jewon Jeon (KOR)
Good effort from William but Leo prevails, and all our under 14 girls are out
Boys U12 R1 (L128)
(Q) Lucas Acevedo (USA) d. Jake Evans 4-6 6-4 6-0
(Q) Stephan Gershfeld (USA) v Zach Stephens
Boys U14 R1 (L128)
(9) Derrick Chen d. Killian Bensoussan (FRA) 6-2 6-2
Harry Lazell d. Shion Yamada (JPN) 6-0 6-1
Pedro Boscardin Dias (BRA) d. (8) Joel Pierleoni 2-6 6-4 6-3
Matthew Rutter d. Freddy Murray (IRL) 2-6 6-4 6-2
(17) Leo Borg (SWE) d. William Nolan 7-6(6) 6-7(5) 6-4
R2
(9) Derrick Chen v Jakub Svoboda (CZE)
Harry Lazell v (9) Jewon Jeon (KOR)
Matthew Rutter v (17) Evan Wen (USA)
Girls U14 R1 (L128)
(1) Alexandra Yepafinova (USA) d. Isla Thornicroft 6-3 6-1
Nataly Kader (USA) d. Andrea Pineda 7-5 6-3
Emma Charney (USA) d. Alexandra McDonald 6-2 6-2
Just 4 Brits survived round 1, but Derrick has won his round 2 as well today
Boys U12 R1 (L128)
(Q) Lucas Acevedo (USA) d. Jake Evans 4-6 6-4 6-0
(Q) Stephan Gershfeld (USA) d. Zach Stephens 1-6 6-2 6-3
Boys U14 R2
(9) Derrick Chen d. Jakub Svoboda (CZE) 7-5 6-1
Harry Lazell v (9) Jewon Jeon (KOR)
Matthew Rutter v (17) Evan Wen (USA)
Girls U12 R1 (L128)
Madison Smith (USA) d. Ranah Akua Stoiber 6-4 6-2
Oziera Ahmad (USA) d. Roxanne Sultan Ucur 6-0 6-0
Sophya Devas d. Cherysh Henry (USA) 7-6(5) 7-5 6-4 (sic)
Derrick, our only 2003 boy ranked in the ITF top 1000 is the last Brit in competition having reached the last 16. However his next opponent has won his only ITF to date
Boys U14 R2
(9) Derrick Chen d. Jakub Svoboda (CZE) 7-5 6-1
Harry Lazell d. (9) Jewon Jeon (KOR) 6-4 4-6 6-3
(17) Evan Wen (USA) d. Matthew Rutter 6-4 6-2
R3
(9) Derrick Chen d. (17) Ainius Sabaliauskas (LTU) 6-1 6-1
(17) Bruno Kuzuhara (USA) d. Harry Lazell 6-4 6-4
