British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Tennis

Lambda · Challenger level

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Lambda · Challenger level

We are on court 3 today
Stream https://www.twitch.tv/sportureims3
Live scores https://scores.tennisticker.de/fra/sb.html?tournid=6781

The schedule today is
Eliz Mahoney v Petra Hule 2-3*
Finn Bass v Casey Hoole
Millie Rajecki v Maya Joint
James Story v Derek Pham
Rajecki/Adeshina v Joint/Fairclough
Storey/Bass v Jinn/Hoole
Hignett/Adeshina v Jinn/Hule

Fairclough is Grace Piper's doubles partner this season at USC.

Lambda · Challenger level

After singles, it's tied 2-2
The boys won, the girls lost.

Australia have changed their women's doubles. Hule will now play with Joint. Fairclough will play mixed.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Many thanks, again, for the link Lambda

Really really enjoyed watching the last 20 mins of that decisive mixed doubles match - WHAT a noise from the spectators

AND we got the win !!! 10-7 in the MTB

Esther hadn't been volleying particulalry well before the MTB - and suddenly came into her own, on some clutch points

And Liam looked a little nervous, but fired the winning ace, just when you needed it

Lambda · Challenger level

Super win. I was getting a little nervous when the Aussie's pulled it back to 6 all.

All the results from today.

GB 4 Australia 3
Eliz Mahoney lost to Petra Hule 4-6 5-7
Finn Bass d. Casey Hoole 6-4 6-3
Millie Rajecki lost to Maya Joint 4-6 3-6
James Story d. Derek Pham 6-4 3-6 [10-8]
Rajecki/Adeshina d. Joint/Hule 6-2 7-5
Story/Bass lost to Jin/Hoole 4-6 5-7
Hignett/Adeshina d. Jin/Hule 6-4 3-6 [10-7]

USA in the final once again.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

USA beat us last year? Is it the same 8 teams each year? Certainly not a truly world event, more an invitational?

Lambda · Challenger level

It's been a GB v USA final every year since 2017, except 2020 and 21 when it wasn't held, with GB only winning the first of those encounters in 2017. It's generally the same countries as the top 7 go through to the following year. 6 of the countries here are mainstays. The last change was in 2022 when Australia and Switzerland replaced China and Italy. Italy had only played a couple of years having replaced Russia in 2018, but they finished last in both of those years.

Lambda · Challenger level

It was fitting for yesterday's tie of two equally matched teams to go to a MTB in the last match.

On paper USA are too strong for us, but it hasn't been a cakewalk for them despite winning both their ties 4-1. You wonder how physically and emotionally spent some of them are from the NCAAs and whether any of them picked up the bug that was going around there. But how physically and emotionally spent are we from yesterday? We could really have done with Johannus today. The USA have given all their players a singles match so it'll be interesting to see who they go with for their No 2s today.

For their No 1s, Millie does have a 1-0 H2H against Stoiana, that 4 & 2 win coming on home courts in the semi-final of an early fall season college tournament last year; 1 of just 4 US College defeats for Stoiana last season. Stoiana had a battle against Alice Robbe yesterday in a MTB. Michael Zheng is probably still feeling the effects of winning the NCAAs last week, certainly in his opening match against the German US College player he'd be expected to beat but lost to. Has a similar ATP ranking to James but Zheng will be under ranked having opted not to play pro events over the last few months.

We'll be doing well if we go into doubles level.

Lambda · Challenger level

Millie keeps the tie live going into doubles. Despite seemingly have a shoulder issue from the beginning it didn't stop her serving 11 aces. The US replaced Stoiana with Honer to face Millie. I assume Stoiana is injured as I don't know why the Americans wouldn't play her in singles otherwise. Shame as I was looking forward to Millie against Stoiana.

GB 1 USA 3

Finn Bass lost to Sebastian Gorzny 7-6(11) 3-6 [6-10]
Eliz Maloney lost to Savannah Broadus 3-6 6-7(3)
James Story lost to Michael Zheng 6-3 4-6 [7-10]
Millie Rajecki d. Amelia Honer 1-6 6-3 [10-8]

Lambda · Challenger level

USA retain the title as the boys go down 5-7 2-6. cry

indiana · Tennis legend

Well done to GB on their week.

And certainly look like very competitive singles matches vs USA.