Boys & Girls: 2019 Tennis Europe Winter Cups (U12/U14/U16)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Boys & Girls: 2019 Tennis Europe Winter Cups (U12/U14/U16)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the little curly-haired boy on the left as we look at it is Hugo Coquelin, the tall boy on the right (also with curly hair but shorter) is Fabio Nestola, and the boy in the middle is Luca Pow, yes????

Yes - I don't know the two others though (one must be Richard Plews I assume)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Under 12 finals start tomorrow - the boys have drawn Belgium, while the girls are in Sunderland, but the draw is not yet up

DavidC · Tennis legend

Great start for both teams, advancing to the semis. The boys were imperious against Belgium and now tackle Italy. The girls have the tough prospect of Russia in the semis, who are yet to drop a set in qualifying or today (most of their sets have been bakery products)

U12 Boys QF

GBR 3 Belgium 0

Samy Khediry won 6-0 6-2
Benjamin Gusic Wan won 6-2 6-0
Bonding/Gusic Wan won 6-2 6-0

U12 Girls QF

GBR 2 Romania 1

Mingge Xu won 6-2 6-4
Hephzibah Oluwadare won 6-2 6-3
Harper/Xu lost 5-7 3-6

DavidC · Tennis legend

Two hard fought matches, but neither in our favour (the girls being tantalisingly close to a big win following two singles lasting close to 3 hours), so both teams play for bronze tomorrow. The boys play Romania and the girls France

U12 Boys SF

Italy 2 GBR 1

Samy Khediry lost 3-6 7-5 4-6
Benjamin Gusic Wan lost 4-6 5-7
Bonding/Gusic Wan won 6-4 6-4

U12 Girls SF

Russia 2 GBR 1

Mingge Xu won 6-3 6-7(4) 6-4
Hephzibah Oluwadare lost 6-3 2-6 6-7(5)
Oluwadare/Xu lost 3-6 4-6

Mervatron2 · Futures level

That's a very encouraging result for the girls. Shame Hephzibah couldn't sneak that win.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Bronze medals for both under 12 teams, as they each lead 2-0 after the singles. Czech Republic won the boys title and Russia the girls (much easier match than against GB)

Mervatron2 · Futures level

Anyone seen these players in person? Good prospects?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I've seen and am a mega fan of Hephzibah - really good prospect. Very exciting.

Never seen the other U12s

DavidC · Tennis legend

U12 Boys 3/4 place play-off

GBR 2 Romania 1

Samy Khediri won 6-2 6-3
Benjamin Gusic Wan won 7-6(5) 3-6 6-2
Bonding/Khediri lost 5-7 6-3 [5-10]

team with medals

U12 Girls 3/4 place play-off

GBR 3 France 0

Mingge Xu won 6-1 6-2
Hephzibah Oluwadare won 6-3 1-6 6-3
Harper/Oluwadare won 6-2 6-1

team with medals

A couple of Hephzibah's matches from Auray last year are available via YouTube (eg this one )

DavidC · Tennis legend

The under 14 finals start tomorrow with both teams facing tricky quarter-finals. The girls face the Czech Republic, who have home advantage, while the boys take on France led by Antoine Ghibaudo, who beat both the top Brits last month

DavidC · Tennis legend

Both challenges proved too much though the boys came very close, with Luca reversing his Bolton defeat. Both teams therefore will play for the minor places

U14 Boys QF

GBR 1 France 2

Fabio Nestola lost 2-6 7-6(7) 5-7
Luca Pow won 6-4 6-3
Nestola/Pow lost 6-7(5) 6-4 [4-10]

U14 Girls QF

GBR 0 Czech Republic 3

Millie Skelton lost 1-6 3-6
Eva Shaw lost 2-6 3-6
Shaw/Stoiber lost 6-4 5-7 [5-10]

DavidC · Tennis legend

The boys finished fifth after two comfortable wins (over Switzerland and Germany) whilst the girls finished 7th after defeat by Romania and a victory over Belarus. Encouragingly for the boys France went on to win the trophy easily, so they would probably have been medalists anywhere else in the draw. Russia won the girls event, beating GB's conquerors in the final - the fifth time Russia has made the final at least in the last six years