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Boys: Junior Orange Bowl, USA, hard/clay, U14/U12 (Week 51)
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The Junior Orange Bowl has just begun today, with a fair sprinkling of British interest

U12 R1 (L128)

Cassius Haye v Jacob Shen (HKG)

(LL) Maddox Bose (USA) v (9) Samy Khediri

(Q) Hanu Kawanaka (JPN) v (6) Benjamin Gusic-Wan

Shinnosuke Ryota (GER) v (9) Oliver Bonding

U14 R1 (L128)

(LL) Edward Wang (USA) d. Henry Searle 3-6 6-2 6-2

(17) Benjamin Kreynes (USA) d. Hugo Coquelin 6-2 6-2

(9) Luca Pow d. Jose Barahona (ECU) 6-1 6-2

(17) Phoenix Weir d. Henrique Costanzi de Brito (BRA) 6-0 6-2

Viktor Frydrych v Nicholas Mangapane (USA)



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Cassius Haye is of course Davids son

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...and it will be hard for him to escape in future being referred to as David's son with that Christian name cry

U12 R1 (L128)

Jacob Shen (HKG) d. Cassius Haye 7-6(2) 6-2
(9) Samy Khediri d. (LL) Maddox Bose (USA) 6-0 6-1
(6) Benjamin Gusic-Wan d. (Q) Hanu Kawanaka (JPN) 6-1 6-0
(9) Oliver Bonding d. Shinnosuke Ryota (GER) 6-0 6-0

R2

(Q) Sei Sakurai (JPN) v (9) Samy Khediri
Fumin Jiang (CHN) v (6) Benjamin Gusic-Wan
Santiago Lora (BOL) v (9) Oliver Bonding



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The junior Orange Bowl does not apply the normal degree of separation for juniors from the same country, so Luca and Phoenix play each other in round 3

U14 R1 (L128)

Nicholas Mangapane (USA) d. Viktor Frydrych 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3

R2

(9) Luca Pow d. Matej Kajser (CAN) 6-0 6-1
(17) Phoenix Weir d. Jovan Lubbe (RSA) 6-0 6-0

R3

(9) Luca Pow v (17) Phoenix Weir



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Three comfortable wins in the under 12s

U12 R2

(9) Samy Khediri d. (Q) Sei Sakurai (JPN) 6-2 6-1
(6) Benjamin Gusic-Wan d. Fumin Jiang (CHN) 6-3 6-1
(9) Oliver Bonding d. Santiago Lora (BOL) 6-1 6-3

R3

Rama Subodh Pottipati (USA) v (9) Samy Khediri
Ibrahim Carrington (USA) v (6) Benjamin Gusic-Wan
(Q) Charles Chen (CHN) v (9) Oliver Bonding

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Rain washed out play yesterday, but they have made a start today (delayed). Luca wins the all-Brtish contest and takes on Lennon Jones next, highly rated by the Mouratoglou Academy and winner of the under 12s here two years ago

U14 R3

(9) Luca Pow d. (17) Phoenix Weir 6-4 6-3

R4

(6) Lennon Jones (JPN) v (9) Luca Pow



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Three more comfortable wins in the under 12s, but Samy and Oliver now face two of the top seeds

R3

(9) Samy Khediri d. Rama Subodh Pottipati (USA) 6-2 6-2
(6) Benjamin Gusic-Wan d. Ibrahim Carrington (USA) 6-4 6-1
(9) Oliver Bonding d. (Q) Charles Chen (CHN) 6-4 6-1

R4

(9) Samy Khediri v (3) Changmin Ryu (KOR)
(9) Timofey Derepasko (RUS) v (6) Benjamin Gusic-Wan
(9) Oliver Bonding v (2) Maxwell Exsted (USA)


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Our trio of under 12s remarkably all win by the same match tiebreak score, thus ensuring a semi-finalist

U12 R4

(9) Samy Khediri d. (3) Changmin Ryu (KOR) 6-3 5-7 [10-4]
(6) Benjamin Gusic-Wan d. (9) Timofey Derepasko (RUS) 4-6 7-5 [10-4]
(9) Oliver Bonding v (2) Maxwell Exsted (USA) 6-3 6-7(9) [10-4]

QF

Calvin Baierl (USA) v (9) Samy Khediri
(6) Benjamin Gusic-Wan v (9) Oliver Bonding

U14 R4

(6) Lennon Jones (JPN) d. (9) Luca Pow 6-2 6-4


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Ben edged through another match tiebreak, and takes on the American who ended Samy's campaign emphatically

QF

Calvin Baierl (USA) d. (9) Samy Khediri 6-1 6-1
(6) Benjamin Gusic-Wan d. (9) Oliver Bonding 2-6 6-4 [10-7]

SF

Calvin Baierl (USA) v (6) Benjamin Gusic-Wan


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Because of a poor weather forecast tomorrow they decided to play the semis as well yesterday, and the finals today. Ben won another tight match to make the final. If he wins he will follow in illustrious footsteps - the only previous British winner in the under 12 boys being Andy Murray in 1999

U12 SF

(6) Benjamin Gusic-Wan d. Calvin Baierl (USA) 7-6(5) 7-6(5)

F

(1) Alejandro Arcila (COL) v (6) Benjamin Gusic-Wan



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....and according to Colette "Benjamin Gusic-Wan of Great Britain is 2019 Junior Orange Bowl boys 12s champion. He defeats Alejandro Arcila of Colombia 63, 62 " Bravo Ben - if he has anything like the career of his British predecessor he will do well smile



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Bloody Hell! well done Ben. I hope it is the beginning of a really enjoyable career. I just hope he really enjoyed himself. Tennis at U12 should still be fun even if you are very good, lets hope there is not too much hype, it least he should get plenty of LTA support moving forward.

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Great result.

I bumped the thread with his Super Auray title earlier this year, because there's a lot of comment about him, if anyone want to see it.

Or watch one of his matches on Youtube (well, dip in and out - it's quite long!) - well worth it.

www.youtube.com/watch

Add: just to add, he was born on 21/11/07, so only very just turned 12.



-- Edited by Coup Droit on Monday 23rd of December 2019 09:50:19 AM

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From Colette's blog:

"Gusic-Wan said he got off to a slow start, but soon had figured out what he needed to do to counteract Arcila's game style.

"I needed to find my range in the first games, but then I got into it a bit more," said the diminutive right-hander, who recently turned 12.

"He was an aggressive baseliner and liked to attack with his forehand, so I had to move him about, hit some angles," said Gusic-Wan, who won the prestigious Open Super 12 in Auray France back in February.

Gusic-Wan, who hopes to play the big 14-and-under tournaments next month in Bolton and Tarbes, said he did not think about joining Andy Murray as a Junior Orange Bowl champion until he finished the match. "It's good to be there with him," Gusic-Wan said with a laugh."

Photo of Ben with trophy and oranges (courtesy of Chris Wilkinson)

Colette corrected the score to 6-3 6-3



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