Good luck to the girls.
they have a good chance with the Czechs missing their top 2 14u players - Brenda Fruhitova the 2020 Tarbes champion And Nikola Bartunkova!
GB girls playing 2 2007 born Russians.
Mimi Xu loses 0&4 to Mirra Andreeva
Hannah Read wins 1&5 to Alina Korneeva
Deciding doubles for a place in the semis, and we have a strong doubles pairing with Hephzibah and Hannah.
Looks like our U-14 girls got well beaten though in the decisive doubles, 2-6 3-6
So we end up playing for bronze tomorrow against Poland. The two top seeds, Czech Republic and Russia, play for the title (the third consecutive final between the two). Here is the team (courtesy of captain Katie O'Brien)
A very good effort from the team. With Mimi and Hephzibah both playing a year early.
The under 14s conclude with a comfortable win over Poland to win bronze. U14G bronze medal play-offGBR 2 Poland 0Hephzibah won 7-6(8) 6-4Hannah won 6-1 6-1
Photo of team with medals
Czech Republic beat Russia 2-1 to claim gold