Boys & Girls: J2 Vigo, Spain, hard (Week 41)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Boys & Girls: J2 Vigo, Spain, hard (Week 41)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Excellent result for Luca against the third seed, and comfortable wins for our qualifiers. Mimi had to battle but came through, as did Isabelle in much easier fashion

Boys R1 (L32)

(1) Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez (MEX) d. Freddie Blaydes 6-4 6-4
(Q) Henry Searle d. Jakub Filip (CZE) 6-2 6-2
(Q) Viktor Frydrych d. (WC) Ivan Perez Martin (ESP) 6-3 6-2
(6) Patrik Schoen (SUI) d. Hugo Coquelin 6-2 6-3
Luca Pow d. (3) Alexander Frusina (USA) 7-6(3) 7-5
Marc Majdandzic (GER) d. Phoenix Weir 6-4 6-3

R2

(Q) Henry Searle v (8) Tomasz Berkieta (POL)
(LL) Alejo Sanchez Quilo (ESP) v (Q) Viktor Frydrych
Abert Saar (SWE) v Luca Pow

Girls R1 (L32)

Mingge Xu d. Sarah Iliev (FRA) 6-7 (7) 7-6(2) 6-4
Isabelle Lacy d. Gaia Greco (ITA) 6-3 6-2

R2

Mingge Xu v (8) Isis Louise Van Den Broek (NED)
Isabelle Lacy v (WC) Maria Garcia Cid (ESP)

paulisi · Tennis legend

Would be nice if a few could go deep this week and bump up their rankings.
The two girls could easily break into the top 100 with a run.

DavidC · Tennis legend

A good day with convincing wins so far for Mimi and Viktor, plus a w/o for Henry. Although Henry plays a qualifier next it is a strong one, who reached a Grade 1 semi in his last tournament and here he has put out the number 1 seed today.

Boys R2

(Q) Henry Searle d. (8) Tomasz Berkieta (POL) w/o
(Q) Viktor Frydrych d. (LL) Alejo Sanchez Quilo (ESP) 6-3 6-2
Abert Saar (SWE) v Luca Pow

QF

(Q) Lorenzo Carboni (ITA) v (Q) Henry Searle
(Q) Viktor Frydrych v Matthew William Donald (CZE)
Michal Krajci (SVK) v Abert Saar (SWE) or Luca Pow

Girls R2

Mingge Xu d. (8) Isis Louise Van Den Broek (NED) 6-2 6-2
Isabelle Lacy v (WC) Maria Garcia Cid (ESP)

QF

Arina Bulatova (***) v Mingge Xu
(6) Renata Jamrichova (SVK) v Isabelle Lacy or (WC) Maria Garcia Cid (ESP)

Nix · Futures qualifying

Isabelle has got through too, in three sets 6-2 5-7 6-3.

-- Edited by Nix on Wednesday 12th of October 2022 07:14:13 PM

DavidC · Tennis legend

Luca's match is unfinished - currently Luca is 6-4 5-7 4-3

DavidC · Tennis legend

Luca made it a clean sweep in round 2, and he went on to join Henry in the semis after 2 convincing victories, their first semis at this level Mimi also progressed to her third Grade 2 semi of the year, and a return to the junior top 100

Boys R2

Luca Pow d. Abert Saar (SWE) 6-4 5-7 6-3

QF

(Q) Henry Searle d. (Q) Lorenzo Carboni (ITA) 6-3 6-3
Matthew William Donald (CZE) d. (Q) Viktor Frydrych 6-0 6-1
Luca Pow d. Michal Krajci (SVK) 6-1 6-2

SF

(Q) Henry Searle v Matthew William Donald (CZE)
Luca Pow v Maxim Mrva (CZE)

Girls R2

Isabelle Lacy d. (WC) Maria Garcia Cid (ESP) 6-2 5-7 6-3

QF

Mingge Xu d. Arina Bulatova (***) 6-1 6-3
(6) Renata Jamrichova (SVK) d. Isabelle Lacy 6-2 6-4

SF

Vendula Valdmannova (CZE) v Mingge Xu

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

To get three out of eight through to the semis is a very good show.

Of course, two of them are our U18 national champions, so that's all well and fitting, I guess (although Mimi is standout, being 2007-born, whereas Luca is 2005)

Henry Searle (2006) is also one of my favourites - got a lot of time for his tennis.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Do you think Will and Ella could be in danger of losing their top GB junior world rankings by end of season? To any of these here or others?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Do you think Will and Ella could be in danger of losing their top GB junior world rankings by end of season? To any of these here or others?

Will's a 2004 so he's out at the end of this year so it doesn't really matter if he's number one or not

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Do you think Will and Ella could be in danger of losing their top GB junior world rankings by end of season? To any of these here or others?
Will's a 2004 so he's out at the end of this year so it doesn't really matter if he's number one or not

Fair comment - I was thinking just in terms of the prestige , if there is any, of being top junior.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Yes - please course there is

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Do you think Will and Ella could be in danger of losing their top GB junior world rankings by end of season? To any of these here or others?
Will's a 2004 so he's out at the end of this year so it doesn't really matter if he's number one or not
Fair comment - I was thinking just in terms of the prestige , if there is any, of being top junior.

Normally, when I see the entries at US colleges etc, you see 'British player, ex-No 1 junior' or some such phrase.

ie. it doesn't matter whether they were number one at the end of the year, or half-way through the year

Will's already got the prestige of being top junior for all that it really matters. Of course, having it at the end of the year might be nice for him too, and he can decide whether it's worth his while to play more junior events to try and secure it -but most players don't really care, not right at the end, which is why all the players like Pat Brady don't care about the prestige, but the pathway, and are therefore playing adult events.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Mimi battles her way to her first final above Grade 4 level, where she will meet Isabelle's conqueror. Henry loses out and Luca's match is not yet in.

Boys SF

Matthew William Donald (CZE) d. (Q) Henry Searle 6-4 6-4
Luca Pow v Maxim Mrva (CZE)

Girls SF

Mingge Xu d. Vendula Valdmannova (CZE) 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(4)

F

Mingge Xu v (6) Renata Jamrichova (SVK)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Just Mimi through to the finals

Boys SF

Matthew William Donald (CZE) d. (Q) Henry Searle 6-4 6-4
Maxim Mrva (CZE) d. Luca Pow 7-5 7-5