Boys; Junior Davis Cup finals, Antalya, Turkey (Week 44)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Boys; Junior Davis Cup finals, Antalya, Turkey (Week 44)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Day 1 saw a 2-1 defeat against seeded Italy, but that represents an improvement on their encounter in the qualifying tournament when the Italians did not drop a set. Henry posted a fine win against a top 100 opponent but they couldn't make an impression in the deciding doubles. They play the Czech Republic next, who have a top 50 ranked player Maxim Mrva - comfortably the highest ranked 2007 in the world. As the Czech Republic beat India 3-0 victory tomorrow is essential to maintain the slim chance of taking the trophy. Live scores can be found here. There are a couple of live streamed courts with links here, but it is very unlikely that we will be on either streamed court, at least during the round robin. An overview of all the groups and matches can be found here

RR1 (4)Italy 2 GBR 1

Lorenzo Carboni beat Oliver Bonding 6-4 6-1
Francesco Cina lost to Henry Searle 6-3 3-6 0-6
Carboni/Cina beat Frydrych/Searle 6-2 6-3

DavidC · Tennis legend

Despite a valiant effort from Henry against a top 50 opponent the British team lost 3-0 to the Czech Republic, so will play India tomorrow (who lost 3-0 to Italy) for seeding rights in the 9th-16th play-offs

RR2 GBR 0 Czech Republic 3

Viktor Frydrych lost to Petr Brunclik 2-6 2-6
Henry Searle lost to Maxim Mrva 6-7(5) 7-5 3-6
Bonding/Frydrych lost to Brunclik/Hanzelin 6-7(1) 4-6

DavidC · Tennis legend

A comfortable win today meaning that we play host nation Turkey in the 9th - 16th play-offs

RR3 GBR 3 India 0

Oliver Bonding beat Kriish Ajay Tyagi 7-6(1) 6-2
Henry Searle beat Rushil Khosla 6-0 6-2
Bonding/Searle beat Khosla/Tyagi 6-0 6-3

DavidC · Tennis legend

A 3-0 victory today, though tighter than that sounds - Turkey have one player ranked higher than our trio, who pushed Henry. Tomorrow we play Paraguay if I read the draw correctly, effectively playing for 9th-12th

9th - 16th play-offs

Turkey 0 GBR 3

Kerem Yilmaz lost to Viktor Frydrych 6-7(4) 4-6
Atakan Karahan lost to Henry Searle 7-5 4-6 6-7(5)
Buluk/Yilmaz lost to Bonding/Frydrych 4-6 6-2 [5-10]

DavidC · Tennis legend

The team lost out in a match tiebreak of the deciding doubles so will play Morocco tomorrow for 11th place. Elsewhere Brazil won a deciding doubles against Italy to make the final against USA or France (currently playing a deciding doubles). In the Billie Jean King Cup the final will be between the USA and the Czech Republic

9th - 12th play-offs

GBR 1 Paraguay 2

Oliver Bonding lost to Nunez Alex Santino 2-6 6-3 [7-10]
Henry Searle beat Thiago Drozkowski 6-1 6-0
Bonding/Searle lost to Drozkowski/Santino 6-7(5) 6-4 [7-10]

DavidC · Tennis legend

A tight final match sees us finish in 11th place. Oliver Bonding will still be eligible next year, so hopefully he can progress and lead a team to challenge for the title This year's was won by Brazil, led by Joao Fonseca (JWR44), while the Billie Jean King Cup went to the USA, Clervie Ngounoue (who recently reached a $25K final) beating Tereza Valentova (JWR11) in the key top singles

11th-12 play-off

GBR 2 Morocco 1

Viktor Frydrych lost to Amine Jamji 6-2 7-5
Henry Searle beat Reda Bennani 1-6 6-2 [10-7]
Bonding/Searle beat Bennani/Benyahia 6-3 6-7(4) [10-8]