There are 4 weeks of high grade tournaments in Mexico/USA to end the ITF Junior season, with strong British presence and good first round draws on paper
Boys R1 (L64)
Luca Pow v (WC) Santiago Valle-Saenz (MEX)
Hugo Coquelin v (Q) Ernesto Ruy Sanchez Pavon (MEX)
Slightly curious that Talia has allowed herself to get in a position where she has to play low adult ITFs, rather than push on in juniors. Obviously a strategic decision taken a while back.
3/3 so far for the boys - Luca will take on a top 50 opponent next
Boys R1 (L64)
Luca Pow d. (WC) Santiago Valle-Saenz (MEX) 6-1 6-1
Hugo Coquelin d. (Q) Ernesto Ruy Sanchez Pavon (MEX) 6-0 7-5
(15) Phoenix Weir v Ilyas Milad Fahim (MAR)
Henry Searle d. Sebastian Medica Sandoval (MEX) 7-6 (3) 4-6 6-4
R2
Luca Pow v (5) Paul Inchauspe (FRA)
(16) Alexander Razeghi (USA) v Henry Searle
Round 2 has just started, with an early defeat for Hugo against one of the top seeds. Hep takes on Whitney Osuigwe's sister
Boys R2
Luca Pow v (5) Paul Inchauspe (FRA)
(4) Cooper Williams (USA) d. Hugo Coquelin 6-4 6-3
(16) Alexander Razeghi (USA) v Henry Searle
Girls R2
(1) Ella McDonald v Mia Saveljic (USA)
(10) Hephzibah Oluwadare v Victoria Osuigwe (USA)
(8) Mingge Xu v Martina Marica (USA)
(13) Isabelle Lacy v Asylzhan Arystanbekova (KAZ)
(5) Paul Inchauspe (FRA) d. Luca Pow 6-1 6-3
(4) Cooper Williams (USA) d. Hugo Coquelin 6-4 6-3
(16) Alexander Razeghi (USA) d. Henry Searle 6-2 2-6 6-3
Better news with the girls: Ella is through in straight sets, Mimi goes through in three sets, Isabelle on a walkover but Hep goes out in three sets to Victoria Osuigwe. She's the sister of Whitney Osuigwe who reached JWR 2. She herself is still lower ranked than Hep but has beaten a JWR top ten player and several other top hundred players at only 15, so not necessarily a bad result. Isabelle plays the girl who knocked out the number two seed in the next round. Could be an opportunity for her, in a J1 tournament.
-- Edited by Nix on Wednesday 16th of November 2022 07:36:39 AM
Ella takes on a 15 year old who has been highly successful in lower grade tournaments in her native Chile. Victoria Osuigwe has teamed up with Imogen in doubles. All British pairings won their first round matches in doubles
Girls R2
(1) Ella McDonald d. Mia Saveljic (USA) 7-5 6-4
Victoria Osuigwe (USA) d. (10) Hephzibah Oluwadare 6-3 6-3
(8) Mingge Xu v Martina Marica (USA) 3-6 7-5 7-5
(13) Isabelle Lacy v Asylzhan Arystanbekova (KAZ) w/o
R3
(1) Ella McDonald v Antonia Vergara Rivera (CHI)
(8) Mingge Xu v (11) Ahmani Guichard (USA)
(13) Isabelle Lacy v Arina Oreshchenkova (USA)
In combination Ella and Mimi have also reached the doubles quarter-finals where they take on Imogen and Victoria. Other British partnerships lost in round 2. In the singles quarter-finals Mimi plays the Serbian who some of us saw lose comfortably to Ella in the J1 final in Durban
QF
(1) Ella McDonald v (9) Ava Krug (USA)
(8) Mingge Xu v (4) Darja Suvirdjonkova (SRB)
Are all the British boys and girls playing the Mexican JA next week and then onto the big American events to finish the season?
All the players here move on to Merida for the Grade A. Most, but not all move to the US for the extra 2 weeks, with a couple joining probably for the US tournaments (unless they withdraw)