Most of our team in Mexico (except Henry Searle) have moved up to the United States for the last two major tournaments of the year (joined by Ranah Stoiber). Hugo Coquelin gained a Special Exempt for reaching the Merida doubles semi, while luca Pow was originally in qualifying, but got bumped up to the main draw by a late withdrawal (see CD's post in the Merida thread). Hephzibah Oluwadare has a tough draw against a seed who has won her last two tournaments on clay (Grade 2 but one of her scalps is top 20).
Boys R1 (L64)
(12) Alejandro Melero Kretzer (ESP) v (SE) Hugo Coquelin
(Q/LL) v Luca Pow
Phoenix Weir v (Q/LL)
Girls R1 (L64)
Teodora Kostovic (SRB) v Isabelle Lacy
(10) Mingge Xu v (WC) Alanis Hamilton (USA)
Maya Iyengar (USA) v (7) Ranah Akua Stoiber
(6) Lucciana Perez Alarcon (PER) v Hephzibah Oluwadare
All the girls and Hugo are scheduled to play today, though judging from a tweet by Colette courts were unplayable earlier. There are also under 12/14/16 events. The only Brit I spotted was Megan Knight in the under 12s, who lost today on a match tiebreak, but there may well be others. You can find the draws here if interested
All the girls and Hugo are scheduled to play today, though judging from a tweet by Colette courts were unplayable earlier. There are also under 12/14/16 events. The only Brit I spotted was Megan Knight in the under 12s, who lost today on a match tiebreak, but there may well be others. You can find the draws here if interested
Really pleased to hear that Megan is there - loved her play during the Nationals
A good effort by Hep against a strong opponent. Isabelle has to tackle the top seed next who has won her last 2 junior tournaments (G1/G2) and her only recent junior loss is to Clervie Ngounoue in the Junior Billie Jean King Cup final
Boys R1 (L64)
(12) Alejandro Melero Kretzer (ESP) d.(SE) Hugo Coquelin 6-4 6-2
(Q) Amir Milushev (UZB) v Luca Pow
Phoenix Weir v (Q) Aditya Govila (IND)
Girls R1 (L64)
Isabelle Lacy d. Teodora Kostovic (SRB) 6-2 7-6(3)
(10) Mingge Xu v (WC) Alanis Hamilton (USA)
(7) Ranah Akua Stoiber d. Maya Iyengar (USA) 6-3 6-3
(6) Lucciana Perez Alarcon (PER) d. Hephzibah Oluwadare 5-7 6-3 7-5
(WC) Akasha Urhobo (USA) d. Imogen Haddad 6-4 6-3
R2
(1) Tereza Valentova (CZE) v Isabelle Lacy
Ela Nala Milic (SLO) v (7) Ranah Akua Stoiber
Gosh, that was terribly close for Hep - she'll be disappointed but, as you say, that's a very good score against a player who is 17, who is great on clay, and is seeded 6
Aran Selvaraasan from Manchester got a win in the U12 boys
There's also a lad called Adam Farag-Cao, listed as being from 'Wimbledon, London', although websites cite him as being Canadian. He lost in R1 of the U16s.
Phoenix ends a 4 match losing streak and takes on the 8th seed next. The rest of today is taken up with doubles. Ella is in the draw, paired with Isabelle and seeded 5
Boys R1 (L64)
(12) Alejandro Melero Kretzer (ESP) d.(SE) Hugo Coquelin 6-4 6-2
Luca Pow d. (Q) Amir Milushev (UZB) 6-1 6-2
Phoenix Weir d. (Q) Aditya Govila (IND) 6-4 6-3
R2
Luca Pow v Patrick Schoen (SUI)
(8) Cooper Williams (USA) v Phoenix Weir