Charlie Robertson is also in qualifying atm. He's done so well to get sufficiently up the rankings this year!
It's a shame for Isabelle Lacy having been easily in the rankings until recently will miss out from qualifying having dropped out of the top 100. Shame after winning the nationals but maybe as CD says clay is not really her game so is concentrating on the grass court and hard court seasons to come.
-- Edited by Nix on Thursday 11th of May 2023 12:16:04 PM
Can someone just clarify the acceptance lists for Roland Garros Juniors 2023. I see that Oliver G (wow what a prospect!) is direct entry but Henry Searle is in qualifying? Ella McDonald, Ranah Stoiber and Mingge Xu in the girls MD, with Hannah Klugman in qualifying. When do they confirm if they are going to play or not? I follow Mimi and I believe she has been injured. Thank you to the experts on here, first place to come for news on the Juniors!
-- Edited by Var on Wednesday 10th of May 2023 01:37:03 PM
Thank you for your generous comment. Singles qualifying starts on June 1st, with the draw being made on the previous day. If there are 2 withdrawals before then, or the 2 Special Exempt places are not required for players still competing at Charleroi then Henry will move into the main draw. Players can withdraw at any point, so we will only know when the main draw takes place (June 4th) if all our players accepted into the main draw are actually taking part. Any withdrawing after May 31st will be replaced by lucky losers. If you regularly check the main draw acceptance lists then you should see if Mimi withdraws prior to the draws being made (very late withdrawals will not feature on the publicly accessible list though)
Just to update that Henry is indeed in the MD with Oliver Bonding and Charlie Robertson in qualifying. A big boost to last year's tournament on the boys side where we didn't have anyone in MD or QD.
Very pleased to see Henry take the number one spot
(Oli's a great player, and a year younger, and may well be more promising, but he's not been a little fave, and Henry has, so hey, shoot me )
22 May 2023:
Top 100 and main upward movers
Boys:
42 (+7) Henry Searle ('06)
46 (-2) Oliver Bonding ('07)
64 (=) Charlie Robertson ('06)
75 (+3) Luca Pow
864 (+50) Taymur Mohammad ('06)
1729 (+56) Gonzalo Cotter
1731 (+443) Tom Chapman ('06)
1860 (+81) Issah Ali ('07)
44 (-2) Henry Searle ('06)
48 (-2) Oliver Bonding ('07)
66 (-2) Charlie Robertson ('06)
75 (=) Luca Pow
570 (+20) Max Castle ('06)
655 (+19) Max Carrier ('07)
698 (+192) Jay Johnson-Hauldren ('06)
1028 (+54) Conor Brady ('07)
1126 (+869) Mark Ceban ('09)
1128 (+123) Alfie King ('07)
1244 (+84) James Ashworth
1408 (+20) Enricho Franchi ('07)
1459 (+43) Kouros Anssarizadeh ('08)
1590 (+82) Theo Coats
1681 (+54) Sai Gandepalli ('06)
1740 (+194) Brooklyn Bamburac
1909 (+122) Luke Hoyland ('06)
2013 (+26) Liam Channon ('08)
2024 (+251) Lance Nisbet ('06)
2103 - NEW IN - Chidi Okot ('06)
2230 (+1001) Rio Hanif ('07)
2360 (+361) Tom Giles
2657 (+200) Wil Jepson
2799 (+48) Jesse Clarkson ('08)
2905 - NEW IN - Rhys Lawlor ('09)
3219 - NEW IN - Freddie Simpson
3293 - NEW IN - Rafael Kiss ('06)
A big jump up for Henry Searle, thanks to his exploits in Paris
Great to see him doing so well. I know Oliver and Luca did better than him at the nationals, and Oliver is better on paper, given his age, but Henry's always been my man. Will be interesting what the LTA do about wildcards etc this year....
12 June 2023:
Top 100 and main upward movers
Boys:
27 (+15) Henry Searle ('06)
49 (-4) Oliver Bonding ('07)
71 (-4) Charlie Robertson ('06)
82 (-5) Luca Pow
Some people might think the points in Nigeria are slightly 'soft' points (and they might have a point) but the bottom line is that Alisha Ndukwu and Grace Chinwike are now Britain's second and third best ITF world ranked players (behind Hannah)
That will give the LTA pause for thought about wildcards, training, entry into the U14 Wimbledon Championships, and various other things, I would have thought. Alisha's dad is certainly very much in the tennis milieu (used to be a Nigerian national player, I think) and I expect both sets of parents/coaches will be putting in requests....
Rhys Lawlor's Roehampton success moves him up to 8 in the Tennis Europe Race rankings. At the end of the season the top 8 who accept invitations (usually one or two decline) take part in the Masters event in Monte Carlo. Mark Ceban is currently 1st and Hollie Smart 6th (in the girls)