The hard court section of the Latin American swing ends this week in Colombia with 48 player draws, so only Ellie Blackford and Daniela Piani needed to go through qualifying, both successful. Henry Searle's good run in San Jose gives him a high seeding here, while in early matches there is a win for Ruby Cooling offset by a loss for Given Roach. Unfortunately Hugo Coquelin and Imogen Haddad have withdrawn - Imogen seemingly not recovered from whatever caused her retirement last week.
Boys R1 (L48)
(15) Luca Pow bye
(3) Henry Searle bye
Max Stenzer (GER) v Oliver Bonding
(14) Phoenix Weir bye
Girls R1 (L48)
(Q) Ellie Blackford v (WC) Valentina Mediorreal Arias (COL)
(6) Hephzibah Oluwadare bye
Ruby Cooling d. Anna Maria Fedotova (DOM) 7-6(4) 6-1
(7) Isabelle Lacy bye
Jay De Zeeuc (NED) d. Given Roach 6-3 6-1
(Q) Daniela Piani v (WC) Mariana Isabel Higuita Barraza (COL)
In early matches today seeds have prospered, including wins for Hep and Isabelle, while Ruby came close to an upset.
Boys R2
Mees Rottgering (NED) v (15) Luca Pow
(3) Henry Searle v Darwin Blanch (USA)
(6) Alexander Razeghi (USA) v Oliver Bonding
(14) Phoenix Weir v Max Schoenhaus (GER)
Girls R2
(Q) Ellie Blackford v (14) Antonia Vergara Rivera (CHI)
(6) Hephzibah Oluwadare d. Karin Altori (ISR) 6-4 6-1
(13) Annelin Bakker (NED) d. Ruby Cooling 7-6(6) 6-7(5) 6-4
(7) Isabelle Lacy d. (Q) Tyra Caterina Grant (USA) 2-6 6-3 6-3
(8) Yujin Kim (KOR) d. (Q) Daniela Piani 6-1 7-6(3)
The boys' late matches added an excellent win for Oli Bonding over the 6th seed, a more expected win for Henry, a close loss for Luca and a not-so-close loss for Phoenix
And the girls had good news, with Ellie B coming through against the 14th seed.
Boys R2
Mees Rottgering (NED) def. (15) Luca Pow (GBR) 7-6(3) 6-4
(3) Henry Searle (GBR) def. Darwin Blanch (USA) 7-6(3) 6-4
Oliver Bonding (GBR) def.(6) Alexander Razeghi (USA) 7-6(5) 6-3
Max Schoenhaus (GER) def. (14) Phoenix Weir 6-3 6-1
Girls R2
(Q) Ellie Blackford def. (14) Antonia Vergara Rivera (CHI) 6-3 7-6(8)
(6) Hephzibah Oluwadare d. Karin Altori (ISR) 6-4 6-1
(13) Annelin Bakker (NED) d. Ruby Cooling 7-6(6) 6-7(5) 6-4
(7) Isabelle Lacy d. (Q) Tyra Caterina Grant (USA) 2-6 6-3 6-3
(8) Yujin Kim (KOR) d. (Q) Daniela Piani 6-1 7-6(3)
An extremely impressive win for Oliver against last week's champion. Henry plays his doubles partner in the San Jose title. A massive task for Ellie, playing the winner of the first two J300s (moving her to JWR12)
Boys R3
(3) Henry Searle v (16) Nicolai Budkov Kjaer (NOR)
Oliver Bonding v (10) Duncan Chan (CAN)
Girls R3
(1) Iva Jovic (USA) v (Q) Ellie Blackford
(11) Alexia Harmon (USA) v (6) Hephzibah Oluwadare
(7) Isabelle Lacy d. Taylor Goetz (USA)
Oliver's breakthrough tournament at this level should see him crack the top 100. Ellie found it as tough as feared, another disappointment for Hep, but Isabelle advances
Boys R3
(3) Henry Searle d. (16) Nicolai Budkov Kjaer (NOR) 6-4 6-2
Oliver Bonding d. (10) Duncan Chan (CAN) 6-2 6-3
QF
(3) Henry Searle v Lasse Poertner (GER)
Oliver Bonding v (Q) Matthew Forbes (USA)
Girls R3
(1) Iva Jovic (USA) d. (Q) Ellie Blackford 6-1 6-0
(11) Alexia Harmon (USA) d. (6) Hephzibah Oluwadare 6-3 6-2
(7) Isabelle Lacy d. Taylor Goetz (USA) 6-1 6-2
(1) played two events in Ecuador on this trip and got precisely nothing
(2) one event in Costa Rica, with a single win
(3) NOW has blasted into the semis, of a J1 !
This will be his biggest counter to date (and not stopped yet....)
Good news in that Oliver and Isabelle are into the singles semi final and both doubles teams won to make the finals
Well done to both!
It's Isabelle's first singles semi final at this level as well, although she's won a J2 tournament before. Big jump in opponent though, playing someone who's recently been top 20 in juniors. Glad to see her doing well in doubles too as net play seemed like a part of her singles game that needed development.
Good luck to Oliver and Isabelle in the semis and to all our doubles finalists.
A rarity to have British involvement at this late stage of all four competitions in a J300 (Grade 1) There will be 6 different finalists in the three boys' singles events, so let's hope Oliver will be the first Brit. A different story with the girls where Iva Jovic is on course for the treble (just 4 games dropped so far this week)
Boys QF
Lasse Poertner (GER) d. (3) Henry Searle 6-3 7-6(6) Oliver Bonding d. (Q) Matthew Forbes (USA) 6-2 6-3
No joy in the first matches to be played as the top two seeds progress in the girls event. 15 year old Mees Rottgering awaits the winner of Oliver's match.