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Other events 2023 - week 8


There is an important Tennis Europe Category 1 event (roughly equivalent to an ITF Grade 1) in France this week for the 14Us. 

Spotlight in the girls will be on the very instagram-oriented Ksenia Eframova (RUS)

However, GB's Tara Lawal has come through qualis and, this morning, won her first round match pretty easily 

What with Winter Cup etc though, I guess the top GB players have chosen to give it a miss (as have those who are already more ITF players and have left Tennis Europe behind) 



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Most of the top under 14s are focused on the Super Category (equivalent to ITF Grade A) event next week in Sweden, which has 8 top 10 boys and 7 girls. Mark Ceban and Rhys Lawlor are still on the entry list there, but I see that Hollie Smart has withdrawn

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Young Tara got well beaten by a seeded Brazilian girl today at the TIM Essonne event.

In the lower ITFs, this week so far we have:

J100 Austria

R1 win for Oliver Hague


J60 Luxembourg

R1 wins for Zech Hamrouni and Kyle McKay


J30 Bahrain

Big shout out to Yash Bahalkar, age 16, who only got his first ITF points last week - and this week puts out the top seed, in R1

Issah Ali lost a close three-setter to the third seed


J30 Finland

Henry Best lost in R1


J30 Netherlands

(q) Charlie Ruffell won R1 but lost in R2. Also got a win in dubs


J30 Senegal

Tamara Kuti won her R1 match





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J30 Bahrain

Yash Bahalkar carried on his good run and is into the QFs

As is Emma Cohen in the girls (although Alice Haddad lost in R1)



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J100 Austria

Excellent R2 win for Oliver Hague, 7-5 in the third, against the 4th seed



J60 Luxembourg

R2 win for Kyle McKay but Zech Hamrouni lost


J30 Netherlands

(q) Charlie Ruffell is into the dubs QF (there's an extra round in both singles and dubs in this event)


J30 Senegal

Tamara Kuti lost in R2 but is into the dubs semifinal



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J30 Bahrain

Yash Bahalkar's run came to an end, in singles and doubles - good week though

But Emma Cohen is into the girls' semis in both


J60 Luxembourg

Kyle McKay won his QF in a third-set TB


J100 Austria

Oliver Hague lost in the QF

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J30 Senegal

Tamara Kuti is into the dubs final



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The Open Auray 12U event is the tip-top tournament for 12Us.

Many of the top players now first made their mark at this event

Megan Knight is a super prospect for the UK (not quite Hannah's league but a real talent - she's been mentioned before on our nationals pages - she won the GB nationals a year early - I really like her)

She's made the QFs here so far.

Liv Zingg made the last 16. Dasha Jones lost in R1

In the boys, Zak Kirnon also made the last 16. Sam Riley lost the round before. And Harry Swain lost in round 1

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Megan has made it into the semis at the Open Super 12 Auray

Remember, this is an event that launched Andy, and Rafa, and Felix etc etc (Hannah Klugman also won it - a year early, I think - and she's doing pretty well )

So far Megan's won her matches:

0 & 1
0 & 2
3 & 1
0 & 2


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J60 Luxembourg

Kyle McKay won his SF (7-5 in the third ) and is into the final


J30 Bahrain

Emma Cohen won her SF too, and into the final

Unfortunately she and partner came up just short in the doubles final, losing the title 6-10 in the MTB


J30 Netherlands

(q) Charlie Ruffell is into the dubs SF




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And another near miss :::(((

Senegal, J30:

Tamara Kuti and partner lost their doubles final, 7-10, in the MTB

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I appreciate that 12 year-old tennis is not everyone's cup of tea () but our Megan Knight is currently playing her semi at the Super Open 12 Auray and it's livetreamed here:

www.youtube.com/watch

Her Latvian opponent won the big Boulogne-Billacourt event in December - she's a tiddler - puts everything back and finds some very nice angles - but has a doddy serve (even for a 12 year-old) and no real pace on the ball

Megan has a more aggressive game, better serve, more pace - but it's difficult to win a point

Currently 2-3*

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J60 Poland

Hannah Read is top seed here and has cruised to the semis

Tom Aston won a round in the boys, in both singles and doubles

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Megan lost 6-2 6-4 in Auray

The first set was fair - Megan lost a tight game and then lost her way - let it get to her

The second set was a shame

She was 4-2 up, playing well and - again - a couple of VERY tight games where she has the upper hand but poor shot selection was largely to blame (her fault, of course, that's not unlucky) gave those games to the Latvian girl, who was having a bit of a wobble, who then got her mojo back

Shot selection needs work. And forehand technique in general (she slaps slightly at the short cross one and doesn't get her feet right for the down the line). Shame she isn't confident taking the ball out of the air - she tries and it's not far off but you can see her palpably tightening up.

But she has a lot of tennis in her - a lot of room for progress and you sort of feel it will come (well, I do )

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J30 Bahrain

Emma Cohen (age 17) won her final, 6-3 6-3

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