Other events 2023 - week 23

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Other events 2023 - week 23

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

In the most important 'other' tournament this week, the J100 in Poland:

Hannah Rylatt and Kyle McKay lost in R1

Henry Jefferson won, albeit that his opponent retired at the end of set one.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

South Africa, J60

Sophie Bekker (age 14) beat the 4th seed and has made the SFs

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

South Africa, J60

Sophie Bekker (age 14) lost her semi, but good week for her

Congo, J30

Sam Park and Yash Bahalkar are won their Qfs and are both into the SFs

Also into the final for doubles

J100 Poland

Henry Jefferson lost in singles but is in the semis for doubles

Nigeria, J30

Grace, Alisha, and Ava Austerberry all won and are into the QFs

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Congo, J30

Sam Park and Yash Bahalkar both won their semis, so will face off in the final, and that's a singles title guaranteed

However, they lost their dubs final

Poland, J100

Henry J lost his doubles semi

Nigeria, J30

Grace and Alisha both won their QFs, while Ava Austerberry lost hers

They are both in the doubles semis too, although not playing together

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

one to watch - Lleyton Hewitt's son (text from the ITF)

The first and most obvious thing to say is that Cruz Hewitt is the son of former world No. 1, two-time Grand Slam singles champion and Hall of Famer Lleyton Hewitt. Cruz is not the first player to follow in the footsteps of an illustrious parent here is an article from the Spring 2021 edition of ITFWorld which focuses on tennis players with famous parents.

Why are we talking about Cruz Hewitt? The 14-year-old has just won his second ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors title of the season, and third of his career, at J60 Darwin. In May, Hewitt topped the podium at J30 Christiansted, building on his victory at J30 Lautoka in November 2022. His triumph at J60 Darwin is the biggest title-win of his fledgling career.

Var · Pro player

JonH comes home wrote:
one to watch - Lleyton Hewitt's son (text from the ITF)

The first and most obvious thing to say is that Cruz Hewitt is the son of former world No. 1, two-time Grand Slam singles champion and Hall of Famer Lleyton Hewitt. Cruz is not the first player to follow in the footsteps of an illustrious parent here is an article from the Spring 2021 edition of ITFWorld which focuses on tennis players with famous parents.

Why are we talking about Cruz Hewitt? The 14-year-old has just won his second ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors title of the season, and third of his career, at J60 Darwin. In May, Hewitt topped the podium at J30 Christiansted, building on his victory at J30 Lautoka in November 2022. His triumph at J60 Darwin is the biggest title-win of his fledgling career.

Thank you, JonH, that is really interesting. The Aussies could do with a few more stars coming through - got to say love the way they play the game, if not some of Nics antics!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Congo, J30

Sam Park (GBR) def. Yash Bahalkar (GBR)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Nigeria, J30

Grace Chinwike (GBR) def. Alisha Ndukwu (GBR) 6-3 7-5

Both girls are only 13 so congrats to both of them

Strongbow · All-time great

Should be a big rise up the junior rankings for both biggrin biggrin

Lambda · Challenger level

Coup Droit wrote:

Nigeria, J30

Grace Chinwike (GBR) def. Alisha Ndukwu (GBR) 6-3 7-5

Both girls are only 13 so congrats to both of them

Grace also beat Alisha in the dubs final