JonH comes home wrote:

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DavidC wrote:

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The boys pick up bronze after winning both singles.  France took the title

U14 3rd/4th play-off

(3)Czech Republic 0 (2)GBR 2

Leo Wright beat Filip Ladman 1-6 6-3 6-2
Mark Ceban beat Tomas Krejci 6-2 6-7(5) 6-4

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 I see the World Team Finals start next week in Prostejov. Did this result above qualify us for that?

 

https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/stats-and-facts-2023-itf-world-junior-tennis-finals-boys/

 

https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/team-announcements-2023-itf-world-junior-tennis-finals/

 

Our boys team (under 14?) seems to be Ceban, Lawlor and Wright

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 Finishing in the top 6 qualified us for the world juniors

As expected the under 16s cruised past Bosnia & Herzegovina with Ben winning 6-1 6-1 and Oli 6-1 6-0.  They now need to beat 3rd seeds Norway tomorrow to qualify for the European finals

I expected the under 16 team to lose to Spain, but the tie was disappointingly uncompetitive. Ben lost 2-6 3-6 and Oli lost 3-6 1-6 so they will not be seeded for the finals in Le Touquet, France starting Monday.

Nevertheless we have a total of 6 of our 8 teams (boys and girls U12 to U18) through to the European finals, which is the best since 2011 (7 teams)

JonH comes home wrote:

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I noticed the schedule at the ATP 250 event in Kitzbuehl has a couple of prelude matches before the mens singles final with Thiem in it

www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/kitzbuhel/319/daily-schedule

Mark Ceban is second on court , playing a Turkish junior - some sort of exhibition? Nonetheless, great stage for him.

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 Good spot Jon.  It looks like it is some continuation of the scheme they set up last year  which Mark also took part in.  However the timing is a bit odd, as both Mark and his Turkish opponent are taking part in the World Juniors starting Monday, and I would have expected them to already be in the Czech Republic preparing for that

As feared Germany were too strong for our Junior Davis Cup hopefuls, but at least they were more competitive than against Spain. They must win tomorrow to keep their JDC hopes alive. Live scoring is available here

U16 QF

GBR 0 (2)Germany 3

Benjamin Gusic Wan lost to Justin Engel 5-7 6-2 3-6
Oliver Bonding lost to Diego Dedura-Palomero 6-7(5) 3-6
Gusic Wan/Hamrouni lost to Engel/Schoenhaus 3-5 4-5(5)

5th - 8th play-off

Croatia v GBR

The under 18s currently trail France 1-0 after Viktor Frydrych lost 2-6 0-6 to Arthur Gea

Good news from Le Touquet as the under 16 boys sneak into the Junior Davis Cup by the skin of their teeth, meaning that all 4 of our U14 / U16 teams have made their world final - something that hasn't happened for a long time if at all. The boys claim the last spot, as Spain won their 5th place play-off match, and are already guaranteed their place as hosts. Hence 6th place will be good enough, even if we lost to Spain again tomorrow. Winning such a close doubles will be a big boost, but Oli seems to be struggling for confidence, having not won an ITF match since March, and his only wins in this competition have been against players ranked outside the ITF top 1000

5th - 8th play-off

Croatia 1 GBR 2

Frano Sucic lost to Benjamin Gusic Wan 4-6 4-6
Duje Markovina beat Oli Bonding 6-4 2-6 6-3
Markovina/Sucic lost to Bonding / Gusic Wan 3-6 7-5 [10-12]

5th - 6th place play-off

Spain v GBR

The under 18 boys went down 2-1 to Spain despite an impressive 3-6 7-6(6) 7-6(5) win for Charlie over the JWR18. Viktor and Henry were edged out of the doubles 12-10 in the match tiebreak. They play Sweden for 7th place