The two J100s in Botswana have, frankly, been extremely easy points.
Which the 2009-born Penickova twins have taken/are taking great advantage of.
Our players have had mixed results in R1 today
Grace Chinwike had to retire after losing the first set.
Tamara Kuti lost in three
Seeded 7, Alisha Ndukwu lost too
BUT Elizabeth Evans got an excellent, easy win over the 3rd seed, ranked 600 places higher than her
Also, in the boys, Max Carrier won too
J60 Baku
Casey Mauro lost a desperately close R1 match against the 7th seed
J60 Denmark
Henry Best lost in R1
J30 Ivory Coast
Darsh Patel lost in R1
J30 Réunion
Yahs Bahalkar is top seed and got a BYE through to R2 (he was in Madagascar last week, and Rwanda the week before......not clocking up eco-Brownie points.....)
Just for clarity the 2 tournaments where the Penickova twins have dominated are in Accra, Ghana. Elizabeth Evans posted a win today, so meets top seed Kristina P in the semis. Max Carrier lost his quarter-final
We had some very tight losses in the singles but Martino Colibella+ and the all-GB team of (q) Daniel Franco-Key and (q) Nicholas Fisk, are through to the doubles semis
Yash Bahalkar and partner took the doubles title, 7-6(8) 6-3
J30 Netherlands
In the dubs SFs, Martino Colibella+ lost but the all-GB team of (q) Daniel Franco-Key and (q) Nicholas Fisk won and are into the final
J100 Ghana
Elizabeth Evans got beaten easily by Kristina Penickova
J60 Morocco
Young Matilda Cabrera Burns (age 14) made it into the doubles final with her partner from Australia - but they retired after the very first game (no idea which girl was injured)
Yash Bahalkar and partner took the doubles title, 7-6(8) 6-3
J30 Netherlands
In the dubs SFs, Martino Colibella+ lost but the all-GB team of (q) Daniel Franco-Key and (q) Nicholas Fisk won and are into the final
J100 Ghana
Elizabeth Evans got beaten easily by Kristina Penickova
J60 Morocco
Young Matilda Cabrera Burns (age 14) made it into the doubles final with her partner from Australia - but they retired after the very first game (no idea which girl was injured)
The World Junior finals concluded today with an easy 6-0 6-3 victory for Alina Korneeva and tighter contest for the boys title, won by Joel Schwaerzler 6-3 7-6(6) after saving a couple of setpoints in the tiebreak You can see the matches with commentary here (you may have to scroll back to near the beginning for the girls and later for the boys)