Master'U BNP Paribas 2023

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Master'U BNP Paribas 2023

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Just for completeness, the uni/college tennis championships are taking place as of Fri/Say/Sun.
https://www.master-u-bnpparibas.net/en/the-48-players-of-the-16th-masteru-bnp-paribas/
Our team is:
Women: Millie Rajecki, Esther Adeshina, Vikki Allen
Men: Finn Bass, Ewen Lumsden, Mike Shaw

Thanks CD - I see GB is seeded 2nd and plays Germany in the opening match - it is a straight knockout draw...

https://www.master-u-bnpparibas.net/en/team-draw-of-the-16th-masteru-bnp-paribas/

Format seems to be:

each match takes place at the best of 7 matches: 2 ladies singles, 2 men singles, 1 double ladies, 1 double gentlemen and 1 mixed double.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Germany lead GB 2-1 after the opening matches:

Ewen Lumsden beat Sanchez-Martinez 2-6 6-2 16-14 (MTB)

Vikki Allen lost to Dittmann 4-6 6-3 2-10

Finn Bass lost to Wiedenmann 7-5 5-7 7-10

V tight match overall

scores.tennisticker.de/fra/sb.html

Amelia is on court now and won her opening set 6-4 and is 0-2 second set versus Welker

After that, Finn and Mike Shaw play Martinez-Sanchez and Frantzen and then Amelia and Esther play Hohnhold and Dittmann.

If it is all square, it then goes to a single pro set of mixed doubles.

Need Amelia to win this match, though.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Britain came through and took the tie versus Germany 4-2, every match went to a match tie break though. Good effort.

Play the Aussies next.

paulisi · Tennis legend

I'm sure we could have put a stronger team out- no disrespect to those competing.
Finn and Millie are strong, but there are plenty more options playing in the US to add to the depth.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I'm not a big fan of Finn, and I know they like to balance the team with a bit of UK as well as US (hence, Mike Shaw is there) but I also wonder if the 'stronger' others would be interested in playing, especially those who are basically done with college tennis (those who graduated last year are still eligibile) - be curious to know who turned them down

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Are these an official sort of world championships for national teams, or even an unofficial world championship?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Are these an official sort of world championships for national teams, or even an unofficial world championship?

Uni players' world team championships, by nation

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Friday 1st of December 2023 11:04:40 PM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Are these an official sort of world championships for national teams, or even an unofficial world championship?
Uni players' world team championships, by nation

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Friday 1st of December 2023 11:04:40 PM

Ok, thanks CD - is it by invitation, the 8 teams, or did they qualify to get here? Or some body has judged them to be the best 8 countries at Uni level?

sorry for lots of questions , just interested as I like this sort of event and team tennis generally, and hadnt come across this event , from memory, before!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

www.master-u-bnpparibas.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Official-Regulation-MasterU-BNP-Paribas-2022.pdf

this gives you the regulations, Jon (it's 2022 but I'm assuming it's still the same)

and this is the home page

www.master-u-bnpparibas.net/en/#

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

www.master-u-bnpparibas.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/J012285-1-e1513180058131.jpg

This is the picture of the GB winning team in 2017

(we've come second and third a lot too - we always seem to do well)

Try and recognise the faces ....

There were two girls there I failed miserably to place :(

Had to look them up

And one boy I wasn't 100% sure about

paulisi · Tennis legend

Maia Lumsden, Jonny O'Mara, Jack Findel-Hawkins. Not sue on the rest.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
www.master-u-bnpparibas.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Official-Regulation-MasterU-BNP-Paribas-2022.pdf

this gives you the regulations, Jon (it's 2022 but I'm assuming it's still the same)

and this is the home page

www.master-u-bnpparibas.net/en/#

Thank you CD- so the top 7 of 8 get invited next year and the 8th gets moved around as a wildcard it seems.

good luck GB today and for next year, then!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
Maia Lumsden, Jonny O'Mara, Jack Findel-Hawkins. Not sue on the rest.

Yes, I was like you, paulisi smile

In fact, it was Jack I wasn't completely sure about, but felt pretty confident about Scott Duncan

But no idea whatsoever on the other girls

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

There are a lot of old articles in this link on the 2017 event and final.

Players mentioned above all get something written about them, only other name I could pick out from our team is Emma Hurst, not a name Ive come across before

www.master-u-bnpparibas.net/en/2017/12/