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British Tour 2024


Congratulations to Charlie Swaine (2006) and Elizabeth Evans (2007) for winning the G2 in Hull this week

Finals
Charlie Swaine (2006) d. [4] Jamie Forrest 6-2 6-4
[5] Elizabeth Evans (2007) d. [4] Sarah Copley (2007) 6-2 1-0 ret.

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G2, Edgbaston

Mens SF
Marcus Walters [2] v Theo Coats [10]
Thomas Drayton [4] v Roy Keegan [7]

To get to the SF
Marcus, playing in the #1 seed position in the draw after Felix Mischker [1] withdrew, beat Dylan Davies 1 & 2, Liam Delicate 3 & 2 and Luca Bluett 2-6 6-2 [10-6]
Theo beat Ryan Scaman 2 & 5, Ferran Redza 2 & 4 and Charlie Swaine 3 & 3
Tom beat Kai-Luca Ampaw 10-6 in a MTB, Younes Jenkins 2 & 0 and Samuel Constantinou 3 & 2
Roy beat Tsz-Him Chan 1 & 2, Yoann Re 2 & 1 and Christian Doel 4 & 2.

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G2, Edgbaston

Womens SF
Alice Wilson-Marsh (2008) [8] v Allegra Korpanec Davies (2007)
Sarah Copley (2007) [6] v Min Mahmut (2007) [7]

On the way to the SF
Alice beat Alice Sharp 3 & 1, Jessica Gear 2 & 0 and Zainab Williams 3 & 3
Allegra beat Anjali Kotecha 2 & 1, Amelie Brooks [3] 4 & 4 and Shamiso Ndoro 4 & 3
Sarah beat Sophie-Marie Lowe 6-7(13) 6-0 [10-5], Bath based Turkish girl Nehir Tuna 4 & 1 and 14 year old Edie Griffiths [4] 3 & 1
Min beat Lily Doherty 4 & 1, Millie Day 2 & 1, Molly Robinson 1 & 3

Other matches of note
Edie had beaten Marelie Raath 1 & 3 and Celine Ricaud 2 & 2 to get to the QF
2nd seed Ciara Moore was beaten by Heidi Crncan in the 1st round 5-7 6-4 [10-7]. Heidi then gave a walkover to Molly Robinson in the next round.

As a side note that may be of interest to some, the top seed here was Chelsea Samways (JCH 565), a name not seen on this forum for some time. She was easily beaten in the opening round 1 & 1 by Zainab. I'm not sure how Chelsea was top seed as I can't find any record of her playing competitively since leaving the NJCAA circuit in 2020 where she had a scholarship at State College of Florida in the 18/19 season before transferring to another NJCAA Programme at Hillsborough Community College, Florida for her Sophomore year.

-- Edited by Lambda on Saturday 27th of January 2024 04:48:00 AM

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Chelsea was most well known, to me, for hitting the town with Nick Kyrgios when she was 18 and getting splashed all over the red tops for it!

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G2, Edgbaston

Men
SF
Theo Coats [10] def. Marcus Walters [2] 7-6(3) 1-6 [10-6]
Thomas Drayton [4] def. Roy Keegan [7] 7-5 4-6 [10-8]

F
Thomas Drayton def. Theo Coats 6-4 6-4


Women
SF
Allegra Korpanec Davies def. Alice Wilson-Marsh [8] 6-2 6-3
Sarah Copley [6] def. Min Mahmut [7] 7-6(1) 7-6(5)

F
Allegra Korpanec Davies def. Sarah Copley [6] 5-7 6-1 [10-6]

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Week 6, Stirling (G2)

Two one-sided finals in Stirling yesterday
Ilias Hirani Worthington (Cheshire) [8] defeated his Bowden team mate Mason Dace (Cheshire) [10] 6-1 6-2
It is Ilias's first British Tour title

Flora Johnson (Middlesex) [3] (16 yo) won against Liana Sharratt Blanksby (Yorkshire) [2] (17 yo) 6-1 6-2
It's Flora's second BT title, having previously won Graves (December 2022). It's her 2nd final of the 2024 BT, having reached the final of Graves after Christmas. When Flora and Liana have previously met it has been a much tighter contest. Flora won 14-12 in the MTB in BT Graves SF (December 2023) and Liana came out on top 10-3 in the MTB in the SF on her way to winning BT Taunton (October 2023).

-- Edited by Lambda on Sunday 11th of February 2024 07:24:08 AM

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Week 8, Corby (Grade 2)

Congratulations to Fabio on winning his first British Tour title and Teddy on her 2nd British Tour title.

Mens
SF: Fabio Nestola [1] defeated Alfie King [WC] (born 2007) 6-1 6-3
SF: Luca Bluett [2] defeated Albert Calin [Q] 7-6 3-6

F: Fabio Nestola [1] defeated Luca Bluett [2] 6-3 6-1

Womens
SF: Katie Dyson [4] defeated Molly Robinson [6] (born 2007) 6-1 7-6
SF: Teddy Prisadnikova [1] (born 2008) defeated Alice Wilson-Marsh [5] (born 2008) 6-3 7-5

F: Teddy Prisadnikova [1] (born 2008) defeated Katie Dyson [4] 6-1 2-1 ret.


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Not sure if Fabio will go top but, last I checked, Freddie Blaydes led the mens table.

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Its a midweek event in Redbridge (G2) this week.

In the women's draw, for the second time this year, the top seed is someone who hasn't played a competitive tennis match - at least on ITF and LTA records - for donkey's years. There is clearly something wrong with the seeding criteria for this to happen twice in just over a month. This time it is Surrey and England netball player Sophie Drakeford-Lewis, who switched to focus on netball in late 2015. I find it curious that she has chosen to play a tennis competition in the middle of the netball season. But all credit to her as she has made the semi-final having defeated Leticia Romanova and Celine Ricaud in the opening 2 rounds.

Womens
SF: Sophie Drakeford-Lewis [1] v Min Mahmut [4] (16 yo)
SF: Brooke Black [3] (16 yo) v Amelie Brooks [2] (17 yo)

In the mens Fabio continues his unbeaten run

Mens
SF: Fabio Nestola [1] v Thomas Drayton [7]
SF: Harry Skinner [3] v Alexander Zuckerman [6]

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Sophie drakeford Lewis is actually a professional netball player who has played for England

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Sophie's match against Letitia was a super match

Sophie is a tall woman (about 5 ft 11 or so?) and hits with a lot of power

Letitia is one of my favourite 2008 born players - great centre of balance, a lot of depth and strength too on her forehand

The match went to a MTB and was a cracker for spectators (not that there were many)

However, I was surprised for Sophie (as pro netball player) to be so out of shape

Both her and Celine played a really poor second match

Sophie just made tons of errors - and Celine made even more

Now Celine makes sense - she's only 14 and - by her own team's admission - lacks top fitness

She also has the most worrying technical glitch on her forehand which just cries out for future injures - she takes back as normal and then, at the very last moment, breaks her elbow so her arm is bent at a funny angle for every forehand. But the body is a funny thing - maybe she'll do fine - she certainly has some very good qualities for her age - and made Raath absolutely incansescent with rage

But for Sophie to be out of shape in the second match surprised me

Brooke has extremely fit, and excellent footwork - nice to see. Gets a lovely swing through the ball.

However, for parents who - supposedly - have committed their whole lives into making their children tennis stars - I'd be worried, if I were them

Can't go today but Sophie will beat Mahmut and Amelie was not that impressive so Brooke should definitely beat her



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From Wikipedia on Sophie, I don't guarantee accuracy:

'As a youngster, Drakeford-Lewis played tennis, and she was at one time the highest ranked Briton at under-16 and under-18 level.'

Looking on LTA tournament software she has had decent results in past against likes of Daley, Mahoney, Adeshina etc. Obviously just concentrated on netball which has clearly worked out for her.

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Sophie's match against Letitia was a super match

Sophie is a tall woman (about 5 ft 11 or so?) and hits with a lot of power

Letitia is one of my favourite 2008 born players - great centre of balance, a lot of depth and strength too on her forehand

The match went to a MTB and was a cracker for spectators (not that there were many)

However, I was surprised for Sophie (as pro netball player) to be so out of shape

Both her and Celine played a really poor second match

Sophie just made tons of errors - and Celine made even more

Now Celine makes sense - she's only 14 and - by her own team's admission - lacks top fitness

She also has the most worrying technical glitch on her forehand which just cries out for future injures - she takes back as normal and then, at the very last moment, breaks her elbow so her arm is bent at a funny angle for every forehand. But the body is a funny thing - maybe she'll do fine - she certainly has some very good qualities for her age - and made Raath absolutely incansescent with rage

But for Sophie to be out of shape in the second match surprised me

Brooke has extremely fit, and excellent footwork - nice to see. Gets a lovely swing through the ball.

However, for parents who - supposedly - have committed their whole lives into making their children tennis stars - I'd be worried, if I were them

Can't go today but Sophie will beat Mahmut and Amelie was not that impressive so Brooke should definitely beat her


 I dont know much about netball, but it strikes me as being played in small areas/ zones for each player with explosive movements but not necessarily lots of ground being covered. So maybe a different type of physique needed; obviously the players have height but my instinct is it wouldn't necessarily lend itself to the type of fitness and stamina needed for tennis...I might be wrong as no expert    



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No real suprise in the women's SFs - and lovely for the tournament to get a really tight final
And Fabio did what a top seed is supposed to do in the men's


Womens
SF: Sophie Drakeford-Lewis [1] def. Min Mahmut [4] (16 yo) 6-3 6-1
SF: Brooke Black [3] (16 yo) def. Amelie Brooks [2] (17 yo) 6-4 6-3

FINAL: [3] Brooke Black def. [1] Sophie Drakeford-Lewis 6-1 0-6 10-8


Mens
SF: Fabio Nestola [1] def. Thomas Drayton [7] 6-1 6-4
SF: Alexander Zuckerman [6] def. Harry Skinner [3] 6-3 4-6 10-6

FINAL: [1] Fabio Nestola def. [6] Alex Zuckerman 7-5 6-0


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There's another G2 event this week, at Stirling, labelled the "TS Open Tour - Scottish Indoor Open Championships (Also a Lexus British Tour Event)"

Women SFs

Emma Wilson v Mia Wainwright
Teodora (Teddy?) Prisadnikova v Molly Robinson

Mens SFs

Ewen Lumsden v Thomas Drayton
Harry Skinner v Cam Fryer


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