Luke Hooper came through qualifying to add to the three seeded Brits in the main draw, but Zechariah Hamrouni, Daniela Piani and Ruby Cooling all lost out.
A good first day with 100% success in singles. However Ben+ lost their doubles, while Charlie is not entered for that event and Luke + Zechariah team up. Charlie needs to reach the singles final to gain any ranking points.
Boys R1 (L32)
(1) Charlie Robertson d. (WC) Sydney Zick (GER) 6-4 4-6 6-2
(Q) Luke Hooper d. Jakub Jedrezczak (POL) 3-6 7-6(5) 7-5
(5) Benjamin Gusic Wan d. Nico Hipfl (AUT) 6-3 6-1
R2
(1) Charlie Robertson v (WC) Niels McDonald (GER)
(Q) Luke Hooper v Mika Petkovic (GER)
(5) Benjamin Gusic Wan v (Q) Adam Jilly (HUN)
Girls R1 (L32)
(5) Hephzibah Oluwadare d. Aiya Nupbay (KAZ) 6-4 6-1
Ben next takes on the second seed, who beat Oli Bonding at the Australian Open. Hep takes on young German starlet Julia Stusek (who beat Hannah K in the 2022 Les Petits As final). She is also through to the doubles semis, but British interest in the boys doubles ended.
Boys R2
(1) Charlie Robertson d. (WC) Niels McDonald (GER) 6-3 6-2
Mika Petkovic (GER) d. (Q) Luke Hooper 6-4 6-0
(5) Benjamin Gusic Wan d. (Q) Adam Jilly (HUN) 7-6(2) 6-3
QF
(1) Charlie Robertson v (8) Justin Engel (GER)
(5) Benjamin Gusic Wan v (2) Max Schoenhaus (GER)
Girls R2
(5) Hephzibah Oluwadare d. Amy Sucha (CZE) 6-7(6) 6-2 7-6(2)
It feels like Hep has taken a little step forward recently after stalling for a while. Hopefully she can keep this up and take advantage of being the highest seed left.
Heps been one of my fav up and comers since watching her on livestreams in South Africa summer 2022. Felt like she stagnated for a while but this is excellent news.