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DavidC


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The under 14s are the first of the 4 age groups to see action, necessitated by the fact that the tournament serves as a qualifier firstly for the European finals and then for the World Juniors in August. The British team comprises Liv Zingg, Milica Sakamoto Milojevic and Grace Watson and they take on Malta tomorrow for a place in the finals - that is because two nations in their qualifying pool withdrew (usually you have to win 2 matches to reach the finals, and a third to be seeded).  They may be fortunate in the draw, which put France, including Daniel Baranes (victor against Megan Knight in the U12 Orange Bowl final in 2023 whilst representing Israel) in the bottom half along with second seeds Belgium



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A comfortable win for the under 14 girls, who now wait until Friday to find out their opponents in the seeding match (France or Belgium). Grace and Liv each won 6-3 6-2 and combined to win the doubles 7-6(0) 6-2. Live streaming should be available here on Friday



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When/how did Baranes change nationality?

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When/how did Baranes change nationality?

 She changed nationality last month, in time to be awarded a wildcard for the French Open Juniors (losing 7-5 in the third), thus being the first 2011 born to play a junior Slam.  There is a recent interview with her explaining her French connections here



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Daniel Baranes lost to the Belgian number 1 Hannelore Daniels today, helping Belgium to beat France. They therefore qualify with Great Britain, and play for seeding tomorrow (streaming link above)

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Belgium rested their top player from singles, which helped the GBR team to win 2-1 (Grace won 6-0 6-0 and Liv 6-3 6-4 before Milica/Grace lost the dead doubles - the Belgian number 1 returning for that). The upshot is that they will be seeded 1 for the finals in Italy starting Monday, and avoid the strong Czechia team, who won their group.

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DavidC wrote:
9vicman wrote:

When/how did Baranes change nationality?

 She changed nationality last month, in time to be awarded a wildcard for the French Open Juniors (losing 7-5 in the third), thus being the first 2011 born to play a junior Slam.  There is a recent interview with her explaining her French connections here

 Thanks David



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The under 14 finals start tomorrow and, as expected, we are seeded 1 (based on individual rankings which are not surface specific) and take on Romania. The nominated British team is the same as in qualifying. A win tomorrow would see the team qualify for the World Juniors in August as well as the European semis. We have only once reached the European U14 final in 44 years, when Maia Lumsden, Gabi Taylor and Jazzi Plews won in 2012

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Good news as the under 14 team book their place in Prostejov, Czechia for the World Juniors finals

U14 QF

(1)GBR 3 Romania 0

Grace Watson d. Natalia Maria Dicu 6-4 6-2
Liv Zingg d. Eva Maria Bulai 6-4 6-3
Milojevic/Zingg d. Dicu/Sitar 5-4(6) 1-4 [12-10]

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(1)GBR v Austria

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For only the second time in the history of the event a British under 14 team makes the final - quite comfortably. In the final they will play Belgium, who upset second seeds Czechia 2-1. Although we beat them in qualifying this should be a totally different match. Their strong number 1 Hannelore Daniels was rested in that match, having beaten Daniel Baranes, and today she annihilated the Czech number 1 3 & 0

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(1)GBR 3 Austria 0

Grace Watson d. Mia Neumueller 6-4 6-2
Liv Zingg d. Julia Ehrenberger 6-4 6-4
Watson/Zingg d. Neumueller/Schmidhofer 4-1 5-3


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(1) GBR v Belgium

Live scores are available tomorrow here



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It did prove to be a different match with Hannelore winning the top singles and helping Belgium to win the deciding doubles. So it is silver for the first time ever for a British U14 girls team in this competition (photo of team here, with Liv holding the flag)

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(1) GBR 1 Belgium 2

Grace Watson d. Fin Gybels 6-3 6-2
Liv Zingg lost to Hannelore Daniels 4-6 4-6
Watson/Zingg lost to Ceulemans/Daniels 6-2 3-6 [6-10]



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I wonder if Megan Knight might play the finals in Prostejov.

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I wonder if Megan Knight might play the finals in Prostejov.

 My guess is that Megan will be selected for the under 16 team aiming to qualify for the Junior BJK Cup.  Sofia Tatu could be brought in to strengthen the team, given that Milica wasn't trusted with any live match in the Summer Cup and some rotation is likely to be required in August playing 6 matches in a week.



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