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DavidC · Tennis legend

Boys & Girls: J200 Vigo, Spain, hard (Week 40)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Nice to see Mark get a comfortable win - 6-2 6-1

DavidC · Tennis legend

All 3 took advantage of seemingly good draws

Boys R1 (L32)

(8) Mark Ceban d. (WC) Enzo Helguera Casado (ESP) 6-2 6-1

R2

(LL) Bernardo Tedesco (BRA) v (8) Mark Ceban

Girls R1

Daniella Britton d. (WC) Martina Vazquez Valles (ESP) 6-1 6-0
Hollie Smart d. Lucie Slamenikova (CZE) 6-2 6-4

R2

Daniella Britton v (7) Polina Nikitina (***)
Ayse Bal (TUR) v Hollie Smart

DavidC · Tennis legend

A good day for Brits here with 3 wins. Hollie now faces the girl who won last week's I300 without dropping a set, while Dani faces a girl with a 17-1 record this year in junior ITFs. Mark tackles a Spaniard who ousted the top seed.

Boys R2

(8) Mark Ceban d. (LL) Bernardo Tedesco (BRA) 6-0 6-1

QF

Alberto Pulido Moreno (ESP) v (8) Mark Ceban

Girls R2

Daniella Britton d. (7) Polina Nikitina (***) 3-6 6-2 6-4
Hollie Smart d. Ayse Bal (TUR) 6-3 6-0

QF

(Q) Masha Lazarenko (UKR) v Daniella Britton
Hollie Smart v (2) Mariia Makarova (***)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Hollie only made R2 here last year, so she's already got a net increase in points

But last year she made the QF of the J200 the week after in Germany and this year she doesn't seem to be playing anything that week so, net net, it doesn't really help yet

For Dani, the 60 points so far equals her second biggest counter

It will also be a net 30 point increase for Mark

However, Hollie+ and Mark+ are also into the doubles semis (Dani+ lost out in the QF)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Just one of the 3 quarter-finals with British interest played today - Daniella losing out in 3 - but Mark is through to the doubles final (Hollie lost out)

Boys Doubles F

Eie/Eie Worren (NOR) v (2) Ceban/Zhalgasbay (GBR/KAZ)

Girls QF

(Q) Masha Lazarenko (UKR) d. Daniella Britton 6-7(6) 6-4 6-0
Hollie Smart v (2) Mariia Makarova (***)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Excellent !

Hollie WR 145 def. Mariia Makarova WR 57 and ex-Petits As champion, in three sets

A super result and well-deserved - from the reports, she's been playing really well these pas few weeks, and it was only a matter of time before it would all start to click properly for Hollie

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Mark Ceban is also into the SFs

DavidC · Tennis legend

Boys QF

(8) Mark Ceban d. Alberto Pulido Moreno (ESP) 6-1 7-6(1)

SF

(8) Mark Ceban v (4) Xavi Palomar (ESP) or (WC) Maxi Carrascosa Diaz (ESP)

Girls QF

(Q) Masha Lazarenko (UKR) d. Daniella Britton 6-7(6) 6-4 6-0
Hollie Smart d. (2) Mariia Makarova (***) 6-3 4-6 6-1

SF

(4) Denisa Zoldakova (CZE) v Hollie Smart

DavidC · Tennis legend

Really impressive from Mark, dropping only a couple of games in singles and claiming his second J200 doubles title and moving back into the top 100. Unfortunately Hollie lost out, but a good week for her as well.

Boys SF

(8) Mark Ceban d. (4) (WC) Maxi Carrascosa Diaz (ESP) 6-1 6-1

F

(8) Mark Ceban v Sebastian Eie (NOR)

Boys Doubles F

(2) Ceban/Zhalgasbay (GBR/KAZ) d. Eie/Eie Worren (NOR) 6-2 6-3

Girls SF

(4) Denisa Zoldakova (CZE) d. Hollie Smart 6-4 6-2

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

FINAL

(8) Mark Ceban def. Sebastian Eie (NOR) 6-0 7-5

Mega week, Mark

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Well done, Mark! Has he won a J200 title before?

DavidC · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Well done, Mark! Has he won a J200 title before?

Yes, he won in Istres earlier in the year. Very good week - next step is to make an impact in higher level tournaments (just one J300 semi +GS round 3 on grass so far)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

DavidC wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Well done, Mark! Has he won a J200 title before?
Yes, he won in Istres earlier in the year. Very good week - next step is to make an impact in higher level tournaments (just one J300 semi +GS round 3 on grass so far)

Good stuff, well done him.

With Oli shedding points between now and year end, I wonder if Mark could overtake him and Ben G-W and get junior boy top spot?

DavidC · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
DavidC wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Well done, Mark! Has he won a J200 title before?
Yes, he won in Istres earlier in the year. Very good week - next step is to make an impact in higher level tournaments (just one J300 semi +GS round 3 on grass so far)
Good stuff, well done him.
With Oli shedding points between now and year end, I wonder if Mark could overtake him and Ben G-W and get junior boy top spot?

Entirely possible for what it is worth (he needs to gain 200-300 net points compared to Oli). If not he will almost certainly be top Brit at the end of the year when 2007 boys drop off.