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Lambda · Top national player

Master'U BNP Paribas 2025, Reims, France

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Lambda wrote:
Master'U, the world event of university tennis starts today with the final on Sunday.

The British team is Finn Murgett, Grace Piper, Jamie Connel, Eliz Maloney, Ollie Okonkwo and Sofia Johnson.
The players in all the teams https://www.instagram.com/p/DRz1e8TjSo7/?igsh=dm82b3VjMG54ajQ0

GB play Switzerland today with the winners playing Australia or Belgium in the semi-final. USA are red hot favourites to retain the title again.
The draw https://www.instagram.com/p/DR2oT_kDfWA/?igsh=M25lMnF3cjlua3M2

Unfortunately the website hasn't been updated from last year so I don't know where live scoring or streams will be. Keep an eye on social media.

I assume many of our eligible players didn't put themselves forward for selection. I would have liked to have seen a selection from Ollie Tarvet, Lui Maxted, Luca Pow, Charlie Robertson, Alicia Dudeney and in form Savannah Dada-Mascoll in the team and have a bit more balance to current students rather than an over reliance on graduates.

Good luck to our 6 selected players. Let's smash it!

I think CD posted on this last year - it always appears to me they have the same 8 countries each time, are pretty much!

And the Americans win it each time! Out of interest, is the American squad strong? Did the players listed have good showings in the recent NCAA Finals?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Eliz got an easy win

James Connel lost a heartbreaking 9-11 MTB match

Livescores at:

https://scores.tennisticker.de/fra/sb.html?tournid=7248

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Friday 5th of December 2025 02:17:29 PM

Lambda · Top national player

Jon, in answer to your question, yes the US side is strong. The 3 women are all top 10 in college rankings with Brantmeier No 1 and NCAA champion and Glozman going into the NCAAs as No 1 seed and All American champion. Kim is top 5, Banerjee is top 400 in ATP, Kotzen seems to be a bit random.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Lambda wrote:
Jon, in answer to your question, yes the US side is strong. The 3 women are all top 10 in college rankings with Brantmeier No 1 and NCAA champion and Glozman going into the NCAAs as No 1 seed and All American champion. Kim is top 5, Banerjee is top 400 in ATP, Kotzen seems to be a bit random.

That does seem strong!!

Good luck to the Brits!

Out of interest, we know the Brits have a decent number of US college attendees each year; do the other countries playing here have a good number or are they largely selecting from their domestic university students pool?

Lambda · Top national player

JonH comes home wrote:
Lambda wrote:
Jon, in answer to your question, yes the US side is strong. The 3 women are all top 10 in college rankings with Brantmeier No 1 and NCAA champion and Glozman going into the NCAAs as No 1 seed and All American champion. Kim is top 5, Banerjee is top 400 in ATP, Kotzen seems to be a bit random.
That does seem strong!!
Good luck to the Brits!
Out of interest, we know the Brits have a decent number of US college attendees each year; do the other countries playing here have a good number or are they largely selecting from their domestic university students pool?

France and Switzerland have the least number of US college players selected, all the other countries are mostly US College players. List of US collegiate players by country https://wearecollegetennis.com/2025/12/03/2025-masteru-bnp-paribas-championships-kick-off-friday-in-france/

-- Edited by Lambda on Friday 5th of December 2025 02:14:07 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Would you believe it - after Connel losing 11-9 in the MTB, Finn Murgett went and lost 12-10

Luckily Grace Piper seems in control, so the girls will lead the way and hopefully the doubles will clinch it

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Lambda wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:

Lambda wrote:
Jon, in answer to your question, yes the US side is strong. The 3 women are all top 10 in college rankings with Brantmeier No 1 and NCAA champion and Glozman going into the NCAAs as No 1 seed and All American champion. Kim is top 5, Banerjee is top 400 in ATP, Kotzen seems to be a bit random.
That does seem strong!!
Good luck to the Brits!
Out of interest, we know the Brits have a decent number of US college attendees each year; do the other countries playing here have a good number or are they largely selecting from their domestic university students pool?
France and Switzerland have the least number of US college players selected, all the other countries are mostly US College players. List of US collegiate players by country https://wearecollegetennis.com/2025/12/03/2025-masteru-bnp-paribas-championships-kick-off-friday-in-france/

-- Edited by Lambda on Friday 5th of December 2025 02:14:07 PM

a lot then - a good 3/4 of the players!

And here is the tournie website helpfully linked from the wearecollegetennis.com site

https://www.master-u-bnpparibas.net/en/

Lambda · Top national player

Finn and Jamie both lost their singles in MTBs.
Eliz and Grace both won their singles easily.
Finn and Ollie won the mens doubles in a MTB and Sofia and Grace won the womens doubles easily.
GB go through to face Australia.

Australia whitewashed Belgium and for me will be the favourites against us.

Lambda · Top national player

Follow it all live https://masteru.happyscore.net/match/viewRencontresMobile. Access court streams through the menu.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Lambda wrote:
Finn and Jamie both lost their singles in MTBs.
Eliz and Grace both won their singles easily.
Finn and Ollie won the mens doubles in a MTB and Sofia and Grace won the womens doubles easily.
GB go through to face Australia.

Australia whitewashed Belgium and for me will be the favourites against us.

Would a deciding seventh rubber be a mixed?

Well done, Team GB