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L16:  Finn Bass & Anthony Genov (BUL) CR 541 (296+245) defeated (1) Michael Geerts & Tiago Pereira (BEL/POR) CR 360 (190+170) by 2 & 4

L16:  Tom Hands & Harry Wendelken CR 559 (300+259) defeated (4) Ivan Sabanov & Matej Sabanov (SRB/SRB) CR 473 (236+237) by 7-6(1) 6-4  biggrin

QF:  Tom Hands & Harry Wendelken CR 559 (300+259) vs Mario Mansilla & Adrią Soriano (ESP/COL) CR 470 (187+283)



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QF:  Tom Hands & Harry Wendelken CR 559 (300+259) vs Mario Mansilla & Adrią Soriano (ESP/COL) CR 470 (187+283)

L16:  Connor Thomson & Mark Whitehouse CR 530 (319+211) defeated Javier Barranco & Alexander Merino (ESP/PER) CR 1049 (892+157) by 3 & 5  

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QF:  Finn Bass & Anthony Genov (BUL) CR 541 (296+245) vs Connor Thomson & Mark Whitehouse CR 530 (319+211)



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QF:  Finn Bass & Anthony Genov (BUL) CR 541 (296+245) defeated Connor Thomson & Mark Whitehouse CR 530 (319+211) by 4 & 4



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Stircrazy wrote:

QF:  Finn Bass & Anthony Genov (BUL) CR 541 (296+245) defeated Connor Thomson & Mark Whitehouse CR 530 (319+211) by 4 & 4

QF:  Tom Hands & Harry Wendelken CR 559 (300+259) defeated Mario Mansilla & Adrią Soriano (ESP/COL) CR 470 (187+283) by 6-3 3-6 [10-7]  biggrin

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SF:  Finn Bass & Anthony Genov (BUL) CR 541 (296+245) vs Tom Hands & Harry Wendelken CR 559 (300+259)  hmm 



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The lucky loser's luck runs out:

L16:   Harry Wendelken WR 277 defeated (LL) Stefan Dostanic (USA) WR 358 by 4-6 6-3 6-4

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QF:  (3) Lukas Neumayer (AUT) WR 230 (CH = 157 last August) vs Harry Wendelken WR 277

 Harry at one set all in his QF,  6-2 6-7(3)



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QF:  Harry Wendelken WR 277 defeated (3) Lukas Neumayer (AUT) WR 230 by 6-2 6-7(3) 6-4  biggrin

I thought he was going to blow it when he handed back the early break he'd secured!

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SF:  (8) Dimitar Kuzmanov (BUL) WR 264 (CH = 159 in August 2022) vs Harry Wendelken WR 277



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Really good win, well done Harry!

Kuzmanov played in the Glasgow Challenger a month or so back, beating Paul Jubb but losing to Liam Broady.

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Incredibly impressive win from Harry. There were quite a few times where he could have easily folded in that one. Had a match point at 5-4 in the second set, and then the Austrian dominated the tiebreak. Broke serve at the start of the decider, and was broken straight back, but just kept battling. Saved 6/7 break points in the decider.

Really impressive toughness to get the win. The Austrian got better and better as the match went on, and just wouldn't go away. The final game was a mini epic in itself.

Bit of a tough one tomorrow as Kuzmanov had a pretty easy day in comparison, winning 1 & 1. But nothing to lose and some very big points on offer, if he can make the final.

This win will move him up to a new CH of 254. A year ago, he was ranked 630!

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Also this means that like Felix, Charlie and Ryan, Harry's now 30-40 points away from securing a spot in French Open qualies. Not an enormous amount of time - as the list will conclude in about a month, but would be amazing if one of them could make it

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Toby looks on top, set up and 4-3.

The Greek, Sakelleridis awaits the winner. He has beaten Oli C and Felix G recently in New Delhi challenger

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SF:  (8) Dimitar Kuzmanov (BUL) WR 264 (CH = 159 in August 2022) vs Harry Wendelken WR 277

QF:  (5) Toby Samuel WR 244 defeated Abdullah Shelbayh (JOR) WR 319 by 4 & 3

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SF:  (5) Toby Samuel WR 244 vs (2) Stefanos Sakellaridis (GRE) WR 224 (CH = 220 last month)  



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SF:  Finn Bass & Anthony Genov (BUL) CR 541 (296+245) defeated Tom Hands & Harry Wendelken CR 559 (300+259) by 4 & 2

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Final:  Finn Bass & Anthony Genov (BUL) CR 541 (296+245) vs Jacopo Berrettini & Kimmer Coppejans (ITA/BEL) CR 1800 (942+858)



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Well done to Finn Bass.

Having been a very good junior, for whatever reasons he has never really progressed in seniors as he would no doubt have liked, with a singles CH 756 way back in 2018.

But after 2 challenger doubles SFs already this year ( both with Ben Jones ), he now has this challenger final. He will be up to a further new doubles CH ( currently live ranked 262 ), having ended last year WR 333.



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So, there is the possibility of there being two Brits in the final of a foreign Challenger, has this ever happened before? I don't think it has ever happened in a UK event either.  Whilst we're all tennis nerds, I'd be really suprised if anyone can answer this question. Maybe Nottingham a long time ago?  This is definitely a question that Google and AI should be able to help with.

 

Edit:  To answer my own question, you can cut and paste         Google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&udm=50&aep=42&source=chrome.crn.rb&q=has+there+ever+been+a+Tennis+Challenger+event+with+two+british+players+in+the+final%3F&mstk=AUtExfDj8VZmZckoSTyBH54umYnl_q7SYhMqK3U2fQBzh0wzi_y1zrz899DLGvZX6y0uujhOKyr7aPcTaOe-JoUJ-wDKvVt0itO1Tvob9ysdYjpIw5r0dR0eJqSWVNt8mUpNogN9CozBaC7fvDqTiRNv6ZC646IgqP1rTnE&csuir=1&mtid=YCyraeHHL9CghbIPq7e-kAU

In short, it happened twice last year!  But prior to that, only twice in the last 20 years.



-- Edited by stevemcqueen on Friday 6th of March 2026 07:41:16 PM

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stevemcqueen wrote:

So, there is the possibility of there being two Brits in the final of a foreign Challenger, has this ever happened before? I don't think it has ever happened in a UK event either.  Whilst we're all tennis nerds, I'd be really suprised if anyone can answer this question. Maybe Nottingham a long time ago?  This is definitely a question that Google and AI should be able to help with.

 Im sure it has I vaguely think Dan Evans and Cam Norrie might have played a final in California.



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