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DavidC · Tennis legend

Boys & Girls: J300 Roehampton, grass (Week 26)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Most of the Brits in qualifying are highly outranked, so unsurprisingly only Liam Channon and Leah Bush have made it through so far to final qualifying (some girls' matches still to finish in the qualifying venue in Surbiton)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Leah got a tad lucky as she had been drawn against the top q seed (Maggie Sohns)

But Maggie must have got promoted to the main draw and so Leah had a GB alt

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Liam Channon won his FQR, 1-6 6-4 10-7

He's been playing well recently - surprised people, I'm told, in the nationals, with how well he'd progressed

DavidC · Tennis legend

Liv Zingg draws top seed Ksenia Efremova. Live scores tomorrow may be at the British Open Roehampton score centre

Boys R1 (L64)

(WC) William Moxon v Jakub Kusy (CZE)
(11) Nicolas Baena (PER) v (WC) Vincent Fletcher
Ryan Cozad (USA) v (WC) Joshua Craze
(10) Andrew Johnson (USA) v (WC) Oliver Page
Mark Ceban v Kanta Watanabe (JPN)
(WC) Isaac Sallu v (9) Yannik Alvarez (PUR)
Daniel Jade (FRA) v (WC) Archie Gray
Pedro Henrique Chabalgoity (BRA) v (WC) Alex Mirrington
(WC) Rhys Lawlor v (12) Mathys Domenc (FRA)
Reihards Neimanis (LAT) v (Q) Liam Channon

Girls R1 (L64)

(1) Ksenia Efremova (FRA) v (WC) Liv Zingg
(Q) Iulia Maria Buculei (ROU) v (WC) Daniella Britton
(12) Polina Skliar (UKR) v (WC) Megan Knight
Anna Pircher (AUT) v (WC) Annabel Wong
(10) Paola Pinera Celorio (ESP) v (WC) Tegan Bush
(7) Sol Ailin Larraya Guidi )ARG) v (WC) Sophie Bekker
(Q) Anastasiia Sorska (UKR) v (WC) Edie Griffiths
Hollie Smart v Yushan Shao (CHN)
(WC) Ophelia Korpanec Davies v Adelina Lacinova (LAT)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Just for recollection, and comparison, as the grass season is 'our' season, and so short

In 2025, at the J300 Roehampton, this is where our players got to:

Girls:

R3 x 1 (Meg Knight)
R2 x 2 (Dani Piani, Edie Griffiths, Brooke Black)

(All the rest lost in R1)

Boys:

Winner - Oliver Bonding

(All the rest lost in R1)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Scores are at the link above, so I will edit that into the top post. Liv lost quite quickly to the top seed. Edie and Vincent anre a set up, Annabel and Billy a set down

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Edie and Vincent both win in two

I expected Edie to win, but Vincent was playing the 11th seed which is a bit more of an ask

Well done to both

DavidC · Tennis legend

Annabel went on to lose in straights, but Edie and Vincent are the first British winners, Vincent scalping a seed, albeit the Peruvian was playing his first ITF on grass.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Tegan got an easy two-set win too - over the Spanish 10th seed

But Billy lost

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Edie and Tegan are joined by Hollie, after a big fight

Mark joins Vincent on the boys side

Dani B and Sophie Bekker are both a set up and going well

Babfive · Satellite level

Dani B and Sophie B both won in straight sets.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Rhys added to the healthy number of British winners on day 1, also beating a seed

Boys R1 (L64)

Jakub Kusy (CZE) d. (WC) William Moxon 6-3 6-4
(WC) Vincent Fletcher d. (11) Nicolas Baena (PER) 6-2 6-3
Ryan Cozad (USA) d. (WC) Joshua Craze 6-4 7-6(7)
(10) Andrew Johnson (USA) d. (WC) Oliver Page 7-5 6-4
Mark Ceban d. Kanta Watanabe (JPN) 6-3 7-6(4)
(9) Yannik Alvarez (PUR) d. (WC) Isaac Sallu 6-2 6-3
Daniel Jade (FRA) d. (WC) Archie Gray 6-1 6-0
Pedro Henrique Chabalgoity (BRA) d. (WC) Alex Mirrington 6-3 4-6 7-6(3)
(WC) Rhys Lawlor d. (12) Mathys Domenc (FRA) 7-6(3) 6-1
Reihards Neimanis (LAT) d. (Q) Liam Channon 6-2 6-2

R2

(WC) Vincent Fletcher v Valentin Gonzalez-Galino (ESP)
Mark Ceban v (5) Yannick Theodor Alexandrescou (FRA)
(Q) Marcel Latak (USA) v (WC) Rhys Lawlor

DavidC · Tennis legend

More than 50% success for the girls in round 1, which is unusual here, given there was only one direct entry

Girls R1 (L64)

(1) Ksenia Efremova (FRA) d. (WC) Liv Zingg 6-3 6-1
(WC) Daniella Britton d. (Q) Iulia Maria Buculei (ROU) 6-2 6-1
(12) Polina Skliar (UKR) d. (WC) Megan Knight 6-1 6-2
Anna Pircher (AUT) d. (WC) Annabel Wong 6-2 6-3
(WC) Tegan Bush d. (10) Paola Pinera Celorio (ESP) 6-2 6-3
(WC) Sophie Bekker d. (7) Sol Ailin Larraya Guidi (ARG) 6-3 6-3
(WC) Edie Griffiths d. (Q) Anastasiia Sorska (UKR) 6-1 6-4
Hollie Smart d. Yushan Shao (CHN) 6-4 6-7(4) 6-4
Adelina Lacinova (LAT) d. (WC) Ophelia Korpanec Davies 3-6 6-2 6-3

R2

(WC) Daniella Britton v Katerina Zajickova (CZE)
(WC) Tegan Bush v (Q) Yeri Hong (KOR)
(WC) Sophie Bekker v Yihan Qu (CHN)
(WC) Edie Griffiths v Maia Ilinca Burcescu (ROU)
(5) Anastasija Cvetkovic (SRB) v Hollie Smart

the addict · Tennis legend

The five girls that have progressed included four wild cards, but they all have some senior experience as the names are familiar to me from doing the woman's entries. Good luck to them all.