The four Brits who are accepted into the US Open main draw or qualifying have all opted to play this traditional warm-up tournament. They have brought it forward a day from Sunday this year, presumably to minimise the risk of those in US Open qualifying being stuck here without a Special Exempt
The tournament website credited Mark with winning all 3 sets, but ITF has clarified that the score was 6-1 6-7(4) 6-3 Dani is the only one of the 4 playing singles today
Boys R3
(11) Matteo Gribaldo (ITA) or Felix Roussel (CAN) v (5) Mark Ceban
(15) Rhys Lawlor v Kamil Stolarczyk (USA)
Girls R3
(10) Avery Alexander (CAN) v (6) Daniella Britton
Londyn McCord (USA) v (9) Hollie Smart
A long battle seemingly for Dani today, with the tournament website reporting a 7-6 6-7 7-6 win (don't know the tiebreak scores). A straightforward win in doubles for Mark/Rhys
It's 4/4 again and with 3 convincing wins today Rhys will need to keep an eye on other results to work out whether he would get one of the two Special Exempts to the US Open and thus avoid qualifying.
Boys R3
(5) Mark Ceban d. (11) Matteo Gribaldo (ITA) 6-1 6-3 (15) Rhys Lawlor d. Kamil Stolarczyk (USA) 6-1 6-4
QF
(1) Leonardo Storck Franca or (14) Valentin Gonzalez-Galino (ESP) v (5) Mark Ceban (8) Kanta Watanabe (JPN) v (15) Rhys Lawlor
Girls R3
(6) Daniella Britton d. (10) Avery Alexander (CAN) 7-6(2) 6-7(4) 7-6(2) (9) Hollie Smart d. Londyn McCord (USA) 6-3 6-4
QF
(6) Daniella Britton d. (10) Avery Alexander (CAN) (9) Hollie Smart v (14) Carrie-Anne Hoo (USA) or (2) Renee Alame (AUS)
Not sure if hes playing here but anyone seen teodor Davidov - 16 year old, hes ranked about 150 in juniors but has ATP points and is ranked 1500 in ATP. More importantly he plays forehand both sides, single handed and no backhand.
Interested if anyone has a view on him or his potential?
Excellent news from Canada, as Daniella and Rhys both come through early matches. The upshot is that Rhys should be safe with an SE for the US Open (if he had just been left in doubles there might have been two players lower ranked in singles or higher ranked in doubles with prior claim)
Boys QF
(14) Valentin Gonzalez-Galino (ESP) v (5) Mark Ceban
(15) Rhys Lawlor d. (8) Kanta Watanabe (JPN) 7-6(5) 6-1
Doubles SF
(3) Ceban/Lawlor v (7) Chavez/Latak (ESP/USA)
Girls QF
(6) Daniella Britton d. (16) Nancy Lee (USA) 4-6 6-0 6-4
(9) Hollie Smart v (2) Renee Alame (AUS)
Doubles SF
(5) Britton/Pircher (GBR/AUT) v Allegre/Cabio (USA/CAN)
Not sure if hes playing here but anyone seen teodor Davidov - 16 year old, hes ranked about 150 in juniors but has ATP points and is ranked 1500 in ATP. More importantly he plays forehand both sides, single handed and no backhand.
Interested if anyone has a view on him or his potential?
He isn't playing here, and has not yet been drawn against any Brits, at least in Juniors, so I haven't seen him play other than in this clip of him in action
But may well also be because Anna P has calculated that she won't get an SE place in the US Open MD and so needs to get there for qualis
My livescore page has Mark with a tick for having won - but the score showing he lost in 3 sets - I'm guessing the score is more reliable but I've no real basis for this
I also thing Rhys and Mark have pulled out of their doubles too - but again it's not clear on the site
It looks like Mark has joined Rhys in the boys semis. I say looks like, as the tournament website shows Mark with a winner's tick, but a scoreline in the Spaniard's favour. However the ITF has a reversed scoreline in Mark's favour
Dani+ have given a walkover in doubles - don't know the reason, as both are in the US Open main draw. Anna Pircher did not play singles, despite being in the acceptances, so might be nursing a niggle. Hollie and the boys doubles are later tonight.
Boys QF
(5) Mark Ceban d. (14) Valentin Gonzalez-Galino (ESP) 4-6 6-3 6-4
(15) Rhys Lawlor d. (8) Kanta Watanabe (JPN) 7-6(5) 6-1
SF
(5) Mark Ceban v Marcel Latak (USA)
(7) Kai Thompson (HKG) or (3) Tito Chavez (ESP) v (15) Rhys Lawlor
Girls QF
(6) Daniella Britton d. (16) Nancy Lee (USA) 4-6 6-0 6-4
(9) Hollie Smart v (2) Renee Alame (AUS)
SF
Andrea Cabio (CAN) v (6) Daniella Britton
(4) Antonina Sushkova (UKR) v (9) Hollie Smart or (2) Renee Alame (AUS)
Doubles SF
Allegre/Cabio (USA/CAN) d. (5) Britton/Pircher (GBR/AUT) w/o