Commenwealth Youth Games - India

wolf · Tennis legend

Commenwealth Youth Games - India

Drew · Oct 15, 2008

Thanks a million for the information Wolf...really good performances !

What kind of standard is this ? G5, G3 ?

wolf · Tennis legend

As far as I can see it is nothing to do with the ITF, just played for prestige and medals.

Drew · Oct 15, 2008

wolf wrote:

As far as I can see it is nothing to do with the ITF, just played for prestige and medals.

Thanks !

Akhenaten · Pro player

I notice that between the Last 16 and the quarterfinals something strange happened...

Matt James defected from England to Wales !!!

wolf wrote:

L32
(9) Lewis Barnes (ENG) beat Asher Jeremiah Khan (BRU) 6-1, 6-3
(7) Matt James (ENG) beat David Mark Fisher (RSA) 6-2, 5-7, 6-2
(13) Christopher Harrison (ENG) beat Brian Shaquile (ANT) 6-1, 6-1

L16
(1) Emmanuel Sunday (NGR) beat (9) Lewis Barnes (ENG) 7-6, 7-5
(7) Matt James (ENG) beat (15) Lendl Smith (TRI) 6-2, 6-0
(13) Christopher Harrison (ENG) beat Jeremy Poggio (GIB) 6-1, 6-0

QF
(7) Matt James (WAL) v (3) Finbar Tearney (NZL)
(13) Christopher Harrison (ENG) v (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)

Are the Welsh doing Kazakhstan and buying up the best English players!! biggrin

wolf · Tennis legend

Matt is of course Welsh.

QF
(3) Finbar Tearney (NZL) beat (7) Matt James (WAL) 6-4, 6-2

(2) Yuki Bhambri (IND) beat (13) Christopher Harrison (ENG) 6-3, 5-7, 6-2

QF
(6) Monika Wejnert (AUS) beat (1) Jade Windley (ENG) 6-3, 7-5

(5) Heather Watson (GUE) beat (3) Jade Hopper (AUS) 6-2, 6-1

(2) Poojashree Venkatesha (IND) beat (8) Lisa Whybourn (ENG) 6-3, 6-0

SF
(5) Heather Watson (GUE) v (2) Poojashree Venkatesha (IND)

SF
Poojashree Venkastesha / Kyra Shroff (IND) beat Lisa Whybourn / Jade Windley (ENG) 6-4, 6-2

3/4 PO
Lisa Whybourn / Jade Windley (ENG) v Tanvi Shah / Rasmi Teltumbde (IND)

Great effort from Harrison to take Bhambri who is one of the stars of the future to 3 sets. Hope Heather can get to the final but her opponent looks tough.

wolf · Tennis legend

SF
(5) Heather Watson (GUE) beat (2) Poojashree Venkatesha (IND) 6-2, 6-1 biggrin

Final
(5) Heather Watson (GUE) v (7) Kyra Shroff (IND)

3/4 PO
Lisa Whybourn / Jade Windley (ENG) beat Tanvi Shah / Rasmi Teltumbde (IND) 6-1, 6-3 biggrin

So a bronze for Lisa and Jade and at least a silver for Heather.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Go Heather:)

wolf · Tennis legend

Heather's final will take place tommorow at 11:00 local time, which is 06:30 UK time.

-- Edited by wolf at 15:42, 2008-10-17

DavidC · Tennis legend

Good news - Heather bags a gold! Here's a report from the Indian Express

"Kyara Shroff wrapped up India's CYG campaign by bagging the silver in the girls singles tennis at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex at Balewadi. Kyara was defeated by Heather Watson of Guernsey 1-6 2-6 in the final that lasted less than an hour.

Heather broke Kyara's serve twice to take a 5-0 lead in the first set and then held on to her serve to pocket the set.

In the second set too, the Guernsey girl broke the Indian's serve twice to take a 4-0 lead and then wrapped up the set and the match 6-2. "

Drew · Oct 20, 2008

Well done Heather...

LTA report...

Heather Watson won the girls singles gold medal at the Commonwealth Youth Games over the weekend in Pune, India.

Representing Guernsey, Watson cruised to victory without dropping a set in the entire competition. In the final, the 16 year-old defeated the No 7 seed, Kyra Shroff of India, 6-1 6-2 in front of a vocal home crowd.

Lisa Whybourn and Jade Windley also returned home with a medal winning bronze for England in the girls doubles. Having lost in the semi-final, the pair bounced back to beat Tanvi Shah and Rasmi Teltumbde of India 6-1 6-3 in the third/fourth place play-off.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Go Heather!