There is a large British presence here, including European 14&under Junior Masters champion Liam Broady. The top seed in the girls event is another 14 year old star - local girl An-Sophie Mestach
Boys R1:
Constantin Le Goff (FRA) v Liam Broady (GBR) Tom Farquharson (GBR) v Ivan Vereschaga (RUS) Marc Westgate (GBR) v Matthias Wunner (GER) Ilias Giannakakis (GRE) v David O'Leary (GBR) (13) Lewis Burton (GBR) v Lucas Pouille (FRA)
Girls R1:
(10) Joanna Horne (GBR) BYE (4) Lereesa Easterbrook (GBR) BYE (9) Aimee Gibson (GBR) BYE Amina St. Hill (SWE) v Roisin Mullins (GBR) Manisha Chowdhury (GBR) v Ruth Seaborne (GBR)
No, it is a step up for Liam to play an under 18 event. This uses ITF Junior rankings, where Liam is outside 1000, rather than Tennis Europe rankings. Liam is in fact the lowest ranked Direct Entry here.
Liam scraped through a tight 3 setter and most of the other Brits won today.
Boys R1:
Liam Broady (GBR) d. Constantin Le Goff (FRA) 16 62 75 Tom Farquharson (GBR) d. Ivan Vereschaga (RUS) 62 61 Matthias Wunner (GER) d. Marc Westgate (GBR) 63 60 David O'Leary (GBR) d. Ilias Giannakakis (GRE) 63 63 (13) Lewis Burton (GBR) v Lucas Pouille (FRA)
R2:
(12) Jannick Lupescu (NED) v. Liam Broady (GBR) Tom Farquharssson (GBR) v (7) Francisco Dias (POR) David O'Leary (GBR) v Romain Monney (SUI) (13) Lewis Burton (GBR) or Lucas Pouille (FRA) v Robin Cambier (BEL)
Girls R1:
Roisin Mullins (GBR) d. Amina St. Hill (SWE) 61 62 Ruth Seaborne (GBR) d. Manisha Chowdhury (GBR) 46 61 61
R2:
10) Joanna Horne (GBR) v Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) (4) Lereesa Easterbrook (GBR) v Steffi Distelmans (BEL) Elizaveta Kuzmina (RUS) v (9) Aimee Gibson (GBR) Roisin Mullins (GBR) v (3) Demi Schuurs (NED) (7) Mai Grage (DEN) v Ruth Seaborne (GBR)