Well what a win, hanging around to take your chance when it comes round is a very promising characteristic, fabulous for him a win in the final and he gets a qualifying wildcard for next year... but, hasnt he already had one of those?

Hopefully this time next year the focus will be on senior tennis. 17 is a good age to start focusing on getting into the top 500. Bob may even get to see him play in Murcia! A well recognised route to the top.

Ace Ventura wrote:

---

indiana wrote:

---

Superb for Jack and well done on keeping going and finally winning that decisive break and MP.

Now will need very effective rest and recuperation after that final set. I assume the final is tomorrow?

Final set TBs please !!!!!!!!!!

---

 Sunday, 1pm I think, girls is tomorrow.

---

Thanks. Yes no sign of the boy's singles final on tomorrow's schedule. I am sure Jack will appreciate the day off.

DavidC wrote:

---

Doubles QF

(WC) Story/Wendelken d. (2) McHugh/Skatov (GBR/KAZ) 4-6 7-6(2) 6-2

SF

Erel/Virtanen (TUR/FIN) v (WC) Story/Wendelken

---

 Just to say this was a super result for the gb  wildcard pair. Both born 2001. Harry in Dec. 2001. Really pleased for them.

I was wondering at the difference between the jump from boys to mens and girls to womens.

Bear with me as I haven't got all the information for my ponderings, hence my musings. I was thinking that both Jack and Emma got QWCs into the seniors. Emma had a tight three setter, losing to someone who then beat two players ranked around 150 to got to the MD, and Jack got beaten quite straightforwardly by someone ranked around 170, and lost to someone ranked around 120 in the next round. Emma went out to someone ranked 500+(seniors) in the girls comp and the semi finalists were all top 500, and now it's reported that Emma wants to go pro at 15. I'm not sure of the seniors ranking of the semis boys. Please can someone help me make sense of this.

DavidC wrote:

---

DavidC wrote:

---

Doubles ... SF

Erel/Virtanen (TUR/FIN) v (WC) Story/Wendelken

---

 5th match on court 18 following the all American girls doubles semi featuring Caty McNally/Whitney Osuigwe

---

There's been some lovely tweets from Tennis Wales, and Cardiff Met's XL Tennis academy (James is Welsh). 

Love the fact the Laura Robson was tweeting her support for Jack too during his match. Jack's mental strength was phenomenal, I thought, in his match - amazing. 

 

DavidC wrote:

---

Jack becomes our first finalist since Liam Broady in 2011 (last winner was Stanley Matthews Jnr in 1962)

SF

(1) Chun Hsin Tseng (TPE) d. Tao Mu (CHN) 6-3 6-1
Jack Draper d. (5) Nicolas Mejia (COL) 7-6(5) 6-7(6) 19-17

F

(1) Chun Hsin Tseng (TPE) v Jack Draper

---

 Assume you mean at Wimbledon? Golding won the USO juniors later that year when a 16yo Edmund made the semis.

A serve dominated semi which only really came to life at the back end of the second set, when they saved 3 match points to reach a second tiebreak (there was only one other breakpoint - to the British pair)

SF

Erel/Virtanen (TUR/FIN) d. (WC) Story/Wendelken 7-6(0) 7-6(5)