Boys & Girls: 2019 Australian Junior Open, hard - Grade A (Weeks 3/4)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: Boys & Girls: 2019 Australian Junior Open, hard - Grade A (Weeks 3/4)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Connor has a familiar round 2 opponent for regular readers of this section - one of his many matches with Brits was a loss to Aidan McHugh here last year, but he has moved up to JWR 8 since then

Boys R1 (L64)

(12) Tristan Boyer (USA) v Jacob Fearnley
(16) Eliot Spizzirri (USA) d. (Q) James Story 6-2 6-2
(Q) Connor Thomson d. (WC) Chen Dong (AUS) 6-3 6-4
Harry Wendelken v (10) Gauthier Onclin (BEL)

R2

(Q) Connor Thomson v (4) Filip Cristian Jianu (ROU)

Girls R1 (L64)

Himari Sato (JPN) v (16) Emma Raducanu
Destinee Martins d. (10) Hong Yi Cody Wong (HKG) 6-4 6-3
Victoria Allen d. (14) Sada Nahimana (BDI) 4-6 6-4 6-1

R2

(Q) Veronika Pepelyaeva (RUS) v Destinee Martins
Victoria Allen v Annerly Poulos (AUS)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Unusually for a slam the Brits in the doubles draws are all competing alongside other Brits

Boys Doubles R1 (L32)

Klopper/Montsi (RSA) v Story/Wendelken
Arnaldi/Passaro (ITA) v Fearnley/Thomson

Girls Doubles R1 (L32)

Kudermetova/Tkacheva (RUS) v Allen/Martins

JonH · All-time great

Oakland2002 wrote:
Sorry got distracted by daughters birthday kick (eating/making) and Indi slipped in with some intelligent comments!

I can see how a birthday kick would be distracting?!

JonH · All-time great

DavidC wrote:
JonH wrote:
How does 7 players in singles draws (4 plus 3) stack up to our normal entry level - seems higher than recently for an overseas slam but I dont really follow Juniors so maybe have the wrong perception?
The last time we had 7 players was the 2017 Australian Open and there hasn't been a higher figure for a long time (I have checked the last decade, and nothing beats it).

Thanks David, and some good results overnight also.

tharris · Intermediate Club Player

Emma on serve *2-3 against Himari Sato. Sato looks like she's about 12 years old but she hits a nice clean ball. This is a potential banana skin as Sato was quite highly rated a couple years ago. She's struggled to keep up with her peers, but the talent is obviously there.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Sadly prophetic your post tharris. I had really hoped to watch her match but by the time Id checked in the night she had already lost -
2 - 6 6 - 7 .

-- Edited by Julia Carrot on Sunday 20th of January 2019 08:16:35 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Wow, great clutch win for Harry W over the 10th seed, 11-9 in the MTB.

And Jake too, beating the 12th seed in three.

Well done, lads.

DavidC · Tennis legend

5/7/ through is very impressive, probably the best for a long time in a slam outside the UK - just a shame that one of the two not to make it was our best hope of a title

Boys R1 (L64)

Jacob Fearnley d. (12) Tristan Boyer (USA) 3-6 7-6(4) 6-3
(16) Eliot Spizzirri (USA) d. (Q) James Story 6-2 6-2
(Q) Connor Thomson d. (WC) Chen Dong (AUS) 6-3 6-4
Harry Wendelken d. (10) Gauthier Onclin (BEL) 7-5 6-7(5) 7-6(9)

R2

Jacob Fearnley v (WC) Ken Cavrak (AUS)
(Q) Connor Thomson v (4) Filip Cristian Jianu (ROU)
Jiri Lehecka (CZE) v Harry Wendelken

Girls R1 (L64)

Himari Sato (JPN) d. (16) Emma Raducanu 6-2 7-5
Destinee Martins d. (10) Hong Yi Cody Wong (HKG) 6-4 6-3
Victoria Allen d. (14) Sada Nahimana (BDI) 4-6 6-4 6-1

R2

(Q) Veronika Pepelyaeva (RUS) v Destinee Martins
Victoria Allen v Annerly Poulos (AUS)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Boys Doubles R1 (L32)

Klopper/Montsi (RSA) d. Story/Wendelken 1-6 6-4 [10-6]
Fearnley/Thomson d. Arnaldi/Passaro (ITA) 7-6(4) 7-6(1)

Girls Doubles R1 (L32)

Allen/Martins d. Kudermetova/Tkacheva (RUS) 4-6 6-4 [10-6]

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Very surprised at the Emma loss. Oh well. Onto the next event.

TomTraubert · Futures level

martins lost
but allen has just leveled up 26 62

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Disappointing for a Emma but she continues to build up plenty of experience in her first year playing at junior slam level, since RG she has either made the QF or list to Clara. Pretty consistent just a hiccup after a very good run in the warm up tournament.

Very good for Connor making some progress here, hopefully he will get to play all 4 junior slams before starting at University of South Carolina, a deep run in one would set him up nicely to be competitive right from his freshman year. Fingers crossed for Vicky here. I cant remember her plans?

TomTraubert · Futures level

v well done to miss allen winning in the mtb of the tb

Oakland2002 · All-time great