Boys & Girls: J100, Loughborough II, GB - hard (indoor) (Week 11)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Boys & Girls: J100, Loughborough II, GB - hard (indoor) (Week 11)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Boys Qualis:

No BYEs

Top 4 seeds: Dan Franco-Key; Alex Winder; Simon Hegarty; Lucas Ebert

In the QR1 results, though, Alex and Lucas lost heavily (to Alfie King and Archie Gray - who rather sound as though they should be a comedy duo, sort of Ant & Dec style)

Two wildcards got wins too, Isaac Sallu and Dash Green

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BOYS QR2

My Archie and Alfie duo did great - both won 6-0 6-0

wildcard Sallu beat Berry (8th seed)

Three peskies till left in the FQR

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

GIRLS

Carrying on, I'm still posting a lot about Tanishka Naveen - only 13, and today she beat the top q seed, 0 & 0, and then beat the q6 seed in the FQR

Karina Kiss also won two matches to make the MD

Lara Savic v Anna Wright result still to come

Rose · Lower Club Player

Coup Droit wrote:
GIRLS

Carrying on, I'm still posting a lot about Tanishka Naveen - only 13, and today she beat the top q seed, 0 & 0, and then beat the q6 seed in the FQR

Karina Kiss also won two matches to make the MD

Lara Savic v Anna Wright result still to come

Tanishka is another Edgbaston girl. Improved loads in the last couple of years

Mia and Tegan, having just played the final against each other are now playing each other in the first round tomorrow. Horrible draw for them!

Daniella Britton is a late withdrawal. Dont know if shes injured or if they have decided to step back to J60s as shes had 3 first round losses in the 3 J100 she has played. Not a problem at her age but she has left school to focus on tennis (home schooling) and she is limited to the amount of ITFs she can play, due to her age. Maybe better to get more matches at a lower level. She has also withdrawn from the J100 in Spain in a couple of weeks. She has told other players she is expecting to start at the national academy in September but not sure if that has been confirmed or is what they are aiming for.

Rest of the draw is very much what you would expect but not a good first round draw for sophia C either so there could be some strong players out early

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Girls R1

And Mia v Tegan went to a third-set TB - and poor Tegan, having lost 7-5 in the third in last week's final, now lost 7-6(5) in the third today

Younger sister, Leah Bush, with a wildcard, also lost

Not too surprisingly, Sophia Christodoulou beat Isabella Wong, the top seed (Isabella is fully ranked, and has barely played this year)

Glad to see our 2009-ers Edie Griffiths, Alisha Ndukwu and Emilija get wins.

And 14year-olds Megan and Annabel wong too

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Rose wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
GIRLS

Carrying on, I'm still posting a lot about Tanishka Naveen - only 13, and today she beat the top q seed, 0 & 0, and then beat the q6 seed in the FQR

Karina Kiss also won two matches to make the MD

Lara Savic v Anna Wright result still to come
Tanishka is another Edgbaston girl. Improved loads in the last couple of years
Mia and Tegan, having just played the final against each other are now playing each other in the first round tomorrow. Horrible draw for them!

Daniella Britton is a late withdrawal. Dont know if shes injured or if they have decided to step back to J60s as shes had 3 first round losses in the 3 J100 she has played. Not a problem at her age but she has left school to focus on tennis (home schooling) and she is limited to the amount of ITFs she can play, due to her age. Maybe better to get more matches at a lower level. She has also withdrawn from the J100 in Spain in a couple of weeks. She has told other players she is expecting to start at the national academy in September but not sure if that has been confirmed or is what they are aiming for.

Rest of the draw is very much what you would expect but not a good first round draw for sophia C either so there could be some strong players out early

Seemingly neither, Rose

She's in the main draw of the J100 in Cyprus

9th seed, with a BYE and then due to play tomorrow

Not quite sure why it's Cyprus, not Loughborough, that gets the nod

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Monday 10th of March 2025 11:00:40 PM

Rose · Lower Club Player

Coup Droit wrote:
Rose wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
GIRLS

Carrying on, I'm still posting a lot about Tanishka Naveen - only 13, and today she beat the top q seed, 0 & 0, and then beat the q6 seed in the FQR

Karina Kiss also won two matches to make the MD

Lara Savic v Anna Wright result still to come
Tanishka is another Edgbaston girl. Improved loads in the last couple of years
Mia and Tegan, having just played the final against each other are now playing each other in the first round tomorrow. Horrible draw for them!

Daniella Britton is a late withdrawal. Dont know if shes injured or if they have decided to step back to J60s as shes had 3 first round losses in the 3 J100 she has played. Not a problem at her age but she has left school to focus on tennis (home schooling) and she is limited to the amount of ITFs she can play, due to her age. Maybe better to get more matches at a lower level. She has also withdrawn from the J100 in Spain in a couple of weeks. She has told other players she is expecting to start at the national academy in September but not sure if that has been confirmed or is what they are aiming for.

Rest of the draw is very much what you would expect but not a good first round draw for sophia C either so there could be some strong players out early
Seemingly neither, Rose
She's in the main draw of the J100 in Cyprus
9th seed, with a BYE and then due to play tomorrow
Not quite sure why it's Cyprus, not Loughborough, that gets the nod

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Monday 10th of March 2025 11:00:40 PM

Never occurred to me to look at any others as she was in Loughborough until the last minute. Maybe they felt Cyprus was an easier tournament. Cant see any other reason to travel when theres one here. Who knows!

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BOYS QFs:

Conor Brady v (FRA)
Zech Hamrouni v Rhys Lawlor
Dylan Davies v (SLO)
Mark Ceban v Feran Redza

GIRLS QFs:

Sophia Christodoulou v Edie Griffiths
(POL) v (UKR)
Megan Knight (age 14) v (CZE)
Annabel Wong (age 14) v (POL)

paulisi · Tennis legend

Mixed success
GB quarter finalists -Conor Brady, Dylan Davis, Mark Ceban, Zach Hamrouni, Rhys Lawlor, Ferran Redza
Sofia Christodoulou, Meg Knight, Edie Griffiths,

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paulisi wrote:
Mixed success
GB quarter finalists -Conor Brady, Dylan Davis, Mark Ceban, Zach Hamrouni, Rhys Lawlor, Ferran Redza
Sofia Christodoulou, Meg Knight, Edie Griffiths,

And Annabel Wong

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

A super win for 14 year-old Annabel Wong, over the 2nd seed

And from 14 year-old Megan Knight too, who was expeditive, to say the least

Nothing against Sophia C, but I'm pleased Edie won too

GIRLS QFs:

Edie Griffiths def. Sophia Christodoulou 6-4 6-7(2) 6-3
(3) (POL) v (UKR) 6-2 6-0
Megan Knight (age 14) def. (CZE) 6-2 6-0
Annabel Wong (age 14) def. (2) (POL) 6-4 2-6 7-6(6)

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Always had a soft spot for Rhys so glad to see him do well here. And Mark has his work cut out to keep up with the world #1 for their age, Moise Kouame, so keep going, Mark !

BOYS QFs:

(1) Conor Brady def. (FRA) 6-2 7-5
(7) Rhys Lawlor def. (4) Zech Hamrouni 6-4 3-6 6-2
(3) (SLO) def. (5) Dylan Davies 6-7(1) 6-4 6-3
(2) Mark Ceban def. Feran Redza 6-1 2-6 6-1

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Great to see Annabel get to the semis. Interesting face off there.

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BOYS

Two very tight three-set semis, but in the end the seeding proved good:

FINAL: (1) Conor Brady v (2) Mark Ceban

Doubles Final: Liam Channon & Enrico Franchi v Harry Abel & Joe Mazingham