The range of lower age group national championships started today with under 9 and under 10 qualifiers. The first of the main draws start tomorrow with the under 14 boys (32 draw), along with under 11 group matches. The draw for the under 14 boys can be found here featuring Kamran Arif and Oskar Laskowski as the top 2 seeds. The under 14 girls start on Monday, while the under 12s start on Tuesday. Five of the courts are promised for streaming via the LTA Youtube channel
Under 14 matches are now on court - GB team members Haqim Kamal and Kamran Arif are among those currently on live streams. Live scores also available via link in the top post.
Fred had a statement win over the second seed today. Tomorrow the under 12s start their group stages.
U14 QF
(1) Kamran Arif d. (8) Ben Coxon 7-6(3) 6-4
(4) Boyan Ilchev d. Tony Keohane 6-0 6-1
(3) Ryan Szeto d. (6) Haqim Kamal 6-4 6-4
(7) Frederick Fabricius d. (2) Oskar Laskowski 6-3 6-0
SF
(1) Kamran Arif v (4) Boyan Ilchev
(3) Ryan Szeto v (7) Frederick Fabricius
I know it respected the LTS seeding, but I imagine that, to many, it may have been a bit of a suprise win for Szeto over Kamal too
After all, Kamal has had some very good ITF results recently and is about 2000 in the world, which is very decent for his age.
Whereas Szeto is outside the top 4000 - which is completely different
Saw replay snippets of some of those matches and yes I was surprised that Szeto beat Kamal. I thought Ilchev had a nice serve and fluid style. Thought Laskowski was going to beat Fabricius going by their recent results (and H2H?) and was surprised how comfortable it was.
-- Edited by Oscariyan on Monday 18th of August 2025 10:08:40 PM
-- Edited by Oscariyan on Monday 18th of August 2025 10:09:04 PM
I know it respected the LTS seeding, but I imagine that, to many, it may have been a bit of a suprise win for Szeto over Kamal too
After all, Kamal has had some very good ITF results recently and is about 2000 in the world, which is very decent for his age.
Whereas Szeto is outside the top 4000 - which is completely different
Saw replay snippets of some of those matches and yes I was surprised that Szeto beat Kamal. I thought Ilchev had a nice serve and fluid style. Thought Laskowski was going to beat Fabricius going by their recent results (and H2H?) and was surprised how comfortable it was.
-- Edited by Oscariyan on Monday 18th of August 2025 10:09:04 PM