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and Sophie quickly wraps up a 6-4 6-1 win to meet Pui Yin Lung in round 2

Edie Griffiths also removed a minor seed meaning that we have Brits in all 8 quarter-finals. The quarter-finals resolve as follows

Boys QF

(1) Jack Secord (USA) v Alex Mirrington
(3) Rhys Lawlor v (8) Victor Barreira Bonzom (FRA)
(7) William Moxon v (4) Navneet Raghuram (USA)
(6) Eoghan Jennings (IRL) v (2) Mark Ceban

Girls QF

(1) Chukwumelije Clarke (USA) v (5) Daniella Britton
(4) Ireland O'Brien (USA) v Edie Griffiths
Sophie Bekker v (3) Margaret Sohms (USA)
(6) Isabelle Thideluccia Deluccia (USA) v (2) Hollie Smart

Mark gets a very comfortable win and is into the final

Rhys won the first against the top seed but has lost the second ....

Tennismad2005 wrote:

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I went to watch some matches early this week and I have to say I was particularly impressed by South Wales boys Ollie Page and Archie Gray; they both really pushed their seeded opponent! I also enjoyed Alex M who plays really well. I hope that the 3 of them are considered for WCs at Wimbledon juniors, regardless of their ranking (and reward performance!).

-- Edited by Tennismad2005 on Thursday 23rd of April 2026 04:48:24 PM

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 Thanks for your impressions.  Yes, there is a good chance that they will all be on the list for main draw or at least quali wildcards for Wimbledon, as they are all in the current GB top 10 on ITF ranking

And the honours go to Mark and Daniella via similar comeback scores      Mark's third J200 title is timely, having just dropped last year's Istres title from his ranking - which should mean he is safe for the Roland Garros main draw. Dani's second J200 title will put her back in the top 100

Boys F

(2) Mark Ceban d. (1) Jack Secord (USA) 4-6 6-3 6-4

Doubles F

Fletcher/Mirrington d. Drake/Mitchell 6-4 7-6(2)

Girls F

(5) Daniella Britton d. (2) Hollie Smart 4-6 6-4 6-4

Doubles F

(1) Clarke/Deluccia (USA) d. (2) Britton/Sohns (GBR/USA) 6-3 6-1

I'm not trying to speak for Rose but she's been consistent (and posted quite recently - during the nationals, I think) that she's not a fan of Daniella's tennis long-term, in adult potential terms

I say that simply because I put quite a lot of store by Rose's opinion - she's seen far more live tennis from the players in question than I have

For me, the jury's out (which I realise is pretty wimpy, sitting on the fence, but it's where I am)

Daniella has none of the ease of play, the natural 'pretty' game, of players like April or Hannah

She also has a very 'closed' air when she plays, almost lackadaisical

So it's not an exciting watch, as such

However, she's got a good athletic physique, she has decent variety (likes to come in), she's quite an intelligent player on court, sees the court well, and she's very focused - it was absolutely no surprise to me that at the real crunch time in the 3rd set yesterday, Hollie capitulated and Daniella held strong.

It's one of those games where the total is far more than the sum of the parts

However, she's never played a single adult match (which is unusual - most top 2010s have, even those born late in the year like her).

She's also never done anything in the important junior events - the junior grand slams, the J500s, even J300s (mainly because she hasn't been ranked highly enough to participate, of course).

So, it's still very much a middling junior game, in terms of result sheet

So, for me, she's made good progress since joining Loughborough, there's quite a lot to like, but it's still very untested at higher level, and the game doesn't leap out in and of itself.