The 4 age related European Summer Cups start tomorrow, with the British under 14s in France. Often our teams have been weakened by our top girls being selected for Roehampton. On this occasion it is possible that Dasha Jones comes into that category (currently an alternate for Roehampton), or she may be injured. The team as a result is Ginny Chen, Isabella Rebel and April Sackflame They are top seeded in their qualifying group, taking on Belgium first
The under 14 girls had a scare, as April lost the opening singles 7-5 in the third, but Ginny won 0 & 1 and teamed up with Bella to take the doubles 2 & 2. As a result they take on Turkiye tomorrow, with qualification for the European finals at stake.
If yesterday was a scare then there were probably alarm bells ringing today as the under 14 girls needed a 10-8 match tiebreak doubles win by Bella/April to seal their place in the European finals. Bella won in straights before Ginny lost in 3 to the Turkish number 1. They play host nation France tomorrow for seeding rights.
After two scares in reaching the finals perhaps unsurprisingly the under 14 girls were unable to claim a seeding spot. This time they lost 2-1 to France with April winning and Bella losing their singles, before Ginny & April lost the decisive doubles 6-3 6-3, Their finals start on Monday in Italy, with 6 of the 8 finalists making it through as European qualifiers for the World Juniors in August
