British Junior Tennis 2011

[cazza99]

A thread to discuss the British junior tennis and British junior tennis players who do not have their own thread for 2011

[JAMES4578]

Britain are in the Junior Davis cup final!, see report (http://www.lta.org.uk/News/2011/September/2011-09-26/GB-reach-Junior-Davis-Cup-final-in-Mexico/) We are 1-0 up in the final as Evan Hoyt took the first rubber over the Italian.

[Linda]

Excellent :big grin: We have several top juniors now, so the future of British tennis is looking very bright indeed!

[JAMES4578]

GB have won their first title after Kyle Edmund secured the 2-0 lead. Congrats to @kyle8edmund, Evan Hoyt & @LukeBambridge40 plus captain Greg Rusedski. :cheer::cheer::cheer:

[Linda]

Fantastic success for the British juniors (and captain Greg Rusedski) in winning the Junior Davis Cup :clap: :clap: :clap:

[Linda]

Watching the presentation. Just playing the national anthem. Very moving.

[Sallydaisy]

What brilliant news!!! Hope that'll spur the big boys on next year!!!

:trophy:

[Alis]

Well done the boys - excellent result! Definitely bodes well for the future.

[Maza1987]

Superb.
We really have some talented boys coming through.

[david1610]

Yes let's hope they can make the transistion to seniors when the time comes.

[supergran]

Brilliant news...congratulations to all.

[Jennan]

Great to hear they won, terrific boost for them.

[lynne]

Great news, just what British tennis NEEDS!!!!!!!................Congratulations!!!!:wa ve:

[Jan]

Fantastic win boys! Congrats to Greg too for his input.:trophy::trophy::trophy: (I like these new smilies!!!)

[harriet]

good news for the future of tennis in GB.
in his Analysis, Jonathan Overend, the BBC's tennis correspondent, wrote:-
"After years in the doldrums, British tennis appears firmly on the up. At the US Open, 3 of the 4 boys semi finalists were Brits with Oliver Golding taking the title. In Mexico a team of even younger lads, bizarrely born within a fortnight of each other in January 1995, had a magnificent week, unbeaten in singles play. Their semi-final thrashing of France, that traditional benchmark nation for junior development, was perhaps particularly notable. Captain Rusedski's desire to put something back into the sport which made him millions should be applauded. But most credit must go to Hoyt, Bambridge and Edmund. Hopefully names for the future."

[cazza99]

Brilliant news :clap: :clap:

[Linda]

BBC report on the juniors' DC success with quotes from Greg (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/15158097.stm)

[Maza1987]

Eleanor Dean, still only 15, has reached the quarters of a 10k in Stockholm today beating the no.1 seed. :)

[Alis]

Well done Eleanor - seems that we have quite a few juniors to be optimistic about.

[JAMES4578]

yes a grear result, well done Eleanor!:cheer::cheer:

[karanga]

Well done Eleanor. :clap:

[Jan]

Great!:clap::clap:

[karanga]

Congratulations to Liam Broady & Joshua Ward-Hibbert who won the Orange Bowl 18U boys' doubles final after beating Dominic Thiem of Austria and Robin Kern of Germany. In the final match of the day on Sunday in Florida, the British duo secured a 6-4, 6-3 victory to take home the title.

It caps a successful fortnight for the British pair who finished runners-up in the 18U boys’ doubles at the Eddie Herr International in the lead up to the Orange Bowl. :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :trophy:

Well done Katie Boulter who finished runner-up in the 16U girls’ singles event after winning five matches last week including four in straight sets. The second seed beat Kimberly Yee (USA) to reach the final before being defeated 6-4, 6-3 by Erin Routliffe. :clap: :clap: :clap:

Well done Alex Sendegeya who finished runner-up in the16U boys’ doubles with his Dutch partner Franz Sydow. The pair, who were seeded third, won through four rounds, taking two matches on match tie-breaks before eventually being beaten 7-5, 7-5 by the Brazilian pair, Guitarrari & Tebet Filho, in the final. :clap: :clap: :clap:


http://www.lta.org.uk/News/2011/December/2011-12-12/British-juniors-enjoy-Orange-Bowl-success/

[Alis]

Well done to all the juniors concerned - great stuff!

[karanga]

I was not sure that I even wanted to go to the US Open for the junior tournament. I was already starting to concentrate on the senior circuit, and had played a few Futures events in the couple of months that had passed since Wimbledon.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/8973487/Oliver-Golding-why-my-New-York-fairytale-in-the-junior-US-Open-almost-did-not-happen.html


Congratulations to all our juniors on their fine achievements in 2011. Hope they will continue to improve and achieve even better results in 2012.

:santa dance: :yahoo: :happy new year: