A busy week of junior tennis motion has wrapped from Orlando, Florida with profitable outings for a pair of the Canadian squads.
The U16 women crew and U14 boys roster have each superior previous the qualifying stage and into the Finals for the Junior Billie Jean King Cup and ITF Junior World Tennis competitors.
Let’s breakdown the motion:
Junior BJK Cup squad qualify
Led by Captain and former world no. 21 in doubles Sharon Fichman, the U16 Women squad had a powerful exhibiting on the courts, to advance by way of a tricky qualifying subject and earn a spot within the Finals.
The week started Wednesday with a tricky matchup towards the People, because the Canadians misplaced the tie 3-0, with BC’s Charlize Celebrini and Nadia Lagaev of Ontario falling in singles, earlier than Celebrini and Quebec’s Clémence Mercier misplaced a good doubles rubber, 3-6, 6-2, 10-4.
The group bounced again although on Thursday, with an important efficiency towards Mexico.
Celebrini defeated Abril Cardenas Olivares 6-1, 6-3 to open the motion, earlier than Lagaev sealed the tie with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Hanne Estrada Cortes. In doubles, Celebrini once more teamed up with Mercier, and this time the pair prevailed, defeating Marianne Angel Gomez and Estrada Cortes in a intently contested match, 6-4, 4-6, 10-8.
The group returned to the court docket on Friday for a pivotal matchup towards Puerto Rico. Captain Fichman barely shuffled her lineup for the showdown; Lagaev once more led in singles, producing a flawless outcome, defeating Carolina Castro 6-0, 6-0 in simply 53 minutes. Mercier performed her first singles match, and he or she delivered with a formidable 6-4, 6-0 win over Aurora Lugo. Celebrini and Lagaev then paired in an empty doubles rubber for a straight units win.
The squad will now transfer into the Billie Jean King Cup Junors Finals stage, held November 4th to tenth in Spain.
In the meantime, Canada’s U16 junior Boys Davis Cup crew got here simply wanting qualification. Quebec’s Miko Lapalme, and Felix Roussel and Quincy Yao, each of Ontario, opened with a 3-0 victory over the Bahamas, nevertheless they’d lose a good 2-1 tie to Mexico, and had been eradicated Friday, falling 3-0 to america.
Photograph: V. Estrella
World Junior Tennis Boys Group break by way of
Captained by Philippe Courteau, the U14 Canadian boys performed some clutch tennis once they wanted to qualify for a spot within the ITF World Junior Tennis Finals.
After falling to the American crew 3-0 on the opening day, the squad had precisely the response required on day two towards Mexico.
Ontario’s Julian Mahdavi set the tone, opening with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Santiago Garcia Puente. Callum Mackinnon would then take the reins, posting a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Jaime Gomez Lopez. The squad accomplished a flawless tie, as BC’s Luca Vicol and Mahdavi rallied for a 4-6, 6-3, 10-4 win in doubles to cap a 3-0 win.
Photograph: V. Estrella
The crew would then safe a spot on the Friday, defeating Guatemala 3-0.
Mahdavi, Mackinnon, and Vicol are all prospect crew members for Tennis Canada’s junior program.
With the victory, Canada’s World Junior Group will now head to the ITF World Junior Tennis Finals held August 5-10 in Prostejov, Czech Republic.
The Women crew had a constructive week regardless of falling wanting qualification. Amy Shen, Rachel Wu, and Isabella Ruyu Yan, all of B.C., competed admirably, defeating Guatemala 3-0 on their opening day, earlier than dropping a pair of 2-1 ties to Mexico and america.
Shen, Wu, and Ruyu Yan are all prospect crew members for Tennis Canada.
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