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ATP 250 – Open Sud de France, France – Men’s doubles
Jamie Murray finished as runner up in the men’s doubles event at the ATP 250 event in Montpellier. Playing with Paul Hanley (AUS) the pair won through three rounds before falling 6-4, 7-6(4) to French duo Nicolas Mahut & Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the final.
Mahut & Roger-Vasselin defeated Ken Skupski and partner Treat Huey (PHI) 6-2, 6-2 in the semi-finals.
Open Sud de France
The GB boys’ 14U team won all of their matches without dropping a rubber to qualify for the Tennis Europe Winter Cup Finals which will take place in Correggio, Italy, on Feb 17th – 19th.
The GB boys’ 16U team, who are the defending champions, also qualified for the Tennis Europe Winter Cup Finals after beating Turkey and Belgium to reach the final. The team lost out to Czech Republic in the final but qualified through in second place. They will next be in action in Ronchin, France over Feb 17th – 19th.
The GB girls’ 14U team finished in third place in their qualifying group so narrowly missed out on qualification for the Finals. The team defeated Germany and Estonia 3-0 but fell to third seeds Czech Republic in the semi-finals.
The GB girls’ 16U team finished in sixth place in their qualifying group having lost to Poland and Ukraine but beaten Greece over the weekend.
The girls’ 12U Tennis Europe Winter Cup Finals will take place on Feb 10th – 12th at Graves Tennis Centre, Sheffield, and GB will be competing having qualified in second place in their group in January.
Winter Cups by HEAD - Qualifying
AEGON GB Pro-Series Sunderland – Women’s singles
The AEGON GB Pro-Series Sunderland women’s singles title went to Sarah Gronert of Germany who beat compatriot Annika Beck 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the final. The doubles title went to Justyna Jegiolka (POL) & Diana Marcinkevica (LAT).
Read more - Gronert wins AEGON GB Pro-Series, Sunderland
AEGON GB Pro-Series, Sunderland
Germany F4 Futures, Nussloch $15K – Men’s doubles
Josh Goodall & Miles Bugby lost out in the men’s doubles semi-finals in Germany, beaten 6-1, 6-0 by German pairing Marko Lenz & George Von Massow.
Germany F4 Futures, Nussloch
Turkey F4 Futures Antalya, $10K – Men’s singles
Oliver Golding went down in the quarter-finals in Turkey, losing 6-1, 6-1 to fifth seed Alexandre Folie from Belgium.
Turkey F4 Futures Antalya
Mallorca, Spain - $10K – Women’s singles
Amanda Carreras was defeated in the singles second round in Spain, going down 7-5, 6-4 to No.1 seed Anne Schaffer of Germany.
Mallorca, Spain
USA F4 Futures - Palm Coast, FL $10K – Men’s singles
Qualifier, Edward Corrie, reached the men's singles quarter-finals in Florida before falling to sixth seed Gabriel Moraru (ROU) 6-4, 6-3.
USA F4 Futures
AEGON British Tour Graves – Men’s & Women’s singles
Richard Bloomfield defeated James Marsalek 6-4, 6-3 to win the men’s singles final in Graves. In the women’s singles final top seed Yasmin Clarke won the title, beating Georgia Craven [7] 7-6(1), 6-2.
AEGON British Tour Graves
ITF Grade 2 Tunisia – Girls' & Boys’ singles & doubles
Jathan Malik finished as runner up in the boys’ doubles event in Tunisia, beating fellow Brits Scott Clayton & Toby Mitchell in the semi-finals but falling to the third seeds in the final.
Katie Boulter made the quarter-finals of the girls’ doubles with partner Ioana Ducu (ROU) before falling to top seeds Korashvili (UKR) & Mertens (BEL).
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Davis Cup by BNP Paribas, Euro/Africa Zone Group I first round tie – Braehead Arena, Glasgow – Feb 10th - 12th 12U Girls’ Tennis Europe Winter Cup Finals – Graves Tennis Centre, Sheffield, Girls singles & doubles – Feb 10th – 12th
The latest world rankings along with full results and draw sheets can be found at the following links:
ATP World Tour – British men: www.atpworldtour.comWTA – British women: www.wtatennis.comITF Circuit – men, women, junior and wheelchair: www.itftennis.comTennis Europe – junior: www.tenniseurope.org
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21/05/12 – 26/05/12, Virgin Active Cardiff (Welsh National Tennis Centre)
14/05/2012 - 19/05/2012, Queenswood School
18/05/12 - 20/05/12, Various locations around the country
06/05/12 – 12/05/12, The Northumberland Club
LTA 12U Girls Age Group Captain John Trehearn blogs from the Tennis Europe Winter Cups qualifying.
Tickets are now on sale for the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Europe/Africa Zone 1 tie between GB and Slovak Republic