Wimbledon Juniors!

[Brinyi]

Acceptance list, Boys

1 A YOUNG Donald USA M 23/07/1989 1 620
2 A KIM! Sun! Yong! KOR M 26/05/1987 2
3 A MAYER Leonardo ARG M 15/05/1987 3 1203
4 A BUBKA Sergei UKR M 10/02/1987 4 1055
5 A MURRAY Andrew GBR M 15/05/1987 6 367
6 A HAASE Robin NED M 06/04/1987 7 1361
7 A MIELE Andre BRA M 12/04/1987 9 1007
8 A CARVALHO Raony BRA M 10/04/1987 11 951
9 A NEILLY Timothy USA M 24/08/1987 12 1169
10 A NAVARRETE David VEN M 26/03/1987 13 1169
11 A QUERREY Samuel USA M 07/10/1987 14
12 A DE BAKKER Thiemo NED M 19/09/1988 15
13 A HAIDER-MAURER Andreas AUT M 22/03/1987 17 1466
14 A LACKO Lukas SVK M 03/11/1987 18 1074
15 A BALL Carsten USA M 20/06/1986 19
16 A LUISI Piero VEN M 13/03/1987 20 1247
17 A MAGDAS Abdullah KUW M 31/03/1987 21 1361
18 A SMYCZEK Tim USA M 30/12/1987 22 1152
19 A DESEIN Niels BEL M 09/06/1987 23 1466
20 A THRON Aljoscha GER M 15/06/1987 24 1466
21 A LEVINE Jesse USA M 15/10/1987 25
22 A ARNABOLDI Andrea ITA M 27/12/1987 26 1066
23 A NEDUNCHEZHIYA Jeevan IND M 20/10/1988 27
24 A SIJSLING Igor NED M 18/08/1987 28 929
25 A SHOKEEN Vivek IND M 31/07/1987 29 841
26 A KIRILLOV Evgeny RUS M 14/07/1987 30 743
27 A SWEETING Ryan BAH M 14/07/1987 31
28 A SINGH Sanam K IND M 11/01/1988 32 1095
29 A SAYER Martin HKG M 20/06/1987 33 1361
30 A SADECKY Alexander SUI M 06/07/1987 34 1220
31 A CERVENAK Pavol SVK M 01/07/1987 36 1308
32 A GRANGEIRO Luis-Henrique BRA M 23/11/1987 37 1016
33 A CHARDY Jérémy FRA M 12/08/1987 38
34 A DAMICO Kellen USA M 01/01/1901 39
35 A ROSHARDT Robin SUI M 22/02/1988 40
36 A CILIC Marin CRO M 28/09/1988 41 931
37 A SHABAZ Michael USA M 20/08/1987 42
38 A JELENIC Petar CRO M 13/06/1987 43
39 A SCHOTTLER Jochen GER M 25/07/1987 44
40 A DOLGOPOLOV Alexandr UKR M 07/11/1988 45
41 A CHEKHOV Pavel RUS M 27/07/1988 46
42 A VAN DER DUIM Antal NED M 16/09/1987 47 1134
43 A BESTER Philip CAN M 06/10/1988 48
44 A FARRON-MAHON Tristan IRL M 26/05/1987 49 q 25/5
45 GA EL AMRANI Reda MAR M 19/05/1988 54
46 GA COELHO Andrew AUS M 02/10/1987 88 857

Distaff

1 A AZARENKA Viktoria BLR F 31/07/1989 1 288
2 A WOZNIAK Aleksandra CAN F 07/09/1987 3 324
3 A CHAN Yung-Jan TPE F 17/08/1989 4 245
4 A ERAKOVIC Marina NZL F 06/03/1988 5 283
5 A GLATCH Alexa N USA F 10/09/1989 7 355
6 A CIBULKOVA Dominika SVK F 06/05/1989 8 825
7 A WOZNIACKI Caroline DEN F 11/07/1990 9
8 A GOVORTSOVA Olga BLR F 23/08/1988 11 977
9 A NICULESCU Monica ROM F 25/09/1987 12 460
10 A KING Vania USA F 02/03/1989 13 782
11 A BACSINSZKY Timea SUI F 08/06/1989 15 279
12 A HEINSER Jennifer-Lee USA F 27/02/1987 17
13 A GOJNEA Madalina ROM F 23/08/1987 18 490
14 A SCHOOFS Bibiane NED F 13/05/1988 20
15 A FRANKOVA Nikola CZE F 07/02/1988 21 439
16 A BUZARNESCU Mihaela ROM F 04/05/1988 22 518
17 A RAKHIM Amina KAZ F 22/02/1989 24
18 A VAISEMBURG Roxane BRA F 25/07/1989 25
19 A OLARU Raluca ROM F 03/03/1989 26 662
20 A SZAVAY Agnes HUN F 29/12/1988 27 277
21 A MORITA Ayumi JPN F 11/03/1990 28 387
22 A SHVEDOVA Yaroslava RUS F 12/09/1987 29 752
23 A KRAMPEROVA Katerina CZE F 28/12/1988 31 1177
24 A REBERSAK Polona SLO F 09/02/1987 33
25 A RODINA Evgeniya RUS F 04/02/1989 34 864
26 A PASZEK Tamira AUT F 06/12/1990 35
27 A COHEN Julia USA F 23/03/1989 36 500
28 A TATISHVILI Anna GEO F 03/02/1990 37
29 A PAVLOVIC Irena FRA F 28/09/1988 38
30 A GABBA Giulia ITA F 01/04/1987 40 336
31 A PLOTKIN Elizabeth USA F 26/05/1988 41
32 A ERRANI Sara ITA F 29/04/1987 42 384
33 A ALVAREZ Maria-Fernanda BOL F 28/02/1989 43
34 A RADWANSKA Agnieszka POL F 06/03/1989 44 648
35 A MOLINERO Florencia ARG F 28/11/1988 45 920
36 A KLEYBANOVA Alisa RUS F 15/07/1989 48 719
37 A TETREAULT Valerie CAN F 21/01/1988 49 1177 q24/5
38 A SAVCHUK Olga UKR F 20/09/1987 50 171
39 A KUDRYAVTSEVA Alla RUS F 03/11/1987 51 429 q30/5
40 A LUKASZEWICZ Olivia AUS F 15/09/1988 52 612 q3/6
41 A SZATMARI Agnes ROM F 28/06/1987 54 781 q7/6
42 A KERBER Angelique GER F 18/01/1988 55 298
43 A MAKAROVA Ekaterina RUS F 07/06/1988 75 238
44 A GAJDOSOVA Jarmila SVK F 26/04/1987 328 231
45 GA AZIZ Magy EGY F 25/12/1987 80
46 GA SWEETING Jessica BAH F 03/08/1988 86

[vaiva]

still too early, methinks

[vaiva]

at this rate of discussion, it will soon be too late, methinks

[Brinyi]

It appears that the Donnster has withdrawn? Is that old news?

[Brinyi]

No Brinyi, he is still in the drawand is #2 seed. You might have thought he withdrew because the #1 seed withdrew, but the #1 seed was Andy Murray.

[Brinyi]

Yes, that was it. Thank you.

[Brinyi]

Cilic takes Roehampton title

Rafael Nadal may not have been able to complete the Roland Garros-Wimbledon double, but Marin Cilic looks like a strong favourite to do the junior double after he comprehensively defeated his Croatian compatriot Petar Jelenic in the Roehampton final. This tournament was always likely to prove instrumental in picking the favourites for Wimbledon, particularly in the boys’ event, with eight of the top ten competing – the only absentees being Chinese Taipei’s Ch-Huan Yi, currently world number nine, and Andy Murray, who has been otherwise engaged just down the road in Wimbledon this week.

Cilic had been in dominating form all week, with Ryan Sweeting the only player to claim a set off him, in the semi finals. In the final, he met his fellow Croat Petar Jelenic, another player with a big game built around a powerful serve. The last time the two had met, on clay in the International Junior Championships of Croatia over a year ago, the match couldn’t have been closer, with Jelenic winning 6-7 7-6 7-5. This time, however, Jelenic could offer little resistance against the power onslaught, and Cilic eased to victory 6-3 6-3. With a booming serve, helped by his 1.95m height, the Croat has the ideal game to succeed on grass and he will definitely be one of the hot favourites to pick up the Wimbledon title next week.

Cilic also claimed the title in the doubles event, partnering Ireland’s Tristan Farron-Mahon in what was one of the most exciting matches of the week as they defeated Swiss pair Robin Roshardt and Alexander Sadecky in the final. The Swiss duo took the first set with ease, undaunted by the much physically stronger pair on the other side of the net, but Cilic and Farron-Mahon fought back to take the second set on a tie-break. The third set lasted as long as most matches, with Roshardt and Sadecky gaining an early break but the Croatian-Irish pair hanging on and refusing to accept defeat. In the end, after nearly three hours of play, Cilic and Farron-Mahon’s tenacity paid off as they emerged victorious 2-6 7-6(5) 11-9.

Me notices that Farron-Mahon plays the Donnster today at Wimby

The girls’ field was only marginally less strong than the boys’, with six of the top ten in action. The singles final pitted fifth seed Marina Erakovic, already the winner of two junior titles and two titles on the ITF women’s circuit on grass, against sixth seed Caroline Wozniacki, appearing in her first final on the surface. Many thought that Erakovic’s greater experience on grass would prove telling, but this was negated by her obvious tiredness after a tough, 10-8 in the third set victory over Alisa Kleybanova in the semi final. Wozniacki, in contrast, had struggled during the event but breezed through her semi final with Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-0 6-2, and her relative freshness was clear to see in the final. The fourteen-year-old Dane was never in trouble as she cruised to a 6-0 6-3 victory.

Wozniacki will be one of the seeds at Wimbledon, but in front of her will be Viktoria Azarenka and Agnes Szavay, already Grand Slam winners this year, along with several girls who play more on the women’s circuit than the juniors.

In the girls’ doubles final, American pair Vania King and Alexa Glatch defeated Raluca Olaru of Romania and Amina Rakhim of Kazakhstan 6-3 6-4.

[Brinyi]

Young Makes Mark At Wimbledon

American prodigy Donald Young made his 2005 Wimbledon debut on Monday, scoring a 61 75 win over Briton Chris Eaton on a packed Court 16, where crowds thronged to see the reigning Australian Open junior champion and Wimbledon’s second seed take on the home town favourite.

“He was British so they were cheering for him but that’s okay,” said Young. “I really like playing in front of crowds so I enjoyed it. I always watched Wimbledon on TV when I was younger and I remember seeing Pete Sampras beat Patrick Rafter to win his 13th grand slam title. That was special. :ass: Last year when I came to Wimbledon I got to sneak a look at Centre Court and it was amazing. Hopefully I’ll get to play on there one day.”

Young had to battled from 2-4 down in the second set after Eaton, perhaps inspired by the attention he was getting, upped his game in an attempt to push 15-year-old Young to a third set.

“He definitely changed his game in the second set,” said Young. “He was serving better and he started chipping it a lot more. I think it will take some time for me to get used to the grass again and feel comfortable but it’s okay for now.”

Young’s own serve stood up well despite the fact that the teenager admits that he needs to grow physically before it will become a weapon for him.

“In a way grass can really help my serve because it makes it harder and it allows the ball to skid through and makes it harder to return,” said Young.

Young now takes on Tristan Farron-Mahon of Ireland in the second round and admits that he is anxious to make it a brace of junior grand slam titles this year by adding Wimbledon to the Australian Open title he won in Melbourne in January.

The withdrawal of top seed Andy Murray before the tournament may well have helped Young’s chances and the defeats on Monday of Sergei Bubka, Carsten Ball and Andreas Haider-Maurer would also boosted the American’s confidence.

Seeds Timothy Neilly (who beat Young in the Orange Bowl final last December) and Sun-Yong Kim both moved through to the second round with few problems. Neilly beat Kei Nishikori of Japan 62 16 64, though eleventh seeded Brazilian Andre Miele joined the list of seeded casualties with a 46 62 64 defeat at the hands of American Kellen Damico.

In the girls’ draw, American Vania King wasted no time in beating Great Britain’s Julia Bone 61 62 while ninth seed Yung-Jan Chan had to come from a set down before in easing past another Briton, Sabine Lisicki 46 62 60. Roland Garros girls’ runner-up Raluca Olaru also had to show her fighting qualities. Olaru came from behind to beat Polish qualifier Ueszula Radwanska 36 63 64.

[Brinyi]

Wow, a Kuwaiti in the third round! Abdullah Magdas upset 4th seed Kim! Sun! Yong!

Among the other 2R tilts:
Marina Erakovic (KIW)[11] def Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) 6-3 6-3
Anna Tatishvili (GEO) def Vania King (USA)[15] 6-4 6-4
Agnes Szavay (HUN)[2] def Astrid Besser (ITA) 6-4 5-7 6-1
Piero Luisi (VEN) def Alexander Sadecky (SUI) 6-4 6-4
Tamira Paszek (AUT) def Raluca Olaru (ROM)[8] 6-2 6-2
Samuel Querrey (USA)[10] def Ryan Sweeting (BAH) 2-6 6-3 6-1 :bah:
Jeremy Chardy (FRA) def Emiliano Massa (ARG) 6-3 6-1
Marin "I whooped Andy Murray" Cilic (CRO)[5] def Bryan Koniecko (USA) 7-5 6-1 ;D
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) def Monica Niculescu (ROM)[14] 6-0 7-5
Timothy Neilly (USA)[15] def Andrea Arnaboldi (ITA) 6-2 6-4
Jessica Kirkland (USA)[3] def Aude Vermoezen (BEL) 6-7(6) 6-4 6-2
Donald Young (USA)[2] def Tristan Farron-Mahon (IRL) 6-1 6-4
Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN)[6] def Olivia Lukaszewicz (BAG) 6-3 6-2

[Brinyi]

There are some interesting junior results today, too bad there's no-one else interested in them...

[Lee]

brinyi said:

Samuel Querrey (USA)[10] def Ryan Sweeting (BAH) 2-6 6-3 6-1 :bah:

Same here, how can anyone not liking someone called Sweeting. ;D

[Brinyi]

Welcome, Lee! Somebody came! Would like some tea and scones?

[Lee]

brinyi said:

Welcome, Lee! Somebody came! Would like some tea and scones?

Scones is not my cup of tea How about petit four or those tiny cucumber sandwiches?

[Brinyi]

I can do the cucumber sandwiches!

[Lee]

brinyi said:

I can do the cucumber sandwiches!

I can brew some tea. English, American, Chinese or Japanese style?

[Dina]

I'm hoping Donnster can make it through to the semis, he's on court 13 tomorrow, I doubt interactive will show it, they showed a coupke of Monfils' matches last year

[Dina]

Young American
By Sarah Holt
BBC Sport at Wimbledon



I get the most attention at the US Open but it's not like I'm having things named after me like Murray Field

Donald Young
If you are looking for another teenage sensation to fill the gap at Wimbledon left by Andy Murray, look no further than American hot-shot Donald Young.

Young is just 15 but in January he became the youngest ever male to win a junior Grand Slam in Australia, cementing his place as the junior world number one.

One month later, he made his debut on the ATP Tour in San Jose, further fuelling the hype building around him as the Tiger Woods of tennis.

The laid-back teenager from Chicago deals easily with the media attention - even if he turns to ask his mother after a round of interviews, "Did I do OK?"

"The pressure doesn't get to me," Young told BBC Sport. "I'm just happy to be here.

"I guess I get the most attention at the US Open but it's not like I'm having things named after me like Murray Field.

"Do I have any advice for Murray? No, because I'm not there yet, he's ahead of me right now."

While Murray reached the third round on his senior debut at Wimbledon, Young is content to continue in the junior ranks for now.

Here at Wimbledon, the lean left-hander has reached the quarter-finals of the boys' singles and is feeling confident.

I will be 16 this year so maybe in about two or three years I could turn pro

Donald Young

But Young, who is coached by his parents, insists that patience is the key to developing his career.

And after winning the prestigious Orange Bowl junior tournament at just 14, Young is entitled to take his time before turning professional.

"When I won the under-16s Orange Bowl that was when I knew I had ability," said Young.

"And when I won the Australian Open my parents put pictures up of me in the club showing me holding me the Australian Open trophy. They were really proud

"I'd say my biggest weapon is my mental strength - that's not like a shot though - I'm a fighter on court.

"But I'm still taking it easy. I will be 16 this year so maybe in about two or three years I could turn pro.

"I am ambitious, to win any Grand Slam would be great. But for now I want to keep doing the juniors and just keep improving.

"When I get back after Wimbledon, I have school work to do," says Young, smiling over his shoulder at his mother, who is in charge of his academic affairs.

"I always try to get out of it but I have to do it. I mean, tennis means a lot to me but it's not my whole life."

[Brinyi]

Quarterfinals:

Jeremy Chardy (FRA) def Timothy Neilly (USA)[15] 6-1 6-2
Donald Young (USA)[2] def Antal Van Der Duim (NED) 6-3 6-2
Tim Smyczek (USA) def Jesse Levine (USA) 6-4 6-3
Robin Haase Been (NED)[14] def Marin Cilic (CRO)[5] 7-6(4) 5-7 6-3

Good luck to ze Frenchy!

Agnes Szavay (HUN)[2] def Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)[12] 6-0 6-7(6) 6-1
Tamira Paszek (AUT) def Jessica Kirkland (USA)[3] 6-3 6-1
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) def Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN)[6] 6-0 4-6 6-2
Viktoria Azarenka (BLR)[1] def Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)[5] 6-4 6-1

(apathetic shrug)
/me supposes he'll cheer for da Pole

[Brinyi]

Tim Smyczek USA v. Robin Haase NED (14)
Jeremy Chardy FRA v. Donald Young USA (2)

Viktoria Azarenka BLR (1) v. Tamira Paszek AUT
Agnieszka Radwanska POL v. Agnes Szavay HUN (2)

[Brinyi]

This Paszek seems to be as good as the hype suggested.

[Brinyi]

/me often wondered how weird it must be for the juniors to have ballkids working their matches


Fast return

The British junior Chris Eaton gave a back-handed compliment to the efficiency of the ball boys and girls after his first-round loss yesterday.

"The hardest thing about playing at Wimbledon is playing with ball boys and girls. It's not so much a case of not being used to them at junior matches, it's the way they speed the game up here," he said.

''If you're in trouble you want to slow things down. But here, you've got a ball in your hand immediately and, if you're not careful, things can slip away from you in a rush.

''When you serve into the net, usually in the juniors you can go and walk around looking for a ball. Here they keep firing them straight at you. When I was in trouble I had to try towelling down and things like that to get some time to gather my thoughts."

[janie]

Heh, never heard that angle before. leave it to the Brits to come up with a new twist!

So what happened to that Kuwaiti?

[Brinyi]

He lost to Neilly in the 3R, 6-3 6-1

[Lee]

And from the scoreline, the juniors semifinals are more exciting than the seniors

Jeremy Chardy FRA d. Donald Young USA (2) 6-4 7-6 (4)


Tamira Paszek AUT d. Viktoria Azarenka BLR (1) 7-5 4-6 6-3
Agnieszka Radwanska POL d. Agnes Szavay HUN (2) 7-6(1) 6-2

and Haase choked serving for the match at 7-6 (5) 5-3

[Brinyi]

Chardy's win is not a shock -- he's got a bug serve and I imagine Donnster got blown away.

[Lee]

What kind of bug serve? ;D

But Donald sounds so indestructable in all those propaganda

[Dina]

Donnster

Interactive didn't even show it, they prefer to show over 45's women's doublers, and a replay at that

[DBBN]

Chardy

Young

[janie]

Anyone have pics of Jeremy, Tamira, Agnieszka? (I've seen Donald!)

[Brinyi]