Tennis Europe Nations Challenge by HEAD
2008 Tennis Europe Nations Challenge by HEAD
Ukraine has won their first Tennis Europe Nations Challenge by HEAD, coming from behind to score a 2-1 victory over France at the finals in Agaccio.
French #3 Alizee Michaud put the home team in front with a 64 64 win over Viktoriya Lushkova before the visitors struck back with a 75 61
win for Olexandra Korashvili over Estelle Cascino to level the tie.
The deciding doubles match went the full distance, with Ukraine's singles players finally gaining the upper hand in the final set over Cascino and Laura
Tanfin, eventually marching to a 62 26 60 win to leave France as runners up of both editions of the girls competition so far.
Host nation Italy claimed the boys title for the first time after fighting past Croatia in the final. The Italians had lost just one match in their
three ties prior to the final but had to work hard for the win. Borna Coric upset Italian #1 Gianluigi Quinzi in straight
sets to level the tie following a similar win for Riccardo Chessari over Croat Domagoj Biljesko. The Italian duo returned to the court for the doubles against Coric and
Filip Kraljevic and after gaining the upper hand in a tight first set, romped to a 75 61 win.
A total of 60 national teams took part in qualifying round action for the second annual European junior team competition for Under 12s during the
weekend of July 24th-27th.
Fact Sheets
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Entry Lists
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Repartition of Nations
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Team Nominations (Final rounds)
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