Tennis Europe Winter Cups by HEAD
2008 Tennis Europe Winter Cups by HEAD - 14 & Under Girls
Russia defended their Tennis Europe Winter Cups by HEAD title in Leeuwarden (NED), overcoming a spirited challenge from second-seeded
Great Britain in the final.
British #2 Jessica Ren - already a veteran of the competition having competed at the final rounds for three consecutive years despite still being in the
14 & under age group - put the Brits in the driving seat by upsetting Polina Leykina 75 16 61 to clinch the opening rubber.
The second match was a repeat of January's 'Les Petits As' final, as European #1 Daria Gavrilova took on Laura Robson. The Winter Cups match produced exactly the same result as
in France, with Gavrilova conceding just six games.
Just as in their semi final meeting last year, the tie moved to a deciding doubles match. The teams were level until 5-5 in the first set, when a break for the
Russians opened the floodgates. Gavrilova, joined by Russian #3 Irina Khromacheva then broke Robson and Joanna Henderson twice in the second sets to
round off a 75 61 win, and seal a seventh Russian Tennis Europe Winter Cups by HEAD victory in the past nine years in the Girls 14 category.
Final Standings
1. Russia
2. Great Britain
3. Czech Republic
4. Slovenia
5. Belarus
6. Belgium
7. Serbia
8. Ukraine
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