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De La Fuente & Zheng conquer Paris

De La Fuente & Zheng conquer Paris

The most talked-about fixture on the tour this past week was the 14 & Under Category 1, Open De Jeunes Stade Français BNP Paribas Cup in Paris. Now in its 27th year, the tournament has maintained its position as one of the toughest events on the 14 & Under calendar. With a strong focus on sporting, educative, human and social ideals, organisers say that their aim is to promote respect amongst competitors in order for them to become responsible adults and help them face their future obligations.

Also, there are many tennis matches to be played! Some well-known names on the tour were in town for this important event, not least top-seeded boy Viktor Jovic of Serbia. The draw, however was very international and eclectic, with ITF Touring Teams of the best players from several continents meaning that players came from as far afield as China, India, South Korea, the Seychelles as well as various South American countries. Francisco Llanes of Uruguay caused the biggest upset by knocking out the top seed in the quarter finals. Other top European players also advanced to the quarter finals. Holger Rune was outdone by Argentinian seventh seed Santiago de la Fuente, while in the bottom half Elmer Moller and local Lilian Marmousez overcame Slovakian and Colombian opponents respectively. The semi-finals were set - an all-South American semi and an all European one, with De La Fuente and Muller advancing to the final. It was in fact an anti-climax of sorts as the 14th-ranked European boy from Denmark went out in straight sets to a worthy De La Fuente, who had only dropped one set all tournament.

The girls’ draw turned out to be equally international, though there were to be fewer upsets, as all four semi-final spots were taken up by the top four seeds. Top seed Qinwen Zheng of China continued her stellar year, taking on third seed Ziva Falkner of Slovenia while the other semi-final was played out between fourth seed Ana Geller of Argentina and second seed Noa Krznaric of Croatia. Things went to script as the higher seeds advanced, both in easy straight set matches. The final was also straightforward, with Zheng closing out a 6-1 6-4 victory over Krznaric to solidify her status in the top 3 of the 14 and Under rankings and claim her fourth tournament of the year.

The budding overseas stars dominated in the boys’ doubles, with only one of the semi-finals pairings being from Europe. The final was played out between the Argentine pairing of De La Fuente and Roman Andres Burruchaga who played against Llanes and his Brazilian partner Natan Rodrigues. De La Fuente was to enjoy double spoils, as he left Paris with two trophies. A toughly contested final was played, but he and his partner managed to edge out their opponents 10-5 in a championship tiebreak.

It was an all-Asian affair in the girls’ final, as Zheng teamed with countrywoman Jiaqi Wang to defeat Hong Yi Codi Wong of Hong Kong and Punnin Kovapitukted of Thailand 6-3 6-0. Zhang matched De La Fuente’s feat and was another worthy winner taking home two cups from two events from the city of light.

There was just one 14 & Under Category 2 event last week, the ÖTV 2016 Oberpullendorf Europe Junior Tour in Austria. Local player Lukas Neumayer took the boys’ title with a three set win over Hungarian Dominik Buzonics in the final. There was some consolation for the Hungarian as he teamed with compatriot Zsombor Velcz to win the doubles trophy.  Another Austrian, Anna Gross, won the girls’ singles final. She defeated compatriot Mavie Osterreicher in straight sets, who in turn played with Hungarian Luca Janosi to take girls’ the doubles title.

THIS WEEK’S RESULTS:

CATEGORY 1

Open des Jeunes Stade Français - BNP PARIBAS Cup - Paris, Frace - 14 & Under

Boys’ Singles Final -  Santiago DE LA FUENTE [7] d Elmer MOLLER [3] 6-3 6-2

Girls’ Singles Final -  Qinwen ZHENG [1] d Noa KRZNARIC [2] 6-1 6-4

Boys’ Doubles Final - Roman Andres BURRUCHAGA/Santiago DE LA FUENTE

[3] d Natan RODRIGUES/Francisco LLANES [7] 4-6 6-2 10-5

Girls’ Doubles Final -  Qinwen ZHENG/Jiaqi WANG [3] d Hong Yi Cody WONG/Punnin KOVAPITUKTED [8] 6-3 6-0

 

CATEGORY 2

ÖTV 2016 Oberpullendorf Europe Junior Tour - Oberpullendorf, Austria - 14 & Under

Boys’ Singles Final -  Lukas NEUMAYER [6] d Dominik BUZONICS [5] 6-3 4-6 6-4

Girls’ Singles Final -  Anna GROSS [2] d Mavie OSTERREICHER [4] 6-0 7-6(0)

Boys’ Doubles Final - Zsombor VELCZ/Dominik BUZONICS [1] d Lukas NEUMAYER/Marko ANDREJIC [5]  6-1 6-2

Girls’ Doubles Final -  Mavie OSTERREICHER/Luca JANOSI [1] d Michelle TIKHONKO

/Ana DINU [4] 6-4 6-3

 

CATEGORY 3

Asker Open - Asker, Norway - 16 & Under

Boys’ Singles Final -  Tomasz FRANKOWSKI [2] d Derrick CHEN [4] 6-2 6-4

Girls’ Singles Final -  Weronika BASZAK [1] d Victoria SCHNELL JACOBSEN [3] 6-2 7-6(3)

Boys’ Doubles Final - Makary ADAMEK [1]/Tomasz FRANKOWSKI d Derrick CHEN/Vincent CHEN 7-5 6-2

Girls’ Doubles Final -  Weronika BASZAK [1]/Eleftheria GKOGKOU d Olivia MALM [2]/

Charlotte RUSSELL 7-5 7-6(1)

 

Vilnius Tennis Academy Cup - Vilnius, Lithuania 16 & Under

Boys’ Singles Final -   Artsiom BARDZIN [2] d Roman NEGANOV [1] 6-3 6-2

Girls’ Singles Final -  Iveta DAUJOTAITE [1] d Ksenia BRICH [6] 7-5 7-5

Boys’ Doubles Final - Artsiom BARDZIN [1]/Roman NEGANOV d Aleksandr KALININ [4]/Zhan SKINDZER 6-3 6-2

Girls’ Doubles Final - Ksenia BRICH [3]/Sofi BRICH d Iveta DAUJOTAITE [1]/Sofia PLOTNIKOVA 6-2 6-2

 

TC Haskovo - Haskovo, Bulgaria - 16 & Under

Boys’ Singles Final -  Martin STANCHEV d Antonio MUNIZ HIDALGO [3] 6-3 6-4

Girls’ Singles Final -  Ana Paraschiva MANEA [3] d Elena KRALEVA 4-6 6-1 6-3

Boys’ Doubles Final - Marc FELIU GOMEZ [1]/Antonio MUNIZ HIDALGO d Vladislav KARAZHOV/Petko PETKOV 6-2 6-2

Girls’ Doubles Final - Liliya DIMOVA/Elena KRALEVA d Alexandrina ILIEVA/Beatris SPASOVA w/o

 

TEJT 3 U16" Pepas Cup U16 2016" - Slovenska Lupca, Slovakia - 16 & Under

Boys’ Singles Final -  Tobias PUERRER [1] d Dominik PALAN [4] 7-5 0-6 6-4

Girls’ Singles Final -  Romana CISOVSKA [2] Andreea VELCEA [1] 7-6(3) 7-5

Boys’ Doubles Final - Adam BEHUN/Lukas BIELIK d Vlad MARCU/Enea RIBOLINI 6-1 6-1

Girls’ Doubles Final - Magdalena HEDRZAK [2]/Aleksandra WIERZBOWSKA d Laura DUHL [3]/Wiktoria SASKA 7-6(14) 6-2

 

Marianske Lazne 16U - Marianske Lazne, Czech Republic - 16 & Under

Boys’ Singles Final -  Jan PLEVA [2] d Mateusz SKUTELLA [1] 6-3 6-0

Girls’ Singles Final -  Daria VIDMANOVA [1] d Irina SHETININA [5] 4-6 6-4 6-1

Boys’ Doubles Final -  Jakub BERAN [3]/Martin VONDRAK d Nikita KOLESNIKOV/Petr STAVROVSKY 6-2 6-1

Girls’ Doubles Final - Sabina BRICHACKOVA [2]/Irina SHETININA  d Alicja NIEDZWIENSKA [3]/Zdena SAFAROVA 5-7 6-1 10-7

 

CORRADINO HEIGHTS, CORRADINO, PAOLA, Malta - 16 & Under

Boys’ Singles Final -  Demetris LIVERAS [1] d Pietro MARINO [3] 7-6(5) 5-7 6-3

Girls’ Singles Final -  Beatrice OTTONE [3] d Petra CSABI [4] 6-3 6-3

Boys’ Doubles Final - Demetris LIVERAS [1]/Stefanos SAVVA d Andrea GOLA [2]/Giacomo MAGNANI 6-2 6-3

Girls’ Doubles Final - Sara DONNINI [1]/Beatrice OTTONE d Vivien SANDBERG/Emily VAN DER WERF 6-3 4-6 10-6

 

Asker Open - Asker, Norway - 14 & Under

Boys’ Singles Final -  Ross WEIBULL [5] d Julius ANDREASSEN [1] 6-3 6-3

Girls’ Singles Final -  Olivia MALM [3] d Dariia MONAKHOVA [8]  1-6 6-4 6-3

Boys’ Doubles Final - Franz ASSMANN [3]/Nikolas TVEDT d Max BAKKEN [4]/Christian August FOSS 6-3 4-6 10-6

Girls’ Doubles Final - Annika HAKOVIRTA [2]/Ariana TIMERMAN d Anna Sofia HASETH

Jenny Stray SPETALEN 6-3 6-2

 

Vilnius Tennis Academy Cup - Vilnius, Lithuania 14 & Under

Boys’ Singles Final -  Daniel LINKUNS-MOROZOVS [2] d Jan WAJDEMAJER [3]  7-5 6-3

Girls’ Singles Final -  Maria BONDARENKO [1] d Elza TOMASE [4] 6-4 7-5

Boys’ Doubles Final - Piotr GLADYSZ/Jan WAJDEMAJER d Edvards Teodors LIEPINS/Ainius SABALIAUSKAS 6-4 6-2

Girls’ Doubles Final - Anastasiya KOMAR/Ekaterina TIKHONKO d Maria BONDARENKO [1]/Anna GRIGOREVA 5-7 6-4 12-10

 

Meppel Storks Cup 2016 - Meppel, Netherlands - 14 & Under

Boys’ Singles Final -  van TREVISIOL [2] d Stijn JANSSEN [5] 6-4 6-2

Girls’ Singles Final -  Mara GUTH [1] d Beau DELEU [11] 6-3 6-1

Boys’ Doubles Final - Leon FORMELLA [3]/Michael WALSER d Sam BOSSEM [7]/Joel PIERLEONI 6-3 7-5

Girls’ Doubles Final - Tharubphet HOMKRUN [1]/Capucine SANONER d Madelief HAGEMAN [2]/Bente SPEE 6-2 6-3

 

Nike Junior International Edinburgh - Edinburgh, Great Britain - 14 & Under

Boys’ Singles Final -  Barney FITZPATRICK [1] d Ali HASSAN [2] 5-7 6-2 6-2

Girls’ Singles Final -  Amelia BISSETT [2] d Tiana FOX [4] 6-2 6-0

Boys’ Doubles Final - Barney FITZPATRICK [1]/Ali HASSAN d Felix GILL [4]/William NOLAN 6-2 6-2

Girls’ Doubles Final - Amelia BISSETT [2]/Tiana FOX d Agnes DITLEV [1]/Tali KRASNOPOLSKI 6-1 6-2

 

Jablonec Cup 2016 - Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic - 14 & Under

Boys’ Singles Final -  Martin KRUMICH [1] d Daniel SINIAKOV [3] 6-4 6-3

Girls’ Singles Final -  Terezie PLUHAROVA [5] d Andrea SOTOVA 6-4 6-0

Boys’ Doubles Final - Martin DAMM/Maxmillian DAMM d Stepan BAUM [3]/Vojtech VEIGERT 6-4 6-4

Girls’ Doubles Final - Kristyna FANTOVA [2]/Terezie PLUHAROVA d Nelly KNEZKOVA [1]/Katerina MANDELIKOVA 5-7 6-2 10-8

 

Hitit Cup - Ankara, Turkey - 14 & Under

Given the serious and unforeseen recent developments to the security situation in Turkey and the precautionary measures that Tennis Europe unfortunately had to undertake, this event has been postponed until further notice.

 

TORNEO U12 - BRESSANONE - BRESSANONE, Italy - 12 & Under

Boys’ Singles Final -  Jacopo BILARDO d Jaden WEEKES 6-2 6-3

Girls’ Singles Final -  Annabelle XU d Mia KUPRES 6-0 6-2

Boys’ Doubles Final - Jacopo BILARDO/Niccolo CIAVARELLA d Enrico BALDISSERRI/Lorenzo FERRI 6-4 6-4

Girls’ Doubles Final - Mia KUPRES/Dasha PLEKHANOVA d Anna PARADISI/Emma VALLETTA 6-2 3-6 10-8

 

Bärchen Cup - Münster, Germany - 12 &Under

Boys’ Singles Final -  Oliver OLSSON d Jannik OELSCHLAEGEL 6-2 6-2

Girls’ Singles Final -  Joelle Lilly Sophie STEUR d Melanie MAIER  6-4 6-4

Boys’ Doubles Final - Constantinos KOSHIS/Marc MAJDANDZIC d Jannik OELSCHLAEGEL/Oliver OLSSON 6-2 7-6(5)

Girls’ Doubles Final - Theresa HAAS/Ester Katerina PATAKI d Nikol MIRCHEVA/Lilly Pauline SCHULTZ 6-0 6-3

 

KRKA cup 2016 - Otocec ob Krki, Slovenia - 12 & Under

Boys’ Singles Final -  Luka MIKRUT d Mili POLJICAK 6-2 3-6 6-3

Girls’ Singles Final -  Nadezda KHALTURINA d Marijana MAJETIC 6-3 2-6 6-3

Boys’ Doubles Final -  Bartol BORSE/Luka MIKRUT d Bor ARTNAK/Tristan FLANDER 6-1 6-1

Girls’ Doubles Final - Lucija CIRIC BAGARIC/Marijana MAJETIC d Nadezda KHALTURINA

Vanessa Ioana Georgiana POPA TEIUSANU 6-1 6-2

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