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| USA, France and Russia keep rolling |
| Wednesday, 06 August 2008 | |
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USA, France and Russia, the top 3 seeded teams at the World Junior Tennis Finals, continued their excellent form on the second day of play by grabbing their second win to stay in pole position for a place into the semifinals. Surprisingly India grabbed top spot in group B with an astoundingly easy win over Egypt, the Indians will contend for a spot in the semifinal with the also undefeated Brits. The Brits ended the hopes of 4th seed Brazil with a 2-1 win.
Group A: USA – South Africa 2-1 Tyler Gardiner (USA) d. Brandon Ebersey (RSA) 6-1 6-0 Wayne Montgomery (RSA) d. Alexis Halebian (USA) 7-5 7-6(2) Tyler Gardiner/Christian Harrison (USA) d. Wayne Montgomery/Marc van der Merwe (RSA) 6-2 6-3 Croatia – Australia 0-3 Jack Schipanski (AUS) d. Filip Veger (CRO) 6-2 0-6 7-5 Luke Saville (AUS) d. Ivan Levar (CRO) 5-7 7-5 6-3 Luke Saville/Jack Schipanski (AUS) d. Ivan Levar/Filip Veger (CRO) 6-2 6-3 Standings: 1. USA 2-0 (4-2) 2. Australia 1-1 (4-2) 3. Croatia 1-1 (3-3) 4. South Africa 2-0 (1-5) Group B: Great Britain – Brazil 2-1 Vitor Pinheiro (BRA) d. Conor Bunting (GBR) 6-3 7-6(6) Liam Broady (GBR) d. Pedro Dumont (BRA) 6-4 2-6 6-4 Liam Broady/Conor Bunting (GBR) d. Pedro Dumont/Vitor Pinheiro (BRA) 6-2 7-6(5) India – Egypt 3-0 Diavijay Singh (IND) d. Ahmed Abdel Latif (EGY) 6-2 6-3 Ronit Singh Bisht (IND) d. Karim Hossam (EGY) 6-3 6-1 Ronit Singh Bisht/Diavijay Singh (IND) d. Sherif Abo Habaja/Karim Hossam (EGY) 6-2 6-3 Standings: 1. India 2-0 (5-1) 2. Great Britain 2-0 (4-2) 3. Brazil 0-2 (2-4) 4. Egypt 0-2 (1-5) Group C: Russia – China 2-1 Zhao Cai (CHN) d. Konstantin Gerlakh (RUS) 4-6 7-6(4) 6-4 Evgeni Karlovsky (RUS) d. Junnan Tao (CHN) 6-3 6-3 Konstantin Gerlakh/Evgeni Karlovsky (RUS) d. Xin Gao/Junnan Tao (CHN) 6-4 7-5 Venezuela – Canada 0-3 Filip Peuwo (CAN) d. Efrain Noguera (VEN) 6-1 6-7(4) 6-4 Edward Nguyen (CAN) d. Kennedy Cancelado (VEN) 6-0 6-4 Samuel Monette/Edward Nguyen (CAN) d. Johnatan Gonzalez/Efrain Noguera (VEN) 6-0 6-1 Standings: 1. Canada 2-0 (5-1) 2. Russia 2-0 (5-1) 3. China 0-2 (2-4) 4. Venezuela 0-2 (0-6) Group D: France – Czech Republic 2-1 Mathias Bourgue (FRA) d. Marek Jaloviec (CZE) 4-6 6-1 6-1 Lucas Pouille (FRA) d. Adam Pavlasek (CZE) 7-5 6-4 Marek Jaloviec/Marek Routa (CZE) d. Mathias Bourgue/Laurent Lokoli (FRA) 6-2 6-4 Korea Republic – Peru 3-0 Yong-Joo Yeong (KOR) d. Fernando Cornejo (PER) 6-1 6-3 Jae-Hwan Kim (KOR) d. Daniel Santos (PER) 7-6(4) 6-4 Jae-Hwan Kim/Seung-Hun Shin (KOR) d. Fernando Cornejo/Jorge Panta (PER) 7-6(1) 7-6(4) Standings: 1. France 2-0 (5-1) 2. Korea Republic 2-0 (5-1) 3. Czech Republic 0-2 (2-4) 4. Peru 0-2 (0-6) |
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