Last week saw the annual Thongsbridge Junior Open, sponsored by Home Instead Senior Care. Approximately 250 children entered the event from all over the country, and over 50 of these were Thongsbridge’s own players. 26 of these entered the U8 Mini Red event, where Louis Hull and Zak Lloyd both narrowly missed out on making the final. The U9 Mini …
Barney Takes Bolton by Storm!
Last weekend, Barney Fitzpatrick competed in an U14 Grade 3 event, in Bolton. First he played Cameron Ashley-Jones and took the match convincingly, 6-3 6-0. In the 1st set Barney found his opponent quite tricky to play against because of his hard hitting, but in the second set he settled into his game, and was able to read Cameron easily. …
ITF Success
Holly Horsfall took part in her highest-ranked tournament so far last week. Holly competed in a Women’s ITF $10,000 tournament in Sunderland and beat two opponents in qualifying to reach the last 32 in the main draw. She then played Sviatlana Pirazhenka, the No7 seed ranked 374 in the world from Belarus. And, after a stunning first set in which …