13/05/2009 - French players took advantage of their home court, and made through the qualification groups at the start of the Junior Singles Event at the 2009 French Youth Open. In Vern-sur-Seiche Thomas LE BRETON overcame Egor TIMIN and CHEUNG Yat Fung Johnny of Hong Kong for the leading position in top Group1. Both matches, junior ranked number two in Europe, finished in straight sets.

Seeded number two in Vern sur Seiche Victorien LE GUEN had some difficulties in match against Sanmay PARANJAPE of India. Young Frenchman won the match that went full distance 3:2. Nevertheless with straight win against Nikita KIRILOV of Russia in second round LE GUEN emerged at the top of the group.

Simon GAUZY had 6:0 score after two rounds against Antoni WITKOWSKI of Poland and Timo WAGNER of Luxembourg. In similar vain Quentin ROBINOT beat Martin MURDOCH of New Zealand and Lies MESSTAFA of Algeria.

Samuel NOVOTA of Slovakia gave a hard time to Romain LORENTZ, but it did not stop young Frenchmen to progress to the next stage from the top position in the Group. Romain beat Samuel in five sets, whilst in the next round he overcame Belgium’s Robin SAUDEMONT in straight games. Lauric JEAN of of Belgium managed to reach the top spot  阅读全文>>