By Glenys Furness
- Daniel Little made semi-final in Estonia
- Didn’t drop a set en route
- Lost to the eighth seed
PARNU, ESTONIA – Daniel Little entered the ITF event and was the seventh seed. The Brit made it to the semi-final before being defeated.
Brit of the Week
Daniel Little entered the ITF event and was the seventh seed. The Brit drew local wildcard player Alex-Andre Ojassalu in the first round. Little dominated the first set as the Estonian struggled to stay with the eighth seed. The Brit soon had the first set in the bag. The second set was a bit closer as Ojassalu stayed with the Brit at the start. Eventually, though, Little got the break of serve and moved into the second round 6-2, 6-3.
In the second round the Brit was against Swedish qualifier Jack Karlsson Wistrand. The Swede put up a good fight, and stayed with Little at the start. However, the seed managed to get a break of serve and take the lead. The second set was more of the same as the Brit broke and moved into the quarter-final 6-3, 6-3.
The quarter-final pitched the seed against Vito Tonejc. The Croatian was dominated in the first set as the Brit was too good. The second set was much closer, with Tonejc staying with the Brit and forcing a tiebreak. In the breaker Little and the Croatian battled and eventually the Brit edged through and into the semi-final 6-2, 7-6(7).
In the semi-final Little as against the seventh seed Niklas Schell. The German and the Brit battled in the first set, before the German secured the break of serve and took the lead. The second set saw Little re-group and force a break of serve on the Schell serve to level up the match. The final set saw both players fight hard and eventually a tiebreak ensued. In the breaker the German dominated and stopped the Brit in his tracks, taking the match and moving into the final 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(2).
Challenger & ITF Round Up
Jack Pinnington-Jones was defeated by Tennys Sandgren in the second round in Las Vegas 7-5, 6-3.
Jan Choinski was defeated by Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the first round in Lima 6-4, 6-2.
Mark Whitehouse was defeated by Omar Jasika in the first round in Playford 6-4, 6-4.
Naiktha Bains was defeated by Madison Inglis in the second round in Playford 6-4, 6-4.
Blu Baker was defeated by Patrick Maloney in the first round in Saint-Augustin 6-3, 6-4.
Sarah Beth Grey was defeated by Urszula Radwanska in the second round in Toronto 6-0, 6-2.
Sean Hodkin was defeated by Arthur Bouquier in the first round in Sarreguemines 6-3, 7-6(5).
Katie Boulter was defeated by Oceane Dodin in the second round in Poitiers 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-4.
Jodie Burrage was defeated by Clara Tauson in the quarter-final in Poitiers 7-6(2), 7-6(5).
Hamish Stewart was defeated by Gabi Adrian Boitan in the second round in Norman 6-3, 6-2.
Ali Habib was defeated by Cyril Vandermeersch in the first round in Al Zahra 6-4, 6-4.
William Jansen was defeated by Dominik Palan in the quarter-final in Al Zahra 6-2, 6-4.
Lauryn John-Baptiste was defeated by Anne Schaefer in the quarter-final in Heraklion 6-3, 6-0.
Matthew Rankin was defeated by Jack Loutit in the first round in Sharm El Sheikh 6-3, 6-2.
Danielle Daley was defeated by Liisa Varul in the first round in Sharm El Sheikh 2-6, 6-4, 6-0.
Felix Gill was defeated by Sergey Fomin in the second round in Monastir 7-6(2), 1-0 (RET).
Francesca Davies was defeated by Marente Sijbesma in the second round in Monastir 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Next Week Brits play in Paris, Bergamo, Charlottesville, Guayaquil, Tunisia, Israel, USA, Greece, Kuwait, France, Italy, Shrewsbury, Australia, Estonia & Tunisia
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