16/12/2019
Boston Open 2019
Boston Open 2019
Boston Open 2019
Men's Draw
13-16 Dec
Boston, England, $5k |
ROUND TWO
13
DEC |
QUARTERS
14
DEC |
SEMIS
15
DEC |
FINAL
16
DEC |
Robert Downer {1}
11/3, 11/9, 4/11, 11/6 (24m)
Ian Cox |
Robert Downer
8/11, 11/8, 11/7, 11/4 (45m)
Ben Smith |
Ben Smith
11/9, 11/5, 11/5 (34m)
Ben Sockett |
Ben Smith
11/4, 11/5, 11/2 (31m)
Joe Lee |
Ben Smith
11/5, 11/5, 11/6 (24m)
Nick Ratnarajah |
Kyle Finch
6/11, 11/7, 11/2, 11/2 (31m)
Nick Mulvey {3/4} |
Kyle Finch
13/15, 11/5, 11/5, 11/8 (48m)
Ben Sockett |
Ben Sockett
6/11, 11/7, 11/2, 11/2 (31m)
Ziad Salam |
Mark Fuller {3/4}
11/3, 11/7, 11/8 (27m)
Jack Mitterer |
Mark Fuller
11/7, 11/9, 10/12, 11/3 (57m)
Joe Lee |
Joe Lee
11/8, 11/8, 11/6 (39m)
Tom Walsh |
Joe Lee
8/11, 11/2, 11/4, 11/2 (50m)
Jared Carter {5/8} |
Adam Turner {5/8}
11/8, 11/8, 11/8 (32m)
Jamie Goodrich |
Adam Turner
11/7, 8/11, 11/6, 11/6 (41m)
Tom Walsh |
Phil Nightingale
11/6, 11/5, 11/4 (29m)
Tom Walsh {2} |
Ian Cox bt Paul Warner 11/1, 13/11, 11/8 (22m)
Nick Ratnarajah bt Muhammad Fahran {5/8} (W/O)
Ben Smith bt Oscar Hill 11/2, 11/8, 11/3 (21m)
Jack Mitterer bt Tom Miller 11/2, 11/8, 11/5 (14m)
Kyle Finch bt Thomas Ramsey 11/4, 11/2, 11/1 (13m)
Joe Lee bt Scott Drewery 11/5, 11/5, 11/1 (22m)
Jared Carter {5/8} bt Josh Inman 11/4, 11/6, 11/6 (16m)
Adam Turner {5/8} bt James Ryan 11/4, 11/3, 11/4 (18m)
Jamie Goodrich bt Oliver Ramsey 11/4, 11/1, 11/5 (15m)
Phil Nightingale bt Muhammad Abdul Qadir (W/O) |
Boston Open 2019
Women's Draw
13-16 Dec
Boston, England, $5k |
ROUND TWO
13
DEC |
QUARTERS
14
DEC |
SEMIS
15
DEC |
FINAL
16
DEC |
Sarah-Jane Perry {1}
11/4, 11/3, 11/6 (12m)
Charlotte Kirkwood |
Sarah-Jane Perry
11/7, 11/8, 11/7 (25m)
Lucy Beecroft |
Sarah-Jane Perry
5/11, 11/7, 11/8, 11/8 (40m)
Julianne Courtice |
Sarah-Jane Perry
8/11, 7/11, 11/3, 11/5, 11/7 (53m)
Millie Tomlinson |
Lily Taylor {5/8}
12/10, 6/11, 11/3, 11/7 (40m)
Lucy Beecroft |
Julianne Courtice {5/8}
11/8, 11/4, 11/5 (15m)
Lea Barbeau |
Julianne Courtice
11/9, 11/8, 11/7 (27m)
Hollie Naughton |
Hollie Naughton {3/4}
11/4, 11/3, 11/3 (15m)
Emma Bartley |
Tinne Gilis {3/4}
11/3, 11/2, 11/2 (18m)
Ellie White |
Tinne Gilis
8/11, 11/9, 11/9, 11/9 (47m)
Coline Aumard |
Tinne Gilis
11/6, 11/8, 11/5 (33m)
Millie Tomlinson |
Coline Aumard {5/8}
11/2, 11/2 11/3 (16m)
Olivia Gow |
Alice Green
11/3, 11/8, 11/6 (23m)
Haley Mendez {5/8} |
Alice Green
11/5, 11/6, 11/7 (26m)
Millie Tomlinson |
Celine Walser
11/7, 11/9, 11/6 (21m)
Millie Tomlinson {2} |
Charlotte Kirkwood bt Sophie O'Rourke 11/4, 9/8 retired
(12m)
Olivia Gow bt Risa Sugimoto (W/O)
Lucy Beecroft bt Poppie Jaram 11/4, 11/1, 11/5 (13m)
Lea Barbeau bt Katie Cox 11/7, 3/11, 9/11, 11/8, 11/1 (34m)
Emma Bartley bt Alexandra Bardac 11/6, 11/1, 11/6 (18m)
Ellie White bt Sofia Aiero Pita 11/6, 11/7, 11/3 (19m)
Alice Green bt Fran Wallis 11/4, 11/5, 11/6 (17m)
Celine Walser bt Katie Wells 11/13, 5/11, 11/7, 13/11, 11/3 (47m) |
Finalists |
Sarah Jane and Joe 2019 Winners |
Women’s Final
Sarah-Jane Perry {1} bt Millie Tomlinson {2} 8/11, 7/11, 11/3, 11/5,
11/7 (53m)
The women’s final, much like the women’s event as a whole, was the
strongest in the Boston Open’s 23-year history. With world #8 and
British #1 Sarah-Jane Perry taking on world #25 and defending champion
Millie Tomlinson, the crowd that assembled was the biggest the
tournament had attracted on its finals day for many years.
Hopes were high for a close and entertaining showpiece and that is
exactly what the spectators got. Tomlinson played excellently to win the
first two sets, while Perry was often frustrated as the referee was
frequently called upon to make decisions – far more so than in the men’s
final that followed. There was perhaps a clash of styles between this
particular pair of players.
But after falling to her knees in frustration at the end of the second
game, Perry began her fightback. “Come on!” she shouted after taking her
first point of the third set. Spurred on, she raced into a 5/1 lead and
didn’t look back from there. The top seed powered through the next two
sets to win the final and deny Millie Tomlinson a sixth consecutive
Boston Open title.
Men’s Final
Joe Lee bt Ben Smith 11/4, 11/5, 11/2 (31m)
The men’s final was expected to be a less tight affair than the women’s
before it, and so it proved. 17-year-old Ben Smith had upset the
seedings to become the second young player from Lincolnshire to make a
Boston Open final in as many years, following in the footsteps of Harry
Falconer in 2018.
While his opponent Joe Lee was also unseeded in this competition, that
belied the fact that he is a former world #29 on his way back from
surgery.
It briefly looked as though we might be in for a four-set match at the
very least when Smith took a 4/1 lead in the second game. But Lee
responded well and won seven consecutive points. He never looked back
and won his first Boston Open title. |
Saturday
4/12
Reports and Pictures |
Coline Aumard |
Sarah Jane Perry & Julianne Courtice |
Millie Tomlinson & Haley Mendez |
Joe Lee & Mark Fuller |
Ben Smith & Robert Downer |
Tom Walsh & Joe Lee |
Courtesy of
Patrick Hildred
Women’s Quarter Finals
Saturday began with the women’s quarter finals. Sarah-Jane Perry was
first to seal her place in the semis, swiftly followed by Julianne
Courtice who knocked out a higher-ranked seed in Hollie Naughton. Millie
Tomlinson continued her run of not losing a set, let alone a match, at
the Boston Open since 2015 (despite appearing in every tournament since)
with a 3-0 victory over Haley Mendez in what was a repeat of last year’s
final. Tinne Gilis was the last name into the semi finals, beating
Coline Aumard 3-1 in a match in which every game was close.
Women’s Semi Finals
More than 40 people watched Sarah-Jane Perry beat Julianne Courtice
in the first of the semi-finals. The top seed will no doubt have been
unhappy with her performance in the first set but credit must also go to
Courtice, who played Perry when they were juniors and gave her a good
run for her money on this occasion. World #25 Millie Tomlinson continued
her ultra-consistent form on Boston’s courts, dispatching world #22
Tinne Gilis without so much as a brief wobble.
Men’s Quarter Finals
With the first pair of men’s quarter finals it was difficult to know
which glass back to turn your head to.
On one court, Ben Sockett and Kyle Finch each played their part in an
excellent contest which began with a 28-point set. Sockett recovered
from 10/6 down to force a tiebreak and subsequently ended up having a
gameball himself at 13/12 before conceding three consecutive points.
Nevertheless, he didn’t let his head drop and won the next three games.
At the same time, on the court opposite, we were treated to a fiery
encounter between Robert Downer and Ben Smith. Playing in his home
county, the unseeded Smith played very well to produce the biggest upset
of the competition and knock out the top seed – even after losing the
first game.
Joe Lee became the third unseeded semi-finalist in the men’s draw with a
win against Mark Fuller that took just shy of an hour, before second
seed Tom Walsh progressed in four sets against Adam Turner.
Men’s Semi Finals
Ben Smith continued his impressive performance levels through the
competition so far with a straight sets win against Ben Sockett. It was
in the second half of each game that Smith put together the winning runs
that made the difference. Joe Lee also made the final without too much
trouble, defeating second seed Tom Walsh in three.
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Friday
13/12
Reports and Pictures |
Celine Walser & Katie Wells |
Crowds in the Foyer |
Hayley Mendez & Alice Green |
Joe Lee |
Joe Lee & Scott Drewery |
Jamie Goodrich & Adam Turner |
Courtesy of
Patrick HildredMen’s 1st Round
Due to the highest number of entries in many years, the 23rd edition
of the Boston Open began at lunchtime on Friday. The men’s first round
was a very straightforward affair - with every match in the round won in
straight sets. The first of the ten matches played, between Ian Cox and
Paul Warner, turned out to be the joint longest at 22 minutes.
Men’s 2nd Round
The men’s second round overlapped with the women’s first round,
meaning there were often three matches taking place simultaneously –
leaving little downtime for the team of three referees! Top seed Robert
Downer progressed to the quarters despite dropping the third set of his
match. Former world #29 Joe Lee also secured his passage into the final
eight by knocking out one of the seeds. One other upset saw 3/4 seed
Nick Mulvey knocked out by Kyle Finch. Mulvey suffered an injury in the
first set. He had already raced into enough of a lead to see that game
out, but not the ones that followed.
Women’s 1st Round
Round one was more eventful in the women’s draw than in the men’s.
It included a walkover, a retirement and two five-setters. Sophie
O’Rourke had to call time on her Boston Open appearance in the second
set of her match against Charlotte Kirkwood due to illness, having been
suffering from a nasty cold this week. The round finished with a
stonking encounter between Celine Walser and Lincolnshire’s Katie Wells.
The 19-year-old from Horncastle let a two-set lead slip and couldn’t
recover in the fifth and final game after losing the fourth on a
tiebreak.
Women’s 2nd Round
As the last of Friday’s action was finishing up in the men’s event,
it was the women’s turn to take centre stage once again. Lucy Beecroft
and Lily Taylor were first up. Their match wasn’t on either of the two
glass back courts – which was a shame – as they slugged it out for four
sets in what was an entertaining match that still drew a healthy line of
spectators to the balcony of court two.
While Taylor was defeated, all the other seeds made it through to the
quarters. World #8 Sarah-Jane Perry sailed through her first match of
the competition. Last year’s runner-up Haley Mendez was last on court at
around 9pm, against Alice Green - who she beat in straight sets.
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