France and Ukraine win 14&U Winter Cups

 

  • This is the 9th win for team France, who have also been seven-time runners up
  • France is the first nation to defend their title since their compatriots won two in a row in 2010-2011
  • It was a welcome return to the final for the Czech boys, whose last appearance in a final was as runners-up in 2016
  • For the girls, it was Ukraine’s first finals appearance sing winning back-to-back titles in 2016-17
  • It was Ukraine’s third final and third win overall in this competition
  • Czechia have now played in the last 6 finals in a row
     

BOYS’ FINAL

France defeated Czechia 2-0

France’s Road to the Final

Zone A Qualifying Rounds:
R1 def Luxembourg 3-0; R2 def Belgium 2-1; Qualifying Final: def Germany 3-0
Final Rounds:
QF def Turkiye 3-0; SF def Netherlands 3-0; F def Czechia 2-0

Czechia’s Road to the Final

Zone D Qualifying Rounds:
R1 def Estonia 2-1; R2 def Great Britain 3-0; Qualifying Final def Turkiye 2-1
Final Rounds:
QF def Poland 3-0; SF def Germany 2-1

Evan Giurescu, undefeated in both qualifying and final rounds, put France up 1-0 with a 6-4 6-4 win over Ondrej Kacin. The French team boasts the Les Petits As Champ Mario Vukovic in their team. The current Race leader also went undefeated in singles for the entire event took that good form into the final where he was too strong for Tobias Zapsky, taking the match and fittingly sealing the title for Team France with 6-3 6-2 win.

GIRLS’ FINAL

Ukraine def Czechia 2-1

Ukraine’s Road to the Final

Zone B Qualifying Rounds:
R1 def Estonia 3-0; R2 def Lithuania 3-0; Qualifying Final def Turkiye 2-1
Final Rounds:
QF def Israel 3-0; SF def Slovakia 3-0; F def Czechia 2-1

Czechia’s Road to the Final

Zone A Qualifying Rounds:
R1 def Portugal 3-0; R2 def Spain 2-1; Qualifying Final def Israel 3-0
Final Rounds:
QF def Serbia 3-0; SF def Great Britain 3-0; 

Sixth-ranked Violetta Skryp won a hard-fough match 7-6(5) 4-6 6-2 over Eva Halfarova to put the Ukrainians ahead. Number nine on the Junior Tour rankings Sofie Mottlova then sent the final into a live doubles rubber with a 7-6(2) 6-2 win against third-ranked Sofiia Bielinska. The two Ukrainians returned to the court to face Mottlova and Anna Jancarikova. In a tight, tense match that went to the wire and into the late hours, Ukraine prevailed 5-7 6-4 10-8

FINAL STANDINGS

BOYS

  1. France
  2. Czechia
  3. Netherlands
  4. Germany
  5. Sweden
  6. Turkiye
  7. Italy
  8. Poland

GIRLS

  1. Czechia
  2. Ukraine
  3. Great Britain 
  4. Slovakia
  5. Switzerland
  6. Turkiye
  7. Israel
  8. Serbia

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