The 14U GB Tennis Europe Summer Cups Team - AEGON Junior Player of the Month
The Great Britain 14U girls’ team of Maia Lumsden, Jazzi Plews and Gabriella Taylor have collectively won the AEGON Junior Player of the Month Award for July after scoring the first ever win for GB in the 14U Tennis Europe Summer Cups, beating Germany 2-0 in the final.
The win marks the first time since 1979 that a British girls’ team has won a Summer Cups title, and is the first ever win in this age category.
The final was a one-sided affair, with Plews conceding just three games in the opening rubber against Katharina Gerlach before Lumsden gave the team an unassailable 2-0 lead with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Lena Rueffer.
The Summer Cups also serve as the European qualifying competition for the ITF World Junior Tennis tournament and both the GB 14U boys and girls teams have qualified. The world’s team event for 14Us takes place in Prostejov in August.