Eric Lorimer, who trains at Atlantic Racquet Centre, Bideford, won the LTA National Series held in August and will now go on to play the National Finals on 26th September at facilities located near Derby, against seven of the other National Series finalists.
Eric was invited to play at the National Series U10 event held at Millfield School, Somerset, on 15th August and 23rd August, along with 11 other boys amongst the top 36 best-rated players in the country in his age-group. A similar U10 National Series event was organised in two other venues across the country each with 12 boys. At each event each player had to play every other player (round-robin) in a FAST4 set such that every player had a minimum of 11 sets to play over two Sundays. The top two from each National Series event and the two best third placed players from all three groups would qualify for the National Finals due to take place on 26th September. Eric did remarkably well and won all of his 11 matches qualifying as first in his group. All of his match results were either 4-1 or 4-2 with the exception of one set which he won 4-3 on the tie break to 10 (11-9) having saved one match point against him at 8-9.
The draw format of the finals of the National Series is an 8 player compass draw played over 1 day (26th September). All matches will be two FAST4 sets plus a deciding match tie-break if the score reaches one set all. We hope Eric will enjoy playing his matches and do his very best in all aspects of the game.
