Kontinen Beats Tomic to
Make Wimbledon Final
For two years running
MCTA players have
excelled at Junior
Wimbledon. Henri
Kontinen has gone one
step further than Anna
Fitzpatrick’s 2007
Junior semi-final
appearance beating
Bernard Tomic of
Australia, the current
world No 2 Junior,
7-6(3) 6-4 in an
excellent display of
attacking tennis.

Henri’s rise in the
Junior rankings over the
last 18 months is
nothing less than
spectacular and the goal
of a World Junior Top 10
finish is now well
within his grasp.
Although Anna
Fitzpatrick failed to
qualify for senior
Wimbledon this year in
singles her world
ranking has progressed
almost 200 places since
last year and she is
expected to emerge much
stronger for Wimbledon
2009.

The concept of the MCTA
touring academy and the
process that its players
go through are proving
to be an effective way
of producing top
players. The excellent
work done by MCTA
coaches and trainers
is proven,
not only
by these results,
but the
accolade of Andy Murray
contracting MCTA
physical trainer Jez
Green to head his
conditioning programme.
Andy’s physical
improvement is evident –
particular during his
epic comeback match
against Gasquet - and
has been widely
acknowledged during
these Wimbledon
Championships.

MCTA director of tennis
David Sammel says: “We
have always believed
that the touring academy
concept of placing a
good team of coaches and
trainers around players
on Tour is the most
effective way of
producing players and
the results achieved in
MCTA’s first two years
are now confirming that
belief.”