Aidan McHugh back in winners circle, Maia Lumsden and Anna Brogan back in action, Ewen Lumsden wins at Scottish Grass Court Championships

Aidan McHugh wins first pro singles title of the year in Champaign, Illinois.

McHugh opened the week coming through a three-set battle against Aidan Kim of the United States. He then went on to secure straight set victories over Shunsuke Mitsui 7-6 6-2 and Alexander Bernard 7-5 6-1 to secure his place in the final four.

Aidan faced third seed from Japan Naoki Nakagawa who he saw off 6-4 6-4, booking his ticket to the final. He faced in form fifth seeded Cannon Kingsley of the United States who he had beaten just two weeks prior. McHugh once again emerged victorious 6-4 6-3 to take home the M25 title.

Aidan competes again this week, staying in the state of Illinois for the Edwardsville M25 even where he will face Mac Kiger of the United States in the first round.

Lumsden and Brogan back in action for first time since Wimbledon

Off the back of their Wimbledon run, Maia Lumsden and Naiktha Bains competed this week in their first WTA pro event in at the BNP Paribas Warsaw Open in Poland.

They are off to a strong start on their WTA debut, beating Martyna Kubka of Poland and Natalija Stevanovic of Serbia 6-2 7-5.

The pair will face Linda Noskova and Xiyu Wang later this week for a place in the semifinal.

Meanwhile, Anna Brogan competed in her first event since her strong qualifying run at Wimbledon.

Brogan made the quarter-final of W25 Roehampton last week, winning her first round against Italy’s Anastasia Piangerelli in commanding fashion 6-1 6-0. She then beat Ranah Stoiber 6-4 6-4 before falling to Asia Muhammed 2-6 4-6 of the United States.

Anna has since moved on to Spain where she has won her opening match in three sets against USA’s Jenna DeFalco 6-2 4-6 6-2.

Ewen Lumsden claims Scottish Grass Court Championships title

The Scottish Grass Court Championships, latest TS Open Tour event, was held last week at Giffnock LTC. Ewen Lumsden was crowned champion after battling his way to the title.

Lumsden opened his week with a close encounter against Lachie Macintosh winning 7-6 6-2. He then came through one of the TS Open Tour front runners Euan Mcintosh 6-2 3-6 7-5 before taking on top seed Ewan Moore in the semifinal. Lumsden narrowly edged Moore 6-2 3-6 7-5 to book his place in the final.

The final saw Lumsden play an in-form Jed Alexander who had battled his way to the final, including a semifinal upset against second seed Marcus Walters 1-6 6-3 6-4. Lumsden recovered from a break down in the first set to win 6-4 6-3 and claim his first TS Open Tour title of the year in front of a packed house at Giffnock.

County Week Overview

This week sees the North, East, South and West of Scotland men’s and women’s teams travel south of the border to seek promotion as well as the national title down in the weeklong doubles grass court event.

East of Scotland men are in Eastbourne for Division 1 where they will challenge for the 2023 title at the iconic grass court venue.

Meanwhile North of Scotland men are based in Havant in Division 2 where they will seek promotion up to Division 1 after two years of consecutive promotions.

West of Scotland men are in Frinton for Division 3 this year with their team hoping to make the jump to Division 2.

East of Scotland women travel to Cromer, Norfolk where they will compete in Division 4.

West of Scotland women and North of Scotland women are set to clash this week in West Worthing as both teams look for promotion from Division 5.

South of Scotland women at the Northern LTC in Manchester in Division 7 whilst the men’s team are in Hunstanton, Norfolk looking to top the Division 7 group.