Bonding and Pow one win away from Wimbledon qualifying wild card

Surrey's Oliver Bonding and Warwickshire's Luca Pow are one win away from securing a wild card into qualifying for Wimbledon this summer after coming through their Boys' semi-finals at the LTA 18U Junior National Championships. In windy conditions at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton, the Surrey duo of Hannah Klugman and Isabelle Lacy are also one win away from a Wimbledon qualifying wild card after they won their semi-finals in the Girls' tournament.

Ad Bringing together the very best and most promising junior talents from all regions in Great Britain to compete for the titles, the LTA Junior National Championships is a showcase for the brightest stars in the game, with Bonding and Klugman set to compete in Finals for a second week in succession. ATP Barcelona'I'm still not prepared' — Nadal withdraws from Barcelona Open28 MINUTES AGO Bonding, who is Britain's top-ranked junior boy at No.40 in the ITF rankings, lost the 16U Final against Benjamin Gusic-Wan last Friday, but the 15-year-old is hoping to go one better against Pow in the 18U tournament.

«It was windy out there, but I don't mind that because I have a low ball toss on my serve,» said Wimbledon-based Bonding, who beat last year's 18U LTA Junior Nationals champion Henry Searle from Staffordshire 6-3 6-2. «It's great to get through to another Final and hopefully I can play well on Friday.» Pow trains at the LTA's National Academy in Loughborough, where he benefits from a high-intensity daily training environment with world-class science and medicine support, working in partnership with a local school, to help them successfully develop into emerging tour professionals.