\n Freddie Sutton produced an outstanding performance at the 2026 Lexus National Tour 9U Finals at Bolton Tennis Arena, competing against the top 32 players in the country under the watchful eye of national coaches.\n<\/p>\n
\n After losing his opening match in a deciding tie-break, Freddie showed impressive resilience to win his next six matches, defeating several higher-ranked opponents along the way.\n<\/p>\n
\n Freddie Sutton has been crowned the best in the country at tennis for his age group (Image: Ollie Sutton)\n<\/p>\n
\n Freddie Sutton has been crowned the best in the country at tennis for his age group (Image: Ollie Sutton)\n<\/p>\n
\n He capped the weekend by winning the final 4-0, dropping just four points, and was awarded the ‘resilient competitor’ prize for his attitude and behaviour.\n<\/p>\n
\n The result completed a rapid rise, with Freddie confirmed as the UK\u2019s number one-ranked 9U player last week.\n<\/p>\n
\n What stood out most to his coach and father Ollie, was not just the result, but his mindset.\n<\/p>\n
\n Freddie Sutton has been crowned the best in the country at tennis for his age group (Image: Ollie Sutton)\n<\/p>\n
\n Freddie Sutton has been crowned the best in the country at tennis for his age group (Image: Ollie Sutton)\n<\/p>\n
\n Before the tournament, Freddie, who is sponsored by HEAD UK, said his goal was simply \u201cnot to come last\u201d, but after the first day, he told him: \u201cI think I can win this.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n He added: \u201cSeeing that belief grow over the weekend was really special.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Speaking about his son\u2019s ability, he said: \u201cIn terms of pure shot making and natural tennis ability, Freddie is as good as any youngster I\u2019ve worked with at this age.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Freddie Sutton has been crowned the best in the country at tennis for his age group (Image: Ollie Sutton)\n<\/p>\n
\n Freddie Sutton has been crowned the best in the country at tennis for his age group (Image: Ollie Sutton)\n<\/p>\n
\n Freddie, who trains at David Lloyd and is part of the regional performance programme at Culford, was delighted with his achievement.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: \u201cI\u2019m really pleased and I hope I can keep winning.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI never thought I\u2019d get to number one, but I\u2019m proud and excited to have done it with all my tennis friends.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Despite his success, his family say the focus remains on keeping the sport enjoyable as he continues his development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Freddie Sutton produced an outstanding performance at the 2026 Lexus National Tour 9U Finals at Bolton Tennis Arena,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-597783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}