Tennis: Scots on a charge at Craiglockhart

Dunfermline's Sam Macneil led a Scottish charge of four home grown players into the quarter-finals of the AEGON Junior International tennis tournament at Craiglockhart.

The 18-year-old Fifer enjoyed a notable success in taking out eighth seeded Roy Brands of Poland 6-3, 5-6, 6-3 to set up a tie against Bath's Sid Hazarika, the fourth seed, later today.

The other Scottish boys' successes came from unseeded wild card Jonny O'Mara, 15, from Arbroath and Larg's Ross-Tiree Wilson in the under-14 singles.

O'Mara plays Germany's Thomas Weigel after defeating the Isle of Man's Billy Harris, 7-6 (1), 6-4.

Afterwards, O'Mara will partner Edinburgh's Euan McIntosh in a boys' doubles tie. Wilson, 13, enjoyed a straight sets victory over Essex's Joel Cannell, 6-4, 6-2 and now faces unseeded Alvaro Verdu from Spain.

Maia Lumsden, from Glasgow, showed great focus to beat Surrey's Jasmine Amber Asghar 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 in an under-14 tie.