Following her recent success at the national clay-court tournament, Lucy Brown, 15, from Elsfield, took part in two international tournaments in Istanbul - and did superbly, reaching three finals out of four.

The points gained in Turkey help to take the 15-year-old's world ITF ranking to 647.

Brown, from Elsfield, near Oxford, was competing in two under 18 ITF tournaments after her domestic success at Queenswood.

The first was the Bari Cup 2008 TED ITF Junior, where she was in fine form.

After a bye in the first round, she went on to reach the final in the singles without dropping a set.

In the final, in a long closely-fought match lasting three greulling hours, Brown lost to the Spaniard, Garcia Perez 7-5, 2-6, 7-5.

In the doubles draw, with her partner from Surrey Ruth Seaborne, Brown also reached the final only to lose to a well-established pair from Georgia 6-3, 6-2.

The second ENKA ITF Grade 5 tournament, again in Istanbul, saw Brown reach the quarter-final of the singles, losing in another three-set match to fellow Great Britain player Manisha Foster, who she had beaten recently in a final in England.

In the doubles, Brown and Seaborne had a thrilling semi-final, again against the pair from Georgia, and this time they secured a win in three sets.

In the final they lost to a pair from Turkey 6-4, 6-4.