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RE: Remarkable non-GB performances


not 'remarkable' as such but...

well done to 16 year-old Sofia Kenin (USA, born in Russia) who defeated Tornado Black 7-5 in the third to win the US Open MD wildcard by winning the U18 national championships.

and, more expected, to Frances Tiafoe who did the same in the boys (beating Kozlov)

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The Tiafoe/Kozlov match apparently went to five sets, though Tiafoe started by winning the first two. The draw was so strong that the current Wimbledon champion was seeded 6th and the current French Open champion 4th.

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Spectator wrote:

The Tiafoe/Kozlov match apparently went to five sets, though Tiafoe started by winning the first two. The draw was so strong that the current Wimbledon champion was seeded 6th and the current French Open champion 4th.


 Yes, if all comes good (which is a strange thing in tennis), the US could be looking at quite a contingent of players. That is, if the media don't get to them first!



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Just noticed that the remarkable Czech duo of Vondrousova and Kolodsiejova, who have won the AO juniors, Bonfiglio, Roland Garros juniors, Roehampton, and European Junior Championships together this year, just reached the finals of the Prague 75K. Not bad - especially given that it's quite a strong field.

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Still not quite 18˝, Belinda Bencic wins Toronto, beating a Grand Slam finalist in every round, and three world #1's also amongst that number. (Bouchard, Wozniacki, Lisicki, Ivanovic, S. Williams, Halep)
Also beats Serena from a set down, and that's happened less than twenty times in Serena's career.

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Yes, I was going to put Bendic down on this thread too. Serena said he didn't play too well, but I'm not sure if that's true or not. In any case, Bendic still had the balls to close it out. Props to her.

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Remarkable set of scalps there for Bencic who today rises to world #12
A changing of the guard right here maybe?

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Not a remarkable performance, per se, but a remarkable match: in the USO Qualies, CiCi Bellis (16) and Kimiko Date Krumm (44) played each other ... making for what must be one of the widest age distributions ever in a singles match. Ms Bellis won - good on her for doing so well at such a young age, and good on Ms Date Krumm for continuing to do so well at hers.

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A lot has been said (quite rightly) about Duval's story, but spare a thought and a 'bravo' for Melanie Oudin too:

www.tennis.com/pro-game/2015/08/i-dont-know-whats-happening-me-melanie-oudins-all-consuming-battle/56005/

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Yes - and isn't it lovely to hear how supportive her fellow players (male and female) were? Pretty depressing, though, to be quite frank, that doctors took so long to work this one out and so often dismissed physical symptoms as 'panic attacks'. At least with several players being open about the issue, that may happen less. And good on Ms Oudin's grandparents!



-- Edited by Spectator on Thursday 27th of August 2015 05:26:13 AM

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Great article, thanks CD for that. I felt so for Melanie as I read through it.

Interesting bit near the end about the issues and frustrations for returning players even when they're "cured" in reaching to get back to their previous levels.

Made me feel even more convinced about my own patience with Laura still so relatively soon in her comeback.

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Re US Open teenagers, big congratulations to:

Elias Ymer, 19 years-old, the breath of fresh air and welcome new face in Swedish tennis, who has done it the hard way - he's only the second player ever to manage to qualify in all four Grand Slams in the same year. No wildcards (), no hiccups - well done.

Tommy Paul, a junior age 18, more known to GB fans since his friendship with Katie B and playing in Europe, and seemingly a very likeable, pleasant boy with a nice game. Roland Garros junior champion. But rather overshadowed, I'd thought, by more high-profile US teenagers. So great to see him make it through the three rounds. Good luck.

Also, 17 year-old Russian, Rublev. And Sascha Zverev, another 18 year-old junior. And Nishioka, from Japan. That's10 teenagers in the US men's main draw.

Mind you, four qualifiers were over 30 too - now 40 (!) main draw players over 30 in total.

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I thought this chap worth a mention, albeit as someone recently passed away.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11828178/Jimmy-Evert-tennis-father-obituary.html

If we had ten Jimmy Everts involved in British tennis for every Roger Draper, I reckon we'd be in pretty good shape.

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EddietheEagle wrote:

I thought this chap worth a mention, albeit as someone recently passed away.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11828178/Jimmy-Evert-tennis-father-obituary.html

If we had ten Jimmy Everts involved in British tennis for every Roger Draper, I reckon we'd be in pretty good shape.


Thanks for that link Eddie; very interesting smile 



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Watched the Hewitt/Tomic match , you've got to admire Lleytons fight, he just never gives up. Thoroughly enjoyed the fight back from 2 sets and a break down. Nearly the end of a career of a player that was much maligned in his early days but has become a crowd favourite in the end, a bit like Lendl at his last few Wimbledon's.

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