Tropicana British Tour - Tipton 2007.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Tropicana British Tour - Tipton 2007.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

and Jennifer!

Salmon · Tennis legend

No, don't wish Jennifer luck! We don't want her to play here as that would mean her losing in Notts early.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

aha! Fair enough...

Salmon · Tennis legend

Sadly she is out of Notts. cry

Good luck here!

Sheddie · administrator

That's good though isn't it Panda Bear ? Playing this tourney will get her much more valuable experience than a junior event in Notts

Sheddie · administrator

Jess and Jen both have winnable rd1 matches. Would be v interesting to see a quarter-final between Deb Armstrong and Jessica, Deb would win but it'd be interesting to see if Jess has the counter-punching ability to make a match of it.

Can't see beyond a final between Deb and Natasha Hillyer and going by current form, I reckon Natasha will have the edge.

I watched Deb in Sutton, she's got a lot of natural flair and hit some wonderful winners off both sides. Plays a very similar style to Julia Bone. I think she needs to go for her shots a bit more and aim to take control of the points more, she's got the shot-making ability.

tennisbrain · Club Coach

think ur right debs and tasha are pretty strong. nice to see laura white back she was out injured for nearly a year. good player and will have to brush off some huge cobwebs for her first match against kate smith
kate has pretty big forehand but not much else. coached by reese hanger who going to be new u14 girls national coach soon i think

Sheddie · administrator

Tasha has improved a lot recently in these British tour events...Nigel Sears said that she'd made big strides in the past few months. Have you seen her play tennisbrain ? What's her game style ?

How old are Laura White and Kate Smith ?

Salmon · Tennis legend

Sheddie wrote:
That's good though isn't it Panda Bear ? Playing this tourney will get her much more valuable experience than a junior event in Notts

Have you gone mad?? What good is such stuff going to be to someone who has the results of a future top 100 player? She needs to get her Junior ranking up as soon as possible as she skipped a year for no reason at all.

Most girls in the Junior top 300 can whip this field.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Deborah Armstrong (Northumberland) bt Manisha Chowdury (Middlesex) 6-4 6-1

Jessica Ren (Yorkshire) bt Lucy Forward (Avon) 6-4 6-1

Amy Sargeant (Staffordshire) bt Astrid Grindlay (Wal) 6-1 6-3

Jennifer Ren (Yorkshire) bt Leah Roberts (Wal) 6-0 6-1

Ceara Howey (Northumberland) bt Carly Homewood (Sussex) 6-2 6-0

Georgina Hingley (Staffordshire) bt Laura Fisher (Yorkshire) 6-2 6-3

Kate Smith (Sussex) bt Laura White (Lincolnshire) 7-6 (7-4) 6-1

Natasha Hillyer (Warwickshire) bt Nicole Stewart (Sco) 6-2 6-0,

Rens! clap

Salmon · Tennis legend

Oh no...

Armstrong beat Jess Ren 61 54 retired.

Sargeant beat Jenn Ren 64 64.

Hingley beat Howey 61 63.
Hillyer beat Smith 60 60.

I hope that she isn't injured and retired just as a precaution. She is playing too much tennis at times - three back to back tournaments isn't very good for a twelve year old.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Hope Jess is ok.

I thought Jennifer would win that match

Salmon · Tennis legend

Deborah Armstrong (Northumberland) bt Amy Sargeant (Staffordshire) 6-3 6-3

Natasha Hillyer (Warwickshire) bt Georgina Hingley (Staffordshire) 6-2 6-1

tennisbrain · Club Coach

Sheddie wrote:

Tasha has improved a lot recently in these British tour events...Nigel Sears said that she'd made big strides in the past few months. Have you seen her play tennisbrain ? What's her game style ?

How old are Laura White and Kate Smith ?

laura white is 19 poss 20 now. she had wrist injury for over a year this is her first comp back. kate smith is 16 going on 17