As you say shocker by broady, proberbly still hungover after a night out down the town.

14s, 16s and 18s main draws are up.

Robson is the top seed!!

Yesterday's results -


Girls 18s -

Tara Moore (GBR) d. Milana Spremo (SCG) 6-3;6-3
Stephanie (Q) Cornish (GBR) d. Nadia Lalami (MAR) 6-1;6-1
Alexandra Damaschin (ROM) d. Johanna Konta[12] (GBR) 6-4;6-1
Heather (WC) Watson (GBR) d. Nadiya Kichenok (UKR) 6-3;2-6;6-2
Jade Curtis[13] (GBR) d. Nicole Bartnik (USA) 6-2;6-1


Heather justifies her wild card with a win over a very talented player! Not too shocked by Steph upsetting Lalami, but shame about Konta's loss.



Girls 16s -

Jennifer Ren (GBR) d. Melisa Hadad (COL) 6-0;6-2
Jordane (WC) (Q) Dobbins (GBR) d. Caroline Rohde-Moe (NOR) 6-2;7-6(2)
Grace Min (USA) d. Jessica Courtnell (GBR) 6-3;6-3

Fine performance from Jennifer.



Girls 14s -

Laura Deigman (GBR) d. Paula Paiva (BRA) 7-6(4);6-4
Natalie Beazant (GBR) d. Andela Novcic (SCG) 6-0;6-1
Tristen Dewar (USA) d. Sophie Weston (GBR) 6-0;6-2


-- Edited by Arka at 13:45, 2007-11-27

Girls 14s -

Laura Robson[1] (GBR) d. Elisa Celi (FRA) 6-1;6-1
Tamara Curovic[6] (SCG) d. Katie (Q) Rose (GBR) 6-3;6-2
Natalie Beazant (GBR) d. Rosie Bird (NZL) 6-0;6-0
Jessica Ren[13] (GBR) d. Paulina Kunigonyte (LTU) 6-1;6-1
Laura Deigman (GBR) d. Nicole Paola Vega-Feijoo (PUR) 6-1;6-0

Thanks for the update Arka.

Being based in the States, I was interested to see some of the matches between British and American juniors this week. Tomorrow features the following transatlantic tussles.

Girls 14 Singles

(1) Laura Robson vs. Riko Shimizu

Shimizu is ranked #86 in the country for Girls 14's with a 51-27 record. Given Laura's form and top seeding, this should be a comfortable win.

Girls 16's

Jordanne Dobbins vs. Tayler Davis (#20 nationally for Girls 16's)
Jennifer Ren vs. Lauren Herring (#2 nationally in Girls 14's and # 11 in Girls 16's)

Jennifer has an intriguing match here, against a top nationally ranked junior in 2 age groups. Herring is from my state of North Carolina and is regarded as the best girl's player in the state at any age group.

Girls 18's

Heather Watson vs. Melanie Oudin (#2 Girls 18's)

This would be a great scalp for Heather if she could pull this one off. Never seen Oudin play but she is considered to be a very tough competitor. The national rankings can be a little misleading, as some juniors play mostly adult tournaments, but to reach #2 in the nation you must be at a very high level.

3 out of 4 wins would be tremendous given the level of opponents today.

Oudin's incredible and I'll be happy if Heather keeps it close. Still, no harm in hoping for a win.

Tara plays Chernyakova, who is ranked 19, but has a highly inflated ranking. She beat Tara by 2 and 4 the only time they've played, but there could be an upset here.

Cornish plays Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands, who's ranked 58 in ITFs and 459 in women's. This is sort of tough, although not impossible.


Curtis plays Canadian 15 year old qualifier, Gabriela Dabrowski, who's ranked 184. Jade should win.