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DavidC


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Katy Dunne is named in the under 16 team, along with Grace Dixon and Katie Boulter, aiming to win the Winter Cup for the first time. The qualifications take place this weekend in 4 groups, 2 progressing from each. Our girls are in Zutphen (Netherlands) and are fortunate to be in the weakest group, earning a seeding of 1. As there are only 7 nations they get a bye and so will need to win their match on Saturday against either Belarus or Spain to progress. Even so the strength of Belarus in particular (top player just outside 100 ITF) suggests a tough match.

The under 14 qualifications are next weekend 

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Bit of an aside, but on the subject of under 16s.  Is anyone aware how Pippa Horn is getting on ?  Still recuperating ?  I observed her last year getting good results and she performed really well at the national under 18s, I believe beating both Rens on the way to the title.

I know she has had many injury problems, particularly back related then of all things managed to do some real damage stepping on a ball at a tournament in the latter part of last year, though from memory I don't think it was that late.

She did seem to me maybe like someone with real prospects if she could just have better luck.


-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 3rd of February 2011 09:54:23 PM

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Pippa hasn't played since winning the Nationals last August thanks to stepping on that ball. She has appeared on one or two lists and withdrawn, but is nominally down as reserve for the under 16s this weekend (I say nominally, because that was the original nomination, which could have changed). The first current ITF list I've spotted her down for is in South Africa at the end of February.

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Thanks David.  Looks anyway that she isn't too far off a return. 

Just take care, Pippa   please.gif

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It was the Osaka Grade A when she had the accident.

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U16 SF

(1) GBR v (3/4) Belarus

The Belarus no. 1 isn't here, which should improve our chances

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A narrow defeat in the doubles ends the chance of the under 16 girls making the finals

U16 SF

(1) GBR 1 (3/4) Belarus 2

Katy won 6-2 6-1
Grace lost 5-7 3-6
Katy and Katie lost 3-6 6-3 6-8

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Pity.  Though we fielded two 14 yos for this and I guess our top under 16 side would Katy Dunne, Eleanor Dean and a fully fit Pippa Horn.

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The girls ended with a 2-1 defeat against the Netherlands, Katie and Katy losing their singles narrowly before Grace & Katy won a consolation doubles

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The under 14s start their campaign tomorrow with a team of Lana Rush, Freya Christie + 1998 girl Maia Lumsden nominated

QF

Poland v (2) Great Britain

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A comfortable opener, but another win against a stronger nation required for qualification

QF

Poland 0 (2) Great Britain 3

Freya won 6-4 6-1
Lana won 7-5 6-2
Freya & Maia won 7-6(3) 6-3

SF

Hungary v (2) Great Britain


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In the end Hungary posed no problem and the team sailed into the finals to join the under 16 boys next weekend. They play one more match to determine seedings

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Hungary 0 (2) Great Britain 3

Freya won 6-2 6-2
Lana won 6-2 6-4
Freya & Maia won 6-3 6-4

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(1) Romania v (2) Great Britain

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(1) Romania 3 (2) Great Britain 0

Freya lost 7-5 2-6 2-6
Maia lost 1-6 2-6
Freya & Maia lost 1-6 3-6

The upshot is we will be unseeded next weekend in Germany and will have to play Switzerland, Russia or the Czech Republic



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Finals start tomorrow, with the girls facing the same nation as the boys

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Great Britain v (2) Czech Republic



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QF

Great Britain 1 (2) Czech Republic 2

Freya won 7-6(5) 4-6 6-2
Lana lost 7-5 3-6 3-6
Lana/Maia lost 1-6 0-6

The girls play Switzerland (who include Tennis Europe No. 1 Belinda Bencic, coached by Martina Hingis' mother Melanie Molitor) tomorrow in the 5th-8th place play-offs



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