Jade Curtis

Salmon · Tennis legend

RE: Jade Curtis

Salmon · Tennis legend

Jade, my greatest respect to you.

She has won an incredible 15 matches in the last nine days.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Shes in great form

Happycynic · Pro player

Continuing on.... 17 in 10 days

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

She beat Lykina 6-2 6-2. That is a great win. Lykina is a good player.

Semi is a more winnable match. Hope she can make the final at leats now.

VSandhi20 · Futures qualifying

How old is Curtis? i thought she was 18, so shouldnt be playing juniors. however, i do understand she wants to gain confidence so she can slowly but surely make her way up the womens rankings.

Salmon · Tennis legend

She turned 17 this May, Vik.

I'm sure that she realises playing Juniors now wouldn't do her too much good, but there's little she can do. Due to the AER rule, she is allowed just nine more women's events between now and the first week of May. So she'll have to take three or four months off from competitive tennis unless she plays a few Junior events.

I think that she'll also have to do Orange Bowl and the Australian Open.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

just 9 events:eek:

remember evenst where she didn't gain any ranking points wont count.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Sadly she gets points from all the events she has played.

They shouldn't have the AER for girls aged 16 or 17 - makes no sense at all. If they are allowed to play 25 ITFs a year, they may as well as play a few women's ones.

davidB · Junior player

http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs15/i/2007/065/2/9/The_Sickest_Serve_by_plenoptimalexcess.jpg

Thought I'd share this with you all... It's old though, from 06.

-- Edited by davidB at 15:50, 2007-12-02

Ratty · County player

Hope she's worked on that action since.

Ideally the legs should be straight, with the feet 6 inches off the ground at the point of impact. Her legs are bent, and the feet look to be firmly planted on the ground.

davidB · Junior player

Well apparently her serve has gotten much better. That's from the 06 US Open. She's jumped a huge number of ranking spots by now.

sd51rby · Lower Club Player

Jade moves inside the top 500 for the first time at 496!
Good stuff lets hope for more of the same in 2008

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Good move this year. Hopefully more of the same in 2008