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There's a long tradition of Britain playing the USA at women's tennis, starting in 1923 with the Wightman Cup. It has largely been a masochistic exercise, and the Wightman Cup was discontinued in 1990 following a number of one-sided contests. In 1973 a junior version started thanks to the Maureen Connolly Brinker Foundation, and has continued in different guises, with various age restrictions.

This year it is an under 18 match, taking place on Thursday and Friday in parallel with the culmination of the WTA tournament in New Haven (mirroring last year in Eastbourne). Teams of 5 are taking part as follows in 8 singles and 4 doubles matches:

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Eleanor Dean, Katy Dunne, Harriet Dart, Katie Boulter and Anna Brogan

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Victoria Duval (WTA 565), Jennifer Brady, Katerina Stewart, Alicia Tornado Black (top ranked under 14 in ITF juniors) and Nicola Frenkel

Lucie Ahl, Claire Curran and Judy Murray are with the British team, and Judy is blogging regularly at

http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/Tennis-blogs/Judy-Murray/Judy-Murray-at-the-Maureen-Connelly-Trophy/



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Laughed out loud at this line: "Good story from [Laura Robson]: she left her Olympic medal in the back of a taxi the night she won it. But she got it back.....:)"

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RBBOT wrote:

Laughed out loud at this line: "Good story from [Laura Robson]: she left her Olympic medal in the back of a taxi the night she won it. But she got it back.....:)"

 She's going to take alot of living that down methinks !



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Lucky girl  smile .   It may have been "only"  the mixed doubles ( and my negative views expressed before the event re its worth didn't change because Andy and Laura medalled ), but all the same an Olympic medal is something to be really treasured.



-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 23rd of August 2012 06:27:59 PM

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katy lost but the 'Dartist' won, Katie up a break in the first but just about to be broken back.

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Day 1 ended all square

GBR 3 USA 3

Jennifer Brady (USA) d. Katy Dunne 6-0 6-4
Harriet Dart d. Nicola Frenkel 6-3 7-6(2)
Victoria Duval (USA) d. Katie Boulter 6-4 6-1
Anna Brogan d. Katerina Stewart 6-1 7-6(2)

Boulter/Dunne d. Frenkel/Stewart 7-5 6-3
Black/Brady (USA) d. Dart/Brogan 6-3 6-1

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Great work from the girls. Come on Katie, 5 more games, to bring the W and the trophy.

Katie 7-5 1-1*



-- Edited by insomniacfolder on Friday 24th of August 2012 07:38:20 PM

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Congratulations to Eleanor, Anna, Katy, Katie & Harriet a great and dominant performance by all - every one of them contributing to the success.

Also good work Judy, Claire & Lucy in successfully guiding the team.



-- Edited by insomniacfolder on Friday 24th of August 2012 11:49:13 PM

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Would have thought that Duval and Black were good enough to ensure US win overall. Good that there's a nice even scoreline for the first day. Well done to the GB girls!

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Super win for Harriet against Tornado (1-6 6-0 6-3) completed a few seconds ago. Katy and Duval have split sets

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It gets even better as Katy defeats their top ranked player 6-3 4-6 6-4 to make it 5-3 (Anna currently on court 2-2 v Frenkel and Katie up shortly against Brady: live scores via the WTA website: New Haven)

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That's super work by the GB girls. Well done!

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Anna makes it 6-3 with a 6-4 6-1 win over Frenkel, so 1 more win needed for the trophy

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Katie does it - 7-5 6-2 - a great day's work from the girls clap.gif



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What a pleasant thumping.  Well done girls  smile    Do / did they play a last two doubles ?



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