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Coup Droit


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Well done, Fran :)

Tessah is the 16 year-old who beat Salas (see above) in the semis of the U16 nationals and went on to win the title. (It's presumably a federation trip).

She came through qualis and made the ITF 10k semis last week. She's a strong girl, serious, has done lessons by correspondence through secondary school, trained by her dad (ex-champion of Madagascar, and whole of Africa), with support and help, naturally, from the FFT - they offered to take her at INSEP (one of the elite federation junior academies) but I think her dad said 'no' and set up a foundation to raise funds and awareness so she could stay at home (she comes from the very south-west and didn't really want to go to Paris, I think).

A good tip for the future.

PS - have just seen The Optimist's post - absolutely.



-- Edited by Coup Droit on Friday 27th of February 2015 02:56:43 PM

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NB Also a shame that Fran didn't manage to get that first set and win more easily. No reason to doubt her fitness but it's never ideal to play two matches in one day when your opponent is only playing one (Tessah played yesterday, taking out the fourth seed very easily). Don't know quite how much rest time she'll get (Fran, that is).

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Fran has started, so not too much rest. 2-2

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Fran dropped the first set 6-3

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Match was 3-6 1-3 before it was called off, and they'll have to come back tomorrow.

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Fran lost 6-3 6-1

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QF : (5) Fran Stephenson WR 592 lost to (SE) Tessah Adrianjafitrimo (FRA) UNR 6-3 6-1

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Sunday, and Fran currently on court playing her doubles QF

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Tight match, in to the MTB
3-6 7-6(5) 3-4*

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Yes! Just edged it out in the final reckoning.
QF: Stephenson/Lykina (GBR/RUS) defeated Kuzmova/Schmiedlova (RUS/RUS) 3-6 7-6(5) [13-11]

SF: Stephenson/Lykina (GBR/RUS) vs. Klasen/Schaeder (GER/GER) [1]

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great recovery.

Looks like potentially, Fran+ have both their semi to play later today AND the final (having already had a mega long QF).

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Coup Droit wrote:

great recovery.

Looks like potentially, Fran+ have both their semi to play later today AND the final (having already had a mega long QF).

Which won't be as large a problem as expected as...

SF: Stephenson/Lykina (GBR/RUS) defeated Klasen/Schaeder (GER/GER) [1] 3-4 RET

F: Stephenson/Lykina (GBR/RUS) vs. Juhaszova/Malikova (CZE/CZE) [4]

No idea when they're going to squeeze the final in.



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Final already under way!
*1-0

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First set secured
6-2 1-1*

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floating.gif Well Done Fran and partner ! winner.gif



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