Girls: Campeonato Internacional Juvenil de Tenis de Porto Alegre, Brazil, clay - Grade A (Week 11)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Girls: Campeonato Internacional Juvenil de Tenis de Porto Alegre, Brazil, clay - Grade A (Week 11)

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Here's hoping Maia can rack up good points this week :)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Maia had a bit of a scare, but came through safely in the end, and looks to have a good draw in the next round against a Mexican who has lost easily to a couple of players of similar stature to Maia

R1 (L64)

(5) Maia Lumsden d. Agostina Zamprogno (ARG) 6-4 1-6 6-1

R2

Ana Luisa Perez Lopez (MEX) v (5) Maia Lumsden

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Good that Maia had a strong 3rd set :)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Maia's photo adorns the ITF Juniors front page, with brief article about her ( www.itftennis.com/news/202347.aspx ). She and Jaqueline Cristian are second seeds in the doubles, in the same half as last week's winners.

wimdledont · Challenger level

Maia won 6-0, 6-2, and gains a net 20 ranking points.

Next

(5) Maia Lumsden v (11) Alexandra Sanford (USA)

Portuguese press...

www.tenisvirtual.com.br/03/2015/luisa-stefani-avanca-as-oitavas-de-final-dos-18-anos-em-porto-alegre/

No hay dobles.

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

So far so good :)
Here's hoping Maia continues her success of last week against Sanford

DavidC · Tennis legend

Maia can repeat the victory, though any further progress will be tough as a strong clay courter blocks her path, who has won a couple of the other COSAT events this year. Tomorrow's match may well be on the streamed court www.campeonatointernacional.com.br/ (scroll down for the streaming and check Programacao for the oop, if not on the ITF site)

R3

(5) Maia Lumsden d. (11) Alexandra Sanford (USA) 7-6(4) 6-3

QF

(1) Julieta Lara Estable (ARG) v (5) Maia Lumsden

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Very nice win Maia; GL against Estable :)

paulisi · Tennis legend

No joy for Maia against the top seed

DavidC · Tennis legend

Respectable scoreline from Maia

QF

(1) Julieta Lara Estable (ARG) d. (5) Maia Lumsden 7-5 6-4

wimdledont · Challenger level

If there were a Juniors "Race" to the newly minted Junior Masters, 2016, tourney, Estable would have been WR1 - picked up 360 points already in 2015, before this tourney.

Maia's net 50 points should move her up to a new career high, about JR39. With lots of form on clay, I hope she'll also play the big Euroclay Juniors events.

paulisi · Tennis legend

I would rather Maia player on the main tour and just protect her points for entry into junior GS.

wimdledont · Challenger level

I do think that Maia is getting close to the point where she should be playing more senior matches. But I think also that she should have a year - this one - as a contender on the junior clay. Last year, IIRC, she won 5 matches at both the Italian and French Opens - 3 at each in qualifying. If she won 5 more at RG this year, that's really more value to her than winning 2Qs, 3MDs in some anonymous women's 10k.

indiana · Tennis legend

Maia's done fairly well to come out in such net ranking points profit over the last 3 weeks.

Quite how far she will rise in the rankings on Monday we shall see, but in juniors ( mainly because of the partially renewing population each year ) you generally have to be increasing your points tally just to hold your position in the rankings.