Girls: Panama Bowl, clay - Grade 4 (Week 11)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Girls: Panama Bowl, clay - Grade 4 (Week 11)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Good start as Eliz downs the third seed

R1 (L32)

(1) Emily Appleton d. Julia Goldberg (USA) 6-0 7-5
(4) Amanda Meyer (USA) v Francesca Jones
Eliz Maloney d. (3) Carla Hassaine (FRA) 6-3 6-4
(6) Ali Collins v Eugenia Camacho (CRC)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Good effort from Fran against a strong opponent

R1 (L32)

(1) Emily Appleton d. Julia Goldberg (USA) 6-0 7-5
(4) Amanda Meyer (USA) d. Francesca Jones 6-1 3-6 6-4
Eliz Maloney d. (3) Carla Hassaine (FRA) 6-3 6-4
(6) Ali Collins d. Eugenia Camacho (CRC) 6-0 6-0

R2

(1) Emily Appleton v Jimena Rodriguez-Benita (USA)
(Q) Paris Corley (USA) v Eliz Maloney
(6) Ali Collins v Jenna Dean (USA)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

A pretty good day:

R2

(1) Emily Appleton def. Jimena Rodriguez-Benita (USA) 6-7(2) 6-2 6-3
Eliz Maloney lost to (Q) Paris Corley (USA) 6-4 3-6 6-2
(6) Ali Collins def. Jenna Dean (USA) 6-0 7-5

Wins, too, in the doubles for Ali/Fran, for Eliz playing with Bergeron (CAN) and for Emily A, playing with Hassaine (FRA)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Ali's next opponent is the player who Fran edged out at the same stage last week.

QF

(1) Emily Appleton v (8) McKenzie Majerle (USA)
(6) Ali Collins v (2) Anna Dollar (USA)

tharris · Intermediate Club Player

Both girls through to the semifinal with straight set wins. Ali Collins seems maybe the most likely to replicate Katie Swan's success from last year.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Ali and Fran in doubles final as well

DavidC · Tennis legend

QF

(1) Emily Appleton d. (8) McKenzie Majerle (USA) 6-3 6-1
(6) Ali Collins d. (2) Anna Dollar (USA) 6-1 6-1

SF

(1) Emily Appleton v (4) Amanda Meyer (USA)
(5) Chiara Lommer (USA) v (6) Ali Collins

Doubles F

(4) Collins/Jones v (2) Dollar/Meyer (USA)

wimdledont · Challenger level

Ali won 6-3, 6-3.
Emily lost 6-3, 6-2.

Ali has already played the other finalist, Meyer, in doubles

Fran and Ali won 6-2, 4-6, 10-6.

At only 14, Ali is starting to look like she might soon be a serious contender for being considered our second best U16.

-- Edited by wimdledont on Friday 20th of March 2015 06:40:37 PM

paulisi · Tennis legend

Ali may well be ranked around inside the top 300 when the new lists come out

indiana · Tennis legend

Early days for Ali and Fran, of course, but GB is pleasingly seeming to be consistently producing at least a couple of good junior girls prospects in each year

tharris · Intermediate Club Player

My calculations might very well be off, but I've got her at about 234 if she loses tomorrow, and 221 if she wins, plus the fact that she's down for another grade 4 next week. It's highly likely we'll see her in the top 200 a week from Monday.

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Sometime on May 28 th she will undoubtedly become our best under 16! Regularly having under 16s in the top 50 juniors though would be really exciting.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Oakland2002 wrote:
Sometime on May 28 th she will undoubtedly become our best under 16! Regularly having under 16s in the top 50 juniors though would be really exciting.

Why will she 'undoubtedly' become our best under 16? End of May is a long way away.

Fran or Donia or Eliz may well have other thoughts smile

(Anyway, I think the ITF does it on calendar year).

But it's certainly good to see the kids do well (however much junior tennis may or may not be a precursor to adult success).

paulisi · Tennis legend

35pts better off with the final to come, so will be around the 230 mark. If she wins climbs into 220's. That will rank her in the top 15 in the world for 2000's.

-- Edited by paulisi on Saturday 21st of March 2015 09:49:05 AM