Girls: Nike Junior International Roehampton, grass - Grade 1 (Week 26)

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

RE: Girls: Nike Junior International Roehampton, grass - Grade 1 (Week 26)

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Some great wins all round

DavidC · Tennis legend

Freya apparently picked up her knee injury at the US Open last year, but played on with it for a few months. Ali narrowly lost another long battle, but Freya has the chance to take out her conqueror tomorrow.

R2

(WC) Freya Christie d. Deria Nur Haliza (INA) 6-2 6-2
Olesya Pervushina (RUS) d. (WC) Ali Collins 7-5 3-6 7-5
(5) Katie Swan d. Naiktha Bains (AUS) 6-4 6-3
Emily Arbuthnott d. (7) Miriam Kolodziejova (CZE) 6-4 7-5
(16) Caroline Dolehide (USA) d. Maia Lumsden 6-2 7-5

R3

(WC) Freya Christie v Olesya Pervushina (RUS)
Aleksandra Pospelova (RUS) v (5) Katie Swan
Emily Arbuthnott v Rebeka Masarova (SUI)

wimdledont · Challenger level

Katie+ and Emily+ are both still in the doubles.

If such a thing as Juniors doubles rankings existed, Emily would be very high in the rankings. Somewhere in the top 10, I think.

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Good stuff from the girls, hope they can keep progressing.

A good run for Katie at Wimbledon would certainly put her in the British media's eye, which is definitely a double edged sword, but would love to catch a couple of her matches if possible next week.

Oakland2002 · All-time great

The irony being that Ali took out Teichman who defeated both Olesya and Katie Swan in RG. She's performing like a top 50 junior this week if not a bit better which bodes well for the future.

TheTraveller2 · Lower Club Player

Oakland2002 wrote:
The irony being that Ali took out Teichman who defeated both Olesya and Katie Swan in RG. She's performing like a top 50 junior this week if not a bit better which bodes well for the future.

Teichman on clay rather than on grass though. My point being is that Collins looks like she has good grass court game and that grass would favour her over clay.

-- Edited by TheTraveller2 on Monday 29th of June 2015 10:46:14 PM

TheTraveller2 · Lower Club Player

philwrig wrote:
Good test for Katie against Naiktha, as the young lady originally from Leeds is in very good form.

Interesting read on how junior funding (and Naiktha's father's issues with it) works in Australia.

http://acelandtennis.com.au/news/1985-naiktha-bains-father-at-loggerheads-with-tennis-australia-over-financial-support-for-his-daughter.html

-- Edited by TheTraveller2 on Tuesday 30th of June 2015 02:13:03 AM

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Thanks for posting, unsurprisingly there seem to be similar funding non funding issues around the world. Principly the only large scale funding is by the US college system which is subsidized by college football and basketball TV rights.

Pro tennis doesn't generate enough income anywhere to fund coaches for anything other than the super elite youngsters wed to the richest tennis associations.

The question is, is she super elite enough for UK tennis? what would be that benchmark? jo konta? or would set an inficative nimber perhaps a at top 10 junior rank at 16 or under for ladies.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

TheTraveller2 wrote:
philwrig wrote:
Good test for Katie against Naiktha, as the young lady originally from Leeds is in very good form.
Interesting read on how junior funding (and Naiktha's father's issues with it) works in Australia.

http://acelandtennis.com.au/news/1985-naiktha-bains-father-at-loggerheads-with-tennis-australia-over-financial-support-for-his-daughter.html

-- Edited by TheTraveller2 on Tuesday 30th of June 2015 02:13:03 AM

Great article. Thanks very much for posting it.

So interesting to see the tennis players who actually are receiving the 50k, 65k etc. funding. No wonder Rafter's going to change it.

(NB thought Bains has a really exciting game, though she's 'slighter' in build than I expected).

Maybe Naiktha would like to consider a tactical nationality switch ???