Week 40 - ITF ($25K) - Cairns, Australia Hard

TennisLover · Strong Club Player

RE: Week 40 - ITF ($25K) - Cairns, Australia Hard

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Just from watching her a few times, I think Katy has an enormous sense of 'self and determination', one of the hardest working and most dedicated players we have.

However, she is not - again just my view - one of the most naturally gifted - nor, physically, particularly tall or strong.

I think she will get every ounce out of herself. But saying she's not as promising as Galfi is pretty obvious.

Although it's interesting that Maia beat Galfi only a couple of months back.....

TennisLover · Strong Club Player

Coup Droit wrote:
Just from watching her a few times, I think Katy has an enormous sense of 'self and determination', one of the hardest working and most dedicated players we have.

However, she is not - again just my view - one of the most naturally gifted - nor, physically, particularly tall or strong.

I think she will get every ounce out of herself. But saying she's not as promising as Galfi is pretty obvious.

Although it's interesting that Maia beat Galfi only a couple of months back.....

I share that view. Now that you mentioned Maia, I get the impression that she isn't talked about much in this forum compared to other "promising" juniors.

indiana · Tennis legend

I think folk have been rather waiting for Maia, 18 this coming January, to play more on the senior circuit.

Certainly Maia and the similarly aged Gabbi Taylor ( not seen much in the last year largely due to injury ) were talked about much more a year or two ago.

They both, of course, at 17, remain potentially very good players and will I am sure be talked about much more again with any big junior weeks or now making some impact on the senior scene.

As a Scot, I do keep more of a watching brief on Maia than I might otherwise do, I just don't think over recent times there has been particularly much to say. As I say there has been in the past, but probably before a lot of newer forum members were around.

The spotlight among juniors has been more on Katie Swan, some of the other younger juniors and those older juniors progressing in seniors such as Freya Christie, Mirabelle Njoze and Anna Brogan.

TennisLover · Strong Club Player

Thanks for that Indy. I certainly think Maia has potential. Not sure why she doesn't do the senior circuit.

scottie1 · Futures level

indiana wrote:
I think folk have been rather waiting for Maia, 18 this coming January, to play more on the senior circuit.

Certainly Maia and the similarly aged Gabbi Taylor ( not seen much in the last year largely due to injury ) were talked about much more a year or two ago.

They both, of course, at 17, remain potentially very good players and will I am sure be talked about much more again with any big junior weeks or now making some impact on the senior scene.

As a Scot, I do keep more of a watching brief on Maia than I might otherwise do, I just don't think over recent times there has been particularly much to say. As I say there has been in the past, but probably before a lot of newer forum members were around.

The spotlight among juniors has been more on Katie Swan, some of the other younger juniors and those older juniors progressing in seniors such as Freya Christie, Mirabelle Njoze and Anna Brogan.

Seen Maia several times to me she lacks the physical attributes at the moment to succeed Anna Brogan is more promising and has had less hype than Maia

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

There was an article about Maia a month ago which, to be honest, didn't say that much and was more about the US Open juniors but it DID say that she intended to start the adult tour next year and was really looking forward to getting going:

http://www.thenational.scot/sport/tennis-young-scot-maia-lumsdens-aim-to-open-it-up-in-the-us.7208

I saw her play this year at the Nike junior event and, although it wasn't spectacular, I liked her game - and particularly liked her coach, and the attitude he had in coaching her.

She looked in a good place with her tennis. And may well progress quite fast. But she does seem to have fought shy of the adult game far more than her contemporaries.

Of course, she does still have a year as a junior to go, unlike Freya, Emily Arb, Mirabelle and Anna Brogan, say, who will be adults as of the end of the year.

As a side note, Gabbi (also 1998) will be playing an adult ITF event next week, her first for a while, which will be interesting to see.

scottie1 · Futures level

Coup Droit wrote:
There was an article about Maia a month ago which, to be honest, didn't say that much and was more about the US Open juniors but it DID say that she intended to start the adult tour next year and was really looking forward to getting going:

http://www.thenational.scot/sport/tennis-young-scot-maia-lumsdens-aim-to-open-it-up-in-the-us.7208

I saw her play this year at the Nike junior event and, although it wasn't spectacular, I liked her game - and particularly liked her coach, and the attitude he had in coaching her.

She looked in a good place with her tennis. And may well progress quite fast. But she does seem to have fought shy of the adult game far more than her contemporaries.

Of course, she does still have a year as a junior to go, unlike Freya, Emily Arb, Mirabelle and Anna Brogan, say, who will be adults as of the end of the year.

As a side note, Gabbi (also 1998) will be playing an adult ITF event next week, her first for a while, which will be interesting to see.

Maia has been awarded WCS by Tennis Scotland in the senior tour more so than Anna Brogan they must think highly of her

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

She's only had one in the last year though, I think.

I think it's geography.

Maia has been in the Netherlands, I think, for the last while.

And Anna has been out in the States, no?

So I guess wildcards are not always about relative potential but who's here to ask for one and be able to use one.

scottie1 · Futures level

Coup Droit wrote:
She's only had one in the last year though, I think.

I think it's geography.

Maia has been in the Netherlands, I think, for the last while.

And Anna has been out in the States, no?

So I guess wildcards are not always about relative potential but who's here to ask for one and be able to use one.

Maia got a WC for Glasgow event Anna had to qualify but was beaten I think in the second round of qualifying

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Think she lost in the first round of Q.

But, exactly, it was only the one event for Maia and Anna and so not really possible to draw a conclusion.

Certainly Judy Murray sings the praises of the two of them.

TennisLover · Strong Club Player

scottie1 wrote:
indiana wrote:
I think folk have been rather waiting for Maia, 18 this coming January, to play more on the senior circuit.

Certainly Maia and the similarly aged Gabbi Taylor ( not seen much in the last year largely due to injury ) were talked about much more a year or two ago.

They both, of course, at 17, remain potentially very good players and will I am sure be talked about much more again with any big junior weeks or now making some impact on the senior scene.

As a Scot, I do keep more of a watching brief on Maia than I might otherwise do, I just don't think over recent times there has been particularly much to say. As I say there has been in the past, but probably before a lot of newer forum members were around.

The spotlight among juniors has been more on Katie Swan, some of the other younger juniors and those older juniors progressing in seniors such as Freya Christie, Mirabelle Njoze and Anna Brogan.
Seen Maia several times to me she lacks the physical attributes at the moment to succeed Anna Brogan is more promising and has had less hype than Maia

Maia might not have the physical attributes but she does compensate by playing smart tennis. It's not all about physique to me. At the end of the day, time will tell us .