Boys & Girls: Curro Junior, South Africa - hard - Grade 5 (Week 42)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Boys & Girls: Curro Junior, South Africa - hard - Grade 5 (Week 42)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Quite possibly my first ever post in the Junior's section. But following a tweet from a very proud father wink I can report that having got in as a LL, Matt Beecher's victory in R1 was his first ever MD victory at this level.

Go Matty.

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Tuesday 20th of October 2015 12:27:44 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Hadn't made the connection

But one of the reasons I put the lower junior events up is that a parent of one of the kids once said the girl was really thrilled to see her name, and her victory, on the forum - I don;t think it was because she thought this forum was SO amazing, but the girl had done a Google search for her name - as one does, seemingly - and was just thrilled that her victory had been recorded and 'made the news', here, if nowhere else.

So, why not, and good luck to 'em all !

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

Coup Droit wrote:
Hadn't made the connection

But one of the reasons I put the lower junior events up is that a parent of one of the kids once said the girl was really thrilled to see her name, and her victory, on the forum - I don;t think it was because she thought this forum was SO amazing, but the girl had done a Google search for her name - as one does, seemingly - and was just thrilled that her victory had been recorded and 'made the news', here, if nowhere else.

So, why not, and good luck to 'em all !

A nice sentiment, you and DavidC both do a great job with the junior section so cheers to you guys.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Good effort by Freddie but not to be:

R3: Michael COPELAND (RSA) [2] 6-3 5-7 6-1 Freddie GRANT (GBR)

And Olivia too. But at least Eliz comes through:

2nd Round

Nicole PETCHEY (RSA) [1] 6-4 6-4 Olivia ELLIOTT (GBR)

Eliz MALONEY (GBR) [2] 6-1 6-0 Makayla LOUBSER (RSA)

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Great for the kids and their families, also great to see the progress they make.

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

And on the subject of tennis fathers, Nicole is the daughter of our own Mark Petchey (and quite a nice tennis player as well).

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Another win for Eliz:

Quarterfinal:

Eliz MALONEY (GBR) [2] 6-1 6-1 Mila HARTIG (RSA) [5]

In the doubles, Eliz and Olivia won their R1 match but lost out in the next one to Nicole Petchey (see The O's comment above) and her partner. It's small world, tennis

paulisi · Tennis legend

The Optimist wrote:
And on the subject of tennis fathers, Nicole is the daughter of our own Mark Petchey (and quite a nice tennis player as well).

I wonder why Nicole has elected to play for SA?

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

paulisi wrote:
The Optimist wrote:
And on the subject of tennis fathers, Nicole is the daughter of our own Mark Petchey (and quite a nice tennis player as well).
I wonder why Nicole has elected to play for SA?

Mum is South African and the family home is in Cape Town.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

That makes sense

Eliz won very easily, again:

Semifinal

Eliz MALONEY (GBR) [2] def. Maxine BATEMAN (RSA) [3] 6-3 6-1

and will now play Mark Petchey's daughter in the final.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

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JuniorTennisCoaching @JTC_Tennis 2h2 hours ago

Congrats to Eliz Moloney on winning Curro Junior ITF Stellenbosch singles final! @VirginActiveUK @WilsonTennisUK

Looks like we've got a winner

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Friday 23rd of October 2015 02:03:51 PM

steven · Tennis legend

Oops, I wondered when I saw that result this morning whether Nicole was Mark Petchey's daughter (remembering that he had S African links) and only just got around to checking (I found an interview with her and her sister - bit.ly/npetchey) - I should have realised that if she was, someone here would already have pointed it out! LOL

There are lots of pictures from the Final (and earlier rounds) on this Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/CaylixSport?lang=en-gb

In their last tweet, they give the scoreline as 6-7 6-2 6-2 but it's clear from earlier tweets that the tiebreak was in the 2nd set.

-- Edited by steven on Friday 23rd of October 2015 09:38:42 PM