The comment about being criticised was more a general comment about how Katie could be perceived - sorry, not very well worded!  Katie gets so much support from so many people and is very grateful for that.  One of the areas of focus is to ensure that she stays healthy as she suffered with a few issues physically in 2015 and particularly with her abs and shoulder. Her serve was developing as a real weapon but her body had not developed sufficiently to support her serve, hence the ongoing injuries.  Katie needed time to have a training block in order to become physically stronger to avoid ongoing issues with this.  Obviously this takes time and she will continue to work on this.  She has played many hours of tennis during her training block as well as fitness and, funnily enough, is studying Spanish which is one of her core subjects LOL.  As people know, it is very difficult to find an ideal time for a training block when a junior as there really is very little down time.  It has also important to allow time to be with her  family, to see friends and to continue her education too.  

Katie gets a lot of support from the LTA but that has only really increased since she reached the final of the Australian Open Juniors in 2015.  No player now receives direct funding - i.e. cash payments - but instead will receive support through paid tournament trips, coaching, fitness etc which is hugely valuable to a player.   This will differ from player to player.  so I cannot comment on what others receive but believe there is typically significant more support than may be portrayed by the media.   I can only comment on Katie but know how much she loves it when any British player is doing well - junior, senior, male or female - as she finds it hugely motivating a