Girls: FTCh 2016, Chile, clay - Grade 2 (Week 7)

DavidC · Tennis legend

RE: Girls: FTCh 2016, Chile, clay - Grade 2 (Week 7)

DavidC · Tennis legend

A first title above G4 level for Emily smile

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(8) Emily Appleton d. (7/Q) Viktoria Morvayova (SVK) 7-6(5) 7-5

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

WAY TO GO !!!!!!!!!

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Impressive stuff. Have any of our girls won a title in this stretch before?

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Excellent news; well done Emily :D

paulisi · Tennis legend

I don't want to take anything away from Emily. She has a false ranking at juniors and made a semi final on clay in a 10k .However she was seeded 8 here ranked 252 and anyone with a ranking could have turned up for qualifying, so this was a really weak grade two.

Next week, in Argentina, the standard is slightly stronger, but not much. Emily should be seeded again and in reality should go well again.
There is a good chance she will break into the top 100 next week.
I'm surprised Ema Lazic is not here. All her best results are on clay and a few decent results would push her well inside the top 50.

indiana · Tennis legend

My untrained eyes were very impressed with her when I watched her live. We have quite a number of good junior girls, but I think Emily is still amongst those who can really make it and is well worth following.

Well done her

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 21st of February 2016 04:13:52 PM

DavidC · Tennis legend

Mervatron wrote:
Impressive stuff. Have any of our girls won a title in this stretch before?

Good question - certainly not since I have followed the junior circuit closely (2008)

DavidC · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
I'm surprised Ema Lazic is not here. All her best results are on clay and a few decent results would push her well inside the top 50.

You may find the following article gives some insight into Ema's plans for 2016

http://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/high_hopes_for_queenswood_school_s_tennis_star_ema_lazic_after_she_makes_her_australian_open_debut_1_4421265

paulisi · Tennis legend

Nice article. I'm guessing education takes precedence and quite rightly.

Interestingly the girl that beat her in singles had a great run in the last 25k and the Spanish player in the doubles smashed Gabi in a 10k.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Thanks for the article, David.

Ema comes across really well, as she does when you see her - pleasant, hard-working, and sensible balance of tennis and studies.

Mind you, I love the fact that the journalist reckons she could deal so well with the temperatures at the Aussie Open because she used to live there when she was 4 !

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Well done Emily and interesting to read Ema's plans. Both should think very hard about competing to join the other Emily A on the west coast playing cardinal tennis unless they make serious progress in a slam ie semi-final or final.

Both are obviously extremely talented and dedicated young ladies, but definitely a case for making ones plan B a plan A, indeed one would argue that ema is already living the life of a Student athlete.

Spectator · All-time great

Great article - thank you indeed, David. Ms Lazic comes across very well. Good to see three young women, each of whom has a lot to offer academically and tennis-wise, doing very well simultaneously. Well done they. And a special well done to Ms Appleton for her title.