Girls: Wimbledon 2016, grass - Grade A (Week 27)

indiana · Tennis legend

Girls: Wimbledon 2016, grass - Grade A (Week 27)

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Bad luck Gabi; most unfortunate :(

emma · Strong Club Player

yes, what a shame for Gabi. She must feel so disappointed :(

I really liked her play and court demeanour when I saw her play at Roehampton and do feel she has a bright future.

christ · Futures level

It has to be said that she really didn't look well.

DF · Tennis legend

Jodie and partner the #8 seeds were beaten 4-6 1-6 by a pair who worked hard for the points and deserved their win

indiana · Tennis legend

Just a small ranking points rise for Jodie, at JWR 21 our top ranked junior girl.

She will be up 25/4 = 6.25 points from 600 to 606.25 points.

Spectator · All-time great

Ms Collins and Ms Jones have won the second set of their doubles against the 2nd seeds.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Eliz and Nell lost 7-5 6-4, which is a good showing.

Just to mention that Jodie+ lost against Bolkvadze (and partner) who is, of course, a quasi-Brit and a complete product of British tennis.

indiana · Tennis legend

Ali and Fran lost 6-4 3-6 7-5 to the #2 seeds. Looks a very good effort.

But there friends ends British junior participation for this year.

Spectator · All-time great

Well, junior interest ending on a Thursday evening ... could be much worse. Especially given that had illness and injury not affected two of our most promising players, interest might still be ongoing.
Very impressive last doubles effort.

-- Edited by Spectator on Thursday 7th of July 2016 06:28:24 PM

tennisapple · Newbie

Ali and Fran had a great match against seed #2 Tonight. Great effort! Work together well. Sure we will be seeing much more from these two!

DavidC · Tennis legend

Anastasia Potapova gets the chance to add the Wimbledon title to Roehampton. The Russian has looked impressive in the snatches I have caught of her and, though Kayla Day wrested the first set from her, she ran away with the other two for the loss of just 2 games. It won't be an all Russian final like last year though, as top seed Olesya Pervushina (who double bageled Sofia Kenin yesterday) lost out in a long match to Jodie's conqueror Dayana Yastremska. However the two Russians are still on course for the doubles title. The singles final is at 1pm on court 1 tomorrow.

DavidC · Tennis legend

An extraordinary end to the girls final. Potapova served for it at 6-4 5-3 and on her fourth matchpoint her serve was called in, so she went to the net for a handshake. Yastremska challenged, more in hope than expectation., and the ball was out. Yastremska won the replayed point. Matchpoint 5, and exactly the same scenario occurred. Showing remarkable composure she shrugged it off to win 6-4 6-3 on matchpoint 7. Not the greatest of finals, but Potapova clearly has the resolve of a champion, though it may take a while for her to develop the game to go with it for the Pro Circuit (she didn't hit a single winner in set 1 to her opponent's 10).

Spectator · All-time great

Also posted in the General Discussion section, but some from this side might not see it there. Just to note that I bought the Telegraph this morning (not my paper of choice, but knew they'd have good tennis coverage) and there's an article saying that Gabi Taylor is actually quite ill, in intensive care with a mystery virus: www.telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2016/07/10/british-tennis-hopeful-gabriella-taylor-struck-by-serious-virus/. All best wishes to her and her family - hoping that the doctors will work out what's wrong speedily, and that she will recover quickly.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Thanks Spectator. Very sorry to read this, but see more positive news from the other thread that Gabi has tweeted, and note that her agent has also told the BBC that she "is in a stable condition and improving". May that continue to be the case.