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Coup Droit


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As we only had two starters here, I'd normally have put it in an 'other' thread.

But with so many youngsters playing in the half-term week(s) (or pre-half term week), all the events have their own threads. So here's Brazil on its own.

And it warrants one as, being a G3, points are high and young Erika, for instance, is going to have a big jump in the rankings, thanks just to her R1 win.

 

R1 (L32):

Erika BATISTA DODRIDGE (GBR) (born 2001)     6-7(4) 6-0 6-1     MARIA FERNANDA MENEZES (BRA)

Erika Wichin CHENG (BRA)     6-1 6-0     Kelly ARAUJO (GBR)

 

Erika gets the top seed next, age 17 and JWR 60, which will be a tougher ask:

R2 (L16):

Thaisa Grana PEDRETTI (BRA) [1] JWR 60   v   Erika BATISTA DODRIDGE (GBR)



-- Edited by Coup Droit on Wednesday 19th of October 2016 07:33:35 AM

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It's Erika's fourth ITF in Brazil, the country where she was born - and she describes herself as half-Brazilian. There's an interesting article about her time at the Kim Clijsters Academy last year at www.tennishead.net/news/academy/2015/11/28/kim-clijsters-academy-a-players-view

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Very interesting read, DavidC. Many thanks for putting that up. Confirms a lot of what I've heard about the academy (and the British ones too, by default).

All the best to her.

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As expected, the first seed and top 60 player proved too much for Erika. But it'll be a decent jump in the rankings this week, all the same:

R2 (L16):

Thaisa Grana PEDRETTI (BRA) [1] JWR 60 def. Erika BATISTA DODRIDGE (GBR) 6-0 6-4

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