Boys & Girls: East African U18, Kenya - clay - Grade 4 (Week 4)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Boys & Girls: East African U18, Kenya - clay - Grade 4 (Week 4)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Bit of a downer with both of our number 2 seeds getting beaten today. But Destinee got a nice win over the third seed:

BOYS

R2 (L32)

George LOFFHAGEN (GBR) [3] 6-1 6-0 Younes MOUKTABIL (MAR)

Filip KOLASINSKI (POL) [8] 3-6 6-3 6-3 Joseph WHITE (GBR)

Christophe POGNON (FRA) [12] 7-6(5) 6-3 Harry THURSFIELD (GBR)

Javier CUETO RAMOS (ESP) 6-3 6-3 Matthew BEECHER (GBR) [10]

Younes LALAMI LAAROUSSI (MAR) 6-4 4-6 6-2 Andrew ROZANOV (GBR) [2]

GIRLS

R2 (L16)

Destinee MARTINS (GBR) 5-7 6-2 6-2 Lisa Marie LAUSECKER (AUT) [3]

Tiffany LAGARDE (CAN) [8] 6-0 6-1 Scarlett HUTCHINSON (GBR)

Nevena SOKOVIC (SRB) 6-4 6-0 Olivia ELLIOTT (GBR) [2]

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

R3 (L16):

George LOFFHAGEN (GBR) [3] 7-5 6-2 Giovanni PERUFFO (ITA) [16]

In the doubles, most of the teams are out. But Destinee and Aleks put out the second seeds and are through to the semis:

QF: Destinee MARTINS (GBR) / Aleksandra TOPALOVIC (GBR) 4-6 6-2 [10-8] Doroteja JOKSOVIC (SRB) / Lisa Marie LAUSECKER (AUT) [2]

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Still looking good.... two through to the semis.....

QF BOYS:

George LOFFHAGEN (GBR) [3] def. Filip KOLASINSKI (POL) [8] 6-3 6-3

QF GIRLS:

Destinee MARTINS (GBR) def. Mila SARIC (SRB) 6-3 3-6 6-3

Destinee and Aleksandra lost their doubles semi though....

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Way to go ! Both through to the final

Boys SF:

George LOFFHAGEN (GBR) [3] 6-4 6-4 Arnaud BOVY (BEL)

Girls SF:

Destinee MARTINS (GBR) 6-4 6-4 Nevena SOKOVIC (SRB)

paulisi · Tennis legend

Destinee has really come on in the last 12 months - no signs of her sister, does she still play?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Take it away, kids !!!!!!!

BOYS Final

George LOFFHAGEN (GBR) [3] 6-2 6-3 Michal MIKULA (POL) [15]

GIRLS Final

Destinee MARTINS (GBR) 6-4 6-0 Adithya KARUNARATNE (SRI) [1] JWR 274

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

paulisi wrote:
Destinee has really come on in the last 12 months - no signs of her sister, does she still play?

Yes I believe both of them train at JTC at Northwood or Chiswick but presumably unable to follow the same competition schedule as each other now.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

The Optimist wrote:
paulisi wrote:
Destinee has really come on in the last 12 months - no signs of her sister, does she still play?
Yes I believe both of them train at JTC at Northwood or Chiswick but presumably unable to follow the same competition schedule as each other now.

I'm not sure it's that. I'd heard something about Essence not wanting to play any more, or being injured. But not sure exactly what...

Destinee, in fact, has had a poor last 9 months; she got knocked out early in Ireland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Nottingham, Bournmouth, Turkey, the Netherlands, indeed all the events she played.... and her ranking had dropped 300 places or so....

So great to see such a result and title this week - really pleased for her....

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

You are obviously more up to speed than me! Essence has disappeared from the JTC list of players

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

The two look well happy !

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And, yes, well done to JTC.

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Lovely happy photo !

paulisi · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
The Optimist wrote:
paulisi wrote:
Destinee has really come on in the last 12 months - no signs of her sister, does she still play?
Yes I believe both of them train at JTC at Northwood or Chiswick but presumably unable to follow the same competition schedule as each other now.

I'm not sure it's that. I'd heard something about Essence not wanting to play any more, or being injured. But not sure exactly what...
Destinee, in fact, has had a poor last 9 months; she got knocked out early in Ireland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Nottingham, Bournmouth, Turkey, the Netherlands, indeed all the events she played.... and her ranking had dropped 300 places or so....
So great to see such a result and title this week - really pleased for her....

Funny that you missed her G5 semi final at Liverpool which I saw her win her QF and she nearly put out Hannah McColgan in the semi.

indiana · Tennis legend

Well done to Destinee. Taking account of Liverpool as well, maybe rather she seems to have come on again in the last couple of months since her tournaments of last year.