Boys & Girls: Trofeo Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spain, clay - Grade 1 (Week 14)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Boys & Girls: Trofeo Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spain, clay - Grade 1 (Week 14)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

A big well done, then, to young Tannysha (born 2001, JWR 1463), who beat the JWR 366 (amongst others) in qualifyng.

As she (I believe) is a Brit but not part of the elite LTA/NTC group out there, I do hope the powers that be saw a bit of her match.

Anton's opponent is the French boy, a year older than Anton, and already about 6 ft 8 or so, as well as reigning under 16 boys' champion in France.

tennischamp · Intermediate Club Player

Great job Tannysha!

Strongbow · All-time great

Tannysha has also played some ITF qualies without any result - still well done smile

DavidC · Tennis legend

Three competitive boys matches, but only Jake prevailed

Boys R1 (L48)

Jaimee Floyd Angele (FRA) d. Anton Matusevich 7-6(9) 7-6(5)
Jake Hersey d. (WC) Carlos Calduch Cherta (ESP) 6-4 7-5
Mateus Alves (BRA) d. Jack Molloy 6-4 6-7(5) 6-4

R2

(Q) Alvaro Fernandez Horta (ESP) v (13) Barnaby Smith
(Q) Alejandro Vedri Asensi (ESP) v (12) Max Stewart
(15) Maxence Broville (FRA) v Jake Hersey

DavidC · Tennis legend

Three clearcut scorelines in the girls matches, with Ali getting the win, but she has a tough round 2 against the girl who beat Emily Appleton last week.

Girls R1 (L48)

Helene Pellicano (MLT) d. (Q) Tanysha Dissanayake 6-3 6-2
Ali Collins d. Maia Guillermina Haumuller (ARG) 6-2 6-1
Stefania Rogozinska Dzik (POL) d. (WC) Eleanor Baglow 6-2 6-0

R2

(3) Paula Arias Manjon (ESP) v Ali Collins

tennischamp · Intermediate Club Player

Nice scores from Ali and Jake.

Ali's opponent was last years runner up.

tennischamp · Intermediate Club Player

DavidC wrote:
Three clearcut scorelines in the girls matches, with Ali getting the win, but she has a tough round 2 against the girl who beat Emily Appleton last week.

Girls R1 (L48)

Helene Pellicano (MLT) d. (Q) Tanysha Dissanayake 6-3 6-2
Ali Collins d. Maia Guillermina Haumuller (ARG) 6-2 6-1
Stefania Rogozinska Dzik (POL) d. (WC) Eleanor Baglow 6-2 6-0

R2

(3) Paula Arias Manjon (ESP) v Ali Collins

Yes, its going to be tough, Paula Arias Manjon beating Emily in the G1 in March this year and beating Maia Lumsden in a GA in London last July - Paula was last years runner up!

Finn Bass beat Jake's opposition early last year in 3 sets in New Delhi, India. - That's all the british competition Jake's opponent has come up against.

I think they've got it in them. C'mon Jake & Ali! smile

-- Edited by tennischamp on Tuesday 4th of April 2017 07:56:24 PM

-- Edited by tennischamp on Tuesday 4th of April 2017 08:10:55 PM

tennischamp · Intermediate Club Player

Ali takes the win in 3 sets against seed 3 (JWR38) Paula Arias Manjon 6-3 1-6 6-3. Brilliant work!

R3: tbc

More scores from the boys to continue.

-- Edited by tennischamp on Wednesday 5th of April 2017 10:45:59 AM

indiana · Tennis legend

Good stuff by Ali, hope she can follow it up. She has in general terms fallen a bit behind Fran Jones from the 2000 borns and I would guess she hoped for more from the last year or so.

But still so young and moves forward and consolidations will be hugely variable at that age.

I saw her in the Glasgow 15K early in the year and for the most part I was quite impressed. She will hopefully in time calm her emotions more and move on better from point to point, but also retain a feistiness that was on display.

tennischamp · Intermediate Club Player

indiana wrote:
Good stuff by Ali, hope she can follow it up. She has in general terms fallen a bit behind Fran Jones from the 2000 borns and I would guess she hoped for more from the last year or so.

But still so young and moves forward and consolidations will be hugely variable at that age.

I saw her in the Glasgow 15K early in the year and for the most part I was quite impressed. She will hopefully in time calm her emotions more and move on better from point to point, but also retain a feistiness that was on display.

I didn't manage to see her in Glasgow but from the sounds/looks of things she is improving. Onwards and upwards!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

My take on Ali is not that she's 'improving', as such.
I saw her a couple of years ago, at the Bank of England club, and was very impressed. She was one of those who stood out (especially given her age - although Fran wasn't there so no comparison).
Not based on much, but my belief is that it was a big move, in terms of tennis and life, to up sticks and relocate to the States. And that it's just taken a bit of time for her to adjust to new technique, tactics, training habits, as well as normal life routines.

tennischamp · Intermediate Club Player

Coup Droit wrote:
My take on Ali is not that she's 'improving', as such.
I saw her a couple of years ago, at the Bank of England club, and was very impressed. She was one of those who stood out (especially given her age - although Fran wasn't there so no comparison).
Not based on much, but my belief is that it was a big move, in terms of tennis and life, to up sticks and relocate to the States. And that it's just taken a bit of time for her to adjust to new technique, tactics, training habits, as well as normal life routines.

I've seen Ali play a handful of times in the past couple of years and I have to say, I do think her all round game is improving.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Then you're probably right, Tennischamp.

Although, you'd hope that anyone who is only 16 or so is 'improving' - I mean, do you mean on an absolute basis or on a relative basis?

Because any young player must be improving on an absolute basis, it's a given (apart from in very bizarre circumstances).

I meant, on a relative basis, and from what I saw last time, I would still put her in the same category as I did when I saw her three years ago (i.e. high).

Tothemax · Newbie

Unfortunately Max loses out to his Spanish opponent 6-4 6-3.