Iman is the junior who made the final of the J5 in Pakistan recently.

She was also in the International News about her commitment to and love of Pakistan and wanting to play for the country:

"Iman, who yearns to play for Pakistan in days to come, showed brilliant court coverage to oust Ukrainian opponent in style....."

However, that might have been a journalist with a vested interest.....

R1: MUTAVDZIC, Matilda (GBR) 859/1419 JR (CH=854/1274 2021) {16yo JCH=12} v OSTLUND, Fanny (SWE) 6 510/18 (CH=482/18 2020)

-- Edited by Peter too on Wednesday 12th of May 2021 12:19:00 AM

I won't quote CD as it'll affect the link, but I noticed something quite interesting the other day - while you would generally expect a player to win more times than not as a pre match betting favourite, pretty much all 16 of her 2021 matches to date have gone with the betting odds:

www.tennisexplorer.com/player/mutavdzic/

The only one that didn't was the SF with Lee, and even then she was under 2.00 / evens, at an average price of 1.94, so still odds on to win. So, she's pretty much beaten, and lost to everyone that the odds suggested. Whether that happens here remains to be seen, but hopefully that trend will continue.

Ah - there was one more, Spiteri, that she lost to, but still 14/16.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Tuesday 11th of May 2021 09:21:43 AM

and the second 4-6

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I would have far preferred the norm had continued too, Ace (hadn't realised it was usually quite so in keeping with the odds as that....interesting....). But I had a £1 on Fanny O - really not sure why Matilda was quite such a favourite.....

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Yeah, Fanny wasn't in amazing form as you said earlier, but is experienced, higher ranked, and did beat a higher ranked jr (than Matilda) just last week at the same venue. She's obviously still learning, and results / ranking isn't massively important when that age (not 17 for another month), but that's a little bit of a losing streak she's developing herself now (even if some tough opponents), so suspect future ITF odds will be influenced more if that continues.