The girls have done great this Championships in the first couple of days. Some really encouraging performances.

DavidC wrote:

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PaulM wrote:

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The girls have done great this Championships in the first couple of days. Some really encouraging performances.

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 Yes 5 first round wins is definitely above par. Isabelle follows Jack on court 17 in her attempt to make it 6

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 And, of those 5 wins, special note of:

(a) Eva and Ranah for only being 2005-born, 

(b) Eva for beating a girl with a WTA 861 ranking (and beating her easily too)

(c) Alicia Dudeney for being junior ranked 764 and beating a girl ranked 17, and doing so as a true grass-courter

(d) Ranah for beating a top-20 junior

(e) and Kylie and Matilda just for winning 

Coup Droit wrote:

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Isabelle Lacy is on court 17 which is on i-player/red button

She's only just 15, born 2006.

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 She's doing very well against someone with an 833 WTA ranking. I think she's frustrating her opponent because she gets nearly every ball back! Narrowly lost the first set in her last service game 5-7 but has broken in the second. 

Eva and Ranah who are already through to the second round in singles are playing doubles together on Court 18 also on the red button.

They have some nice moves but sometimes go for the same ball!

Isabelle takes the second with an ace. Quite impressed - despite her slight frame her groundstrokes have good weight and it doesn't look like she's throwing herself into them.

She's a good prospect from the *one* set I've seen.

To me, the best part of her shots are how fluid they are. It looks effortless. Which means she'll find it easier to add some extra arm speed or force as she grows.

Great staying power at the key parts in that second set.

I agree, for a 2006-er, who only came into the picture (in ITF terms) a month or so ago with the Stirling J5, it's terribly impressive. She's ranked 1646 basically based on one very lowly event.

I wonder if she didn't play ITF before because she can't afford to, or because she was doing Tennis Europe and wasn't fussed.

LordBrownof wrote:

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She won the Fred Perry championships a few years ago (along with Hannah Klugman and Pheonix Weir) so she's been around.

Also, I'm pretty sure that's Katie O'Brien and Head of Women's tennis at the LTA, Ian Bates, watching on. Perhaps they also rate her highly!

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 Oh, I'm absolutely sure they must rate her highly - she didn't get a highly coveted wildcard by accident 

I just wonder why she's avoided ITF up till now (although no reason she shouldn't - seems to work pretty well.....)