As DF has pointed out, bang on point, Hannah has hit the ground running, in terms of ranking - straight into the top 500, after the event above, now ranked 499 !
Moreover, she's the only 2009-born player in the top 1000
A stellar start
Is that the only 2009 Brit or world wide - in the top 1000?
brit - thats good
world wide - thats impressive !
Only player worldwide
Mind you, they've all only be eligible as of the date of their birthdays so far this year. So 2009-ers born in April, for instance, haven't been able to play ITF yet. So, to be fair, she's only up against 2009-ers born in Jan and Feb who have then played ITF.
Mind you, she's still going to be the top 2009-er at the end of the year, when all the rest are included.
There are ALWAYS prospects but its certainly hard not to get excited about this one. From the little I have read she seems to be nicely level headed with good people around her, it will be interesting to see if she can make a mark over the summer?
Clearly I'm super behind with following Hannah so I've been frantically doing my catch-up YouTube research this morning - a really impressive serve and FH already at such a young age, and overall plays with maturity beyond her years. Will be making sure I catch her girls' singles match at W.
Hannah was of course our PoM in January and may well be a contender for Player of Season in a very open season, partic if she does well in the next month or two!
Having made the semis last year (as 2-years too young), Hannah went on to make the final of Les Petits As this year but lost to Stusek in a reasonably one-sided match. 3-6 3-6
However, she is still one year younger than nearly all the other players and will be eligible next year too.
She had a great competition up to the final, comfortably beating some very competent players. And simply got rather out-played and out-foxed by a different style of game in the final.
And, Andy Murray lost when he made the final of Les Petits As, too - so no harm done
Pretty amazing watching Stusek play the first round of a W60 yesterday. She lost 4-6 in the third (and was slightly lucky with her draw) but all the same ----
I think we'll be seeing Hannah, too, getting a couple of high profile wildcards for adult events next year