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Coup Droit


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Ace Ventura wrote:

Battle of the 16 year olds in Eva vs Ella. I didn't realise Ella was the daughter of former footballer / manager Neil McDonald. Is she meant to be promising?

 You need to hang out in the junior section

(or get a life.....cry) 

Yes, we posted about Neil quite recently because Ella has been doing well. She won the J3 in Loughborough. And a J4 in Finland just before. 

She is at the Stirling Academy (although I think she comes from Lancashire) 

Here's her after winning the title:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGRNd3AWUAIjspc?format=jpg&name=900x900

There was a nice article from Neil here:

https://www.lep.co.uk/sport/football/preston-north-end/big-interview-ex-preston-north-end-defender-neil-mcdonald-on-how-hes-helping-his-daughter-rising-tennis-star-ella-2889206



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Haha, thanks CD and Jon. Yeah, that was the article (LEP) I saw when typing in 'Ella McDonald tennis' into Google, the 6th result.

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Peter too wrote:
wolf wrote:

Also for the love of God can we get rid of the ITF rankings?

 I give them solely for W15s were there is often nothing else to differentiate the players or even to show why some players are seeded. They are clearly irrelevant for anything higher than W15s.



-- Edited by Peter too on Monday 10th of January 2022 12:38:40 PM

I realise I sound ungrateful but I just found it hard to follow as a) it was information overload and b) I sometimes had no idea which was the ITF ranking and which was the WTA one.

The above, for me is perfect, so thank you. smile



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No sure what has happened to Emily Appleton, but she was a real talent 3-4 years ago, now losing to Eliz Maloney..

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A real talent? I think that's a major exaggeration.
She should have taken her US college place.
She's a really bright girl. She'd have liked it.
But both her and Jodie turned them down, which was fine (imo) for Jodie.
But Emily App was never really a top prospect, even if Sky thought otherwise. However, she has some good skills. And is pretty young. I guess time is on her side..  



-- Edited by Coup Droit on Tuesday 11th of January 2022 01:11:21 PM

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Allez, Lauryn ! She's started really well

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paulisi wrote:

No sure what has happened to Emily Appleton, but she was a real talent 3-4 years ago, now losing to Eliz Maloney..

 Eliz seemed to have Emily figured out in the early part of the UK Pro last year. Emily appears to be going backwards.



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Lauryn served got broken serving for the set.
But then broke.
First set to her.
Long way to go though.....

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It's shame Lauryn's match isn't on a streamed court as I would be interested to have a look at her.

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It's shame Lauryn's match isn't on a streamed court as I would be interested to have a look at her.

 Yes, that's partly why I'm hoping she wins.

I used to rate her pretty highly as a junior.

More so by far than Georgie Axon, for instance, and a lot of the others from the cohort.

But when I saw a bit of her livestream last year (for the UK Pro league, or whatever) I was a bit disappointed - I'd expected a bit more dynamism etc. But maybe I was wrong/ saw a bad bit/ she has really picked it up in the last couple of months....

Any which way, it would have been nice if she were on a streamed court....  



-- Edited by Coup Droit on Tuesday 11th of January 2022 02:16:34 PM

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Eliz served for the match. At least one match point (Double faulted, I think)

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Wow, that's brilliant for her !!!

Lauryn wins, 6-4 7-5, against the 4th seed



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A very tidy tie-break wraps up the match for Eliz over Emily Appleton

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Emily has just lost following a truly woeful effort in the second set tie break. Summed up by the penultimate point where her forehand return didn't appear to even make the tram lines from what I could see (not a great picture TBH)

She's just gone backwards these last 2 years.

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Yes Emily is a sad example of a bright, good, player not having people round her to give her the right advice. She would have had a standout college career I suspect. And the tour would have still been waiting for her if she wanted, as it was for Lauryn.

 



-- Edited by PaulM on Tuesday 11th of January 2022 02:28:17 PM

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