Time for a thread for young Talia (born 2005) .....
At age 16, being a wildcard, and in only her second adult ITF event, she has made it all the way to final in the 25k at Birmingham this week, before losing in three sets.
An amazing week for her.
Talia has had some nasty injuries in recent years. Fractured wrist. Major ankle sprain. Etc. etc.
According to Tennisdad, she used to be in Stirling academy but has now moved to Loughborough, and - although rather slight for her age - is a player, he says, who really stands out from the crowd.
Her junior record is reasonable but maybe hampered a bit by the injuries. She made the final at Loughborough J3 which was her best result. Took the title at the J5 in Liverpool, and has two J4 runners-up places last year too.