Boys & Girls: European U14 Junior Championships, Most, Czech Republic, clay (Week 29)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Boys & Girls: European U14 Junior Championships, Most, Czech Republic, clay (Week 29)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Unfortunately not on a streamed court but Hannah continues her seemingly tranquil path:

R4

Hannah Klugman def. (10) Angelica Sara (ITA) 7-5 6-1

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 21st of July 2022 12:11:18 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Meanwhile, Mika walked the first set against the second seed

But the second set was a lot tougher, very close, with more highly disputed linecalls (they ended up with a supervisor on court) and Mika ended up being edged out of the tie-break

So we're into a third....

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

All credit to Mika who came out strong in the third, and the second seed - who's barely lost a game so far - just crumbled

R4

(13) Mika Stojsavljevic def. (2) Eliska Forejtkova (CZE) 6-0 6-7 6-0

So two GB girls through to the QFs

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

I havent been following too closely this week but as a summary, is it correct we have Mimi, Hannah K, Ella and Mika ( I dont know Mika) still left in across the different age categories in these Championships?

And the boys are all out?

Go the girls!!

DavidC · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
I havent been following too closely this week but as a summary, is it correct we have Mimi, Hannah K, Ella and Mika ( I dont know Mika) still left in across the different age categories in these Championships?

And the boys are all out?

Go the girls!!

Yes - extremely unusual to have representation still in all 3 age groups at the quarter-final stage (I cannot recall it in the 15 years I have followed the event - the only finalist in that period was Kyle Edmund in the under 14s, though we have won a few doubles titles)

Mika is the one player to beat a Czech girl so far - Hannah has the chance to follow suit tomorrow, though Kovackova is higher rated by the Czechs (who have put her at number 1 for the World Tennis Finals, with Samsonova at number 2 and Forejtkova at number 3 - reversing their TE rankings)

QF

(1) Alena Kovackova (CZE) vs. Hannah Klugman (GBR)
(3) Laura Samsonova (CZE) vs. Sona Depesova (SVK)
Lea Nilsson (SWE) OR Charo Esquiva Bañuls (ESP) vs. (4) Veronika Sekerkova (CZE)
(9) Mia Pohankova (SVK) vs. (13) Mika Stojsavljevic (GBR)

TW18 · Lower Club Player

DavidC wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
I havent been following too closely this week but as a summary, is it correct we have Mimi, Hannah K, Ella and Mika ( I dont know Mika) still left in across the different age categories in these Championships?

And the boys are all out?

Go the girls!!
Yes - extremely unusual to have representation still in all 3 age groups at the quarter-final stage (I cannot recall it in the 15 years I have followed the event - the only finalist in that period was Kyle Edmund in the under 14s, though we have won a few doubles titles)
Mika is the one player to beat a Czech girl so far - Hannah has the chance to follow suit tomorrow, though Kovackova is higher rated by the Czechs (who have put her at number 1 for the World Tennis Finals, with Samsonova at number 2 and Forejtkova at number 3 - reversing their TE rankings)
QF
(1) Alena Kovackova (CZE) vs. Hannah Klugman (GBR)
(3) Laura Samsonova (CZE) vs. Sona Depesova (SVK)
Lea Nilsson (SWE) OR Charo Esquiva Bañuls (ESP) vs. (4) Veronika Sekerkova (CZE)
(9) Mia Pohankova (SVK) vs. (13) Mika Stojsavljevic (GBR)

The top half of the draw is tougher than the bottom half. Mika should have an easier passage now the no2 is out of the way. Hannah and the to othe Czech girls have a harder time.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

TW18 wrote:
DavidC wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
I havent been following too closely this week but as a summary, is it correct we have Mimi, Hannah K, Ella and Mika ( I dont know Mika) still left in across the different age categories in these Championships?

And the boys are all out?

Go the girls!!
Yes - extremely unusual to have representation still in all 3 age groups at the quarter-final stage (I cannot recall it in the 15 years I have followed the event - the only finalist in that period was Kyle Edmund in the under 14s, though we have won a few doubles titles)
Mika is the one player to beat a Czech girl so far - Hannah has the chance to follow suit tomorrow, though Kovackova is higher rated by the Czechs (who have put her at number 1 for the World Tennis Finals, with Samsonova at number 2 and Forejtkova at number 3 - reversing their TE rankings)
QF
(1) Alena Kovackova (CZE) vs. Hannah Klugman (GBR)
(3) Laura Samsonova (CZE) vs. Sona Depesova (SVK)
Lea Nilsson (SWE) OR Charo Esquiva Bañuls (ESP) vs. (4) Veronika Sekerkova (CZE)
(9) Mia Pohankova (SVK) vs. (13) Mika Stojsavljevic (GBR)
The top half of the draw is tougher than the bottom half. Mika should have an easier passage now the no2 is out of the way. Hannah and the to othe Czech girls have a harder time.

So, tell me - there has been lots of noise about Hannah and, with Mimi and Hep, my limited junior tennis brain assumed they are our top 3 at this sort of age level...so I was quite surprised that Mika is seeded and Hannah isnt it, implying she is perhaps higher rated than Hannah...so why havent many of us heard of her??!

Be keen to understand if this is a true ranking comparison and why she has flown under the radar??!

DavidC · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
So, tell me - there has been lots of noise about Hannah and, with Mimi and Hep, my limited junior tennis brain assumed they are our top 3 at this sort of age level...so I was quite surprised that Mika is seeded and Hannah isnt it, implying she is perhaps higher rated than Hannah...so why havent many of us heard of her??!
Be keen to understand if this is a true ranking comparison and why she has flown under the radar??!

Seedings for Tennis Europe under 14 events are based on TE14 rankings, which derive from results in tournaments run by Tennis Europe - you can see the current rankings of our players here. Hannah has hardly played any TE events so is well down the ranking list, so isn't seeded. We have talked about Mika particularly in the Category 1 grass court event pre-Wimbledon, which she won and got good points for. Hannah has played more ITFs, but they are ignored for TE14 rankings. Mimi and Hep are older, so feature in the TE16 rankings, which do take account of ITF points - which is why Isabelle and Mimi are seeded in those events.

paulisi · Tennis legend

These are U14, so very little experience on ITF junior circuit and mainly in TE

If i was guessing, Hannah probably not played much TE, hence the low ranking.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Tomorrow Hannah opens on Centre at 9am BST while Mika is second on court 2 - both streamed

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

DavidC wrote:
Tomorrow Hannah opens on Centre at 9am BST while Mika is second on court 2 - both streamed

Finally, Hannah on a streamed court biggrin

And with Mimi on one too, and Ella, and Mika - well, I'm pushing all my work stuff back to the afternoon and that's tomorrow morning taken care of smile

dodrade · Futures qualifying

JonH comes home wrote:
TW18 wrote:
DavidC wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
I havent been following too closely this week but as a summary, is it correct we have Mimi, Hannah K, Ella and Mika ( I dont know Mika) still left in across the different age categories in these Championships?

And the boys are all out?

Go the girls!!
Yes - extremely unusual to have representation still in all 3 age groups at the quarter-final stage (I cannot recall it in the 15 years I have followed the event - the only finalist in that period was Kyle Edmund in the under 14s, though we have won a few doubles titles)
Mika is the one player to beat a Czech girl so far - Hannah has the chance to follow suit tomorrow, though Kovackova is higher rated by the Czechs (who have put her at number 1 for the World Tennis Finals, with Samsonova at number 2 and Forejtkova at number 3 - reversing their TE rankings)
QF
(1) Alena Kovackova (CZE) vs. Hannah Klugman (GBR)
(3) Laura Samsonova (CZE) vs. Sona Depesova (SVK)
Lea Nilsson (SWE) OR Charo Esquiva Bañuls (ESP) vs. (4) Veronika Sekerkova (CZE)
(9) Mia Pohankova (SVK) vs. (13) Mika Stojsavljevic (GBR)
The top half of the draw is tougher than the bottom half. Mika should have an easier passage now the no2 is out of the way. Hannah and the to othe Czech girls have a harder time.
So, tell me - there has been lots of noise about Hannah and, with Mimi and Hep, my limited junior tennis brain assumed they are our top 3 at this sort of age level...so I was quite surprised that Mika is seeded and Hannah isnt it, implying she is perhaps higher rated than Hannah...so why havent many of us heard of her??!
Be keen to understand if this is a true ranking comparison and why she has flown under the radar??!

How come Hep isn't playing this week?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

GB has sent a two-player team for each event

As such, in the U16 (Hep's category), they chose Mimi (2007) and Isabelle Lacy (2006)

Which seems fair enough

Hep may well have been first reserve

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Friday 22nd of July 2022 07:26:15 AM

DF · Tennis legend

dodrade wrote:

How come Hep isn't playing this week?

Hep wasn't chosen for any of the teams and was not playing anywhere else presumably because she is preparing for her next tournament. She

is down to play next in Durban in a J2 from July 26-30, and a J1 from Aug 2-6 followed by a JA in Pretoria RSA from Aug 8-13