British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

Lambda wrote:

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Ella Mcdonald chooses to go the US college route, signing for Louisiana State University, joining in January.

A little unexpected perhaps, but theres been a trend in womens college tennis over the last year to sign mid to high ranked 19 , 20, 21 year olds, with LSU being the most prominent in this trend. Ella will be their 4th top 600 WTA player on their roster joining Cadence Brace, Kayla Cross and fellow freshman Carolina Kuhl. LSU this year did allow Cadence, and in particular Kayla, to play more pro events during the spring season than most teams would have done. Whether this remains the case, which Ella can take advantage of, or LSU learnt it hurt them and won't allow it so much next year remains to be seen..

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 On her Insta Ella uses the single word surprise. I do like Ella as a player, she had that meteoric rise 2023 to 2024, when she went up from 1200s to 398. Since then she has dropped and has now made the decision to switch to the college route. Wishing her well. Ella is worth following on Insta if you have an account. She does seem to appreciate support And will acknowledge.