Mimi may have been feeling the effects from playing a lot of close high level matches in the last 2 weeks - her opponent didn't appear to have an outstanding record. Ranah next plays Tatum Evans who won the US closed grade 1 last month, and is ranked 910 WTA

Girls R2

(1) Tereza Valentova (CZE) d. Isabelle Lacy 7-6(3) 6-1
(Q) Piper Charney (USA) d. (10) Mingge Xu 6-4 6-4
(7) Ranah Akua Stoiber d. Ela Nala Milic (SLO) 6-1 6-1

R3

(9) Tatum Evans (USA) v (7) Ranah Akua Stoiber

....and then there were none

Just Ella and Isabelle left in doubles

R3

(9) Tatum Evans (USA) d. (7) Ranah Akua Stoiber 1-6 7-5 7-5

Doubles QF

(5) Lacy/McDonald v Bernales/Hamilton (USA)

Colette's interview and summary about Ranah's match:

"Evans, the Nicholasville JB1 champion, defeated No. 7 seed Ranah Stoiber of Great Britain 1-6, 7-5, 7-5.

Evans said that going from training on indoor hard at her home in Virginia to the green clay has been a challenge, but the 17-year-old is starting to feel comfortable.

"It was quite an adjustment for the first couple of days," said Evans, who has taken all her official visits, but has yet to decide which school she will attend next fall. "But I feel like now, I'm more settled, I understand the surface a little more, which is nice."

Although Stoiber was the one serving at 4-5 and 5-6 in the third set, and Evans broke her to win the match, Evans didn't feel that was any advantage.

"She had a very good serve, a very strong serve," Evans said. "I had to keep my composure, like nice serve, on to the next one. I couldn't take it personally. It wasn't like I was missing my returns, she was hitting aces or a forced return error."

Evans was up a break in the third set at 3-1, was broken back, then went down 0-30 at 5-all. She recovered with the help of a good first serve and two forehand winners to take a 6-5 lead, and the pressure was back on Stoiber. She double faulted to start the game, and got it back to 30-all before Evans hit a backhand volley winner in a rare net exchange to give herself a match point. Stoiber, who made only one first serve in the game, saved the first match point by forcing an error, but Evans earned another match point with a good forehand and closed it out with a forehand putaway.

"It was a really high quality match and it was really fun to play," Evans said. "It was a really fun match, where we could play freely. I really enjoyed it.""

Really pleased to see Isabelle playing doubles. Not only is it helpful for ranking points, it's also a part of her game that could develop as her net game is nowhere near as solid as she is from the back of the court. Good opportunity to play with someone as good as Ella as well.

Interesting to see Haniya Minhas, from Pakistan, seeded 3, who is playing her U12 s-final

She's a real star in the making, very highly ranked and thought of (for her age).

She now plays with almost complete body covering - long sleeves, long leggings and with a big hood that goes over her head and covers all hair, and her neck.

She's getting a lot of attention, for her tennis, and because of cultural issues too. I believe that she has to play against boys in Pakistan because there are no girls events (she only plays because she started in Dubai where her dad worked, and when her dad lost his job, they had to move back and she was already so good by then that she couldn't really be ignored).

Wish her all the very best.....

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Saturday 3rd of December 2022 08:50:27 AM

Photo of Ella and Isabelle with their trophies