It all went according to expectations in the girls
Although the others put up a good fight
Hollie Smart won easily
Edie Griffiths (who beat Hollie, just, recently in the grass national championships) lost the first set to Megan Knight (two years younger) but came back to win in three
Lara Savic also did very well to take the first set off the Polish second seed. But lost in three
And Sevil (one year younger) lost easily to the third seed from Czechia
Impressive that Jana Kovackova is a year young, born 2010
Don't know the girl.....would have expected Hollie to have a tighter score
But the only time I've seen Hollie recently was on clay - so maybe she prefers clay?
or maybe Jana is just rather good?
The latter I suspect. She is the sister of Alena, who dominated the Tennis Europe Under 14s last year, beating Hannah K in the European Championships. Jana won a Category 1 event last month, only dropping 1 game to the TE3 and 2 games to the joint TE5 (joint with Hollie)
Impressive that Jana Kovackova is a year young, born 2010
Don't know the girl.....would have expected Hollie to have a tighter score
But the only time I've seen Hollie recently was on clay - so maybe she prefers clay?
or maybe Jana is just rather good?
The latter I suspect. She is the sister of Alena, who dominated the Tennis Europe Under 14s last year, beating Hannah K in the European Championships. Jana won a Category 1 event last month, only dropping 1 game to the TE3 and 2 games to the joint TE5 (joint with Hollie)
(4) Rhys Lawlor (GBR) def. (6) Matei Victor Chelemen (ROM) 7-6(5) 7-6(6)
So, with Rhys already having his spot in the U14 Wimbledon Championships secured (thanks the Nat grass court championship win a few weeks ag), i presume the LTA now have a wildcard they can attribute
Girls Final:
Edie got beaten rather comprehensively by the precocious 2010-born Czech girl