Girls: 2023 Wimbledon (Week 28)

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RE: Girls: 2023 Wimbledon (Week 28)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I'd heard that it wasn't an issue at all any longer

I don't think it was her foot that caused her to tamely give the last few games

She was really intense in her previous matches. And the first three-quarters of this one.

And I don't think she'd be playing doubles as well if her foot was at all in question. Of course, she may lack fitness because of it but, again, I didn't see nay lack of fitness in her previous matches. And this one wasn't very long.

I just think she got a little down-heartened and a little wild, which is reasonable, given how the match was going. But something to work on.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Hannah and Mika have absolutely opposite sort fo mathc profiles

Mika playing a young girl, her own age, all a little excited ....

Hannah is playing a girl 4 years older, savvy, good deep balls, lucid....

DavidC · Tennis legend

Hannah did a lot of scuttling to try to track down Sayaka's weight and placement of shot, and threatened to take the match to 3 sets but Hannah ran out of steam and lost 6-4 6-4.

Mika has stormed through the first set 6-1

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Hannah lost 4-6 4-6

A really good useful match. Nothing she did majorly wrong. First serve percentage could have been a bit higher. One poor game at 4-3 when she allowed Ishii to break back too easily.

But the older, more experienced player managed to dicate the match well, even when she was seemingly on the backfoot herself. Didn't allow Hannah to start flowing properly. Impressive.

But the last 16 at her age, and stage, is a good showing. She'll be disappointed but that's tennis, you can't win them all.

thegingerlightbulb · Intermediate Club Player

A shame to lose the two young guns, but generally this has been a promising showing from our up and coming talents

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

thegingerlightbulb wrote:
A shame to lose the two young guns, but generally this has been a promising showing from our up and coming talents

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You're a little early, no?

Mika and Hannah are our 'young guns' and Mika is still in, and doing well. She's only four months older than Hannah smile

ADD: not four months, two months (sorry, basic maths problem! )

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Wednesday 12th of July 2023 02:55:39 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, Mika has up to now flown more under the radar. But flourishing now.

She leads by 6-1 5-4*

LordBrownof · Futures level

GO MIKA! Great win for her. Played really well. She has a really lovely attacking game.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Didn't she do well ?

To me, the best thing she did was start SO positively and on the front foot that Emerson's game just went to pieces - Emerson hit SO many balls long, just over-hitting it every time, and you could see why - she was so determined to hit her way out of it - got really over-excited and wound up

And Mika kept to her gameplan - kept her first serve strong, kept that great crosscourt forehand on song

Super win

9vicman · Satellite level

So impressive and after her disappointment at coming so close in Roehampton last week. Both she and Hannah look older than their years and are already fine athletes. Hopefully they can spur each other on

indiana · Tennis legend

Super stuff. So 2 into the QFs to join Henry Searle in the boys.

Mika's final score was 6-1 7-5, breaking for the match in a game where a few MPs came and went.

thegingerlightbulb · Intermediate Club Player

I thought Xu and Klugman were 15 and 14? My bad if I got that wrong

** Just seen that Mika is 14! Wow! I thought she was 17 or 18 for some reason

-- Edited by thegingerlightbulb on Wednesday 12th of July 2023 02:42:48 PM

-- Edited by thegingerlightbulb on Wednesday 12th of July 2023 03:13:44 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

thegingerlightbulb wrote:
I thought Xu and Klugman were 15 and 14? My bad if I got that wrong

-- Edited by thegingerlightbulb on Wednesday 12th of July 2023 02:42:48 PM

No, you're quite right smile

It's just that Klugman and Mika are 14 and 14

So even younger smile

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

thegingerlightbulb wrote:
I thought Xu and Klugman were 15 and 14? My bad if I got that wrong

** Just seen that Mika is 14! Wow! I thought she was 17 or 18 for some reason

-- Edited by thegingerlightbulb on Wednesday 12th of July 2023 02:42:48 PM

-- Edited by thegingerlightbulb on Wednesday 12th of July 2023 02:44:09 PM

Well, you're not wrong, tbh

I only saw her live for the first time at Surbiton - and the girl is about 5 ft 10 at a guess, and athletically built - it's pretty impressive for 14 !