Boys & Girls: 2023 US Open (week 36)

Shhh · Challenger level

RE: Boys & Girls: 2023 US Open (week 36)

paulisi · Tennis legend

Hannah in command. The slice is proving to be effective.

Also some great insight from Laura Robson on comms

LordBrownof · Futures level

Hannah in total control. Serving for the match at 5-1.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Convincing win against the 3rd seed and 6th in junior rankings who is 4 years older.

Hannah really has got everything - big serve, huge grounstrokes on both sides, great defence and a slice. Just needs to develop moving forward on the court as she is good at the net(apparently)

LordBrownof · Futures level

Fantastic win. She was really solid throughout. Took a few match points to get it across the line but she got there. After yesterday, it's nice to have a (relatively) straightforward match. Plays 10th seed Samsanova in the QFs next.

Shhh · Challenger level

Hannah really seems to have come on from the summer. This heat is a killer for everyone though!

Jan · Hall of fame

Nice! Well done Hannah

DavidC · Tennis legend

Hannah's quarter-final is against one of the two Caech girls who dominated Tennis Europe under 14 events last year. Laura beat Hannah fairly easily in the European U16 Summer Cup final a month ago, but that was on clay, which is Laura's best surface.

Girls R3

Hannah Klugman d. (3) Sayaka Ishii (JPN) 6-4 6-1

QF

(10) Laura Samsonova (CZE) v Hannah Klugman

DavidC · Tennis legend

Oli and Henry are on court for their round 2 doubles. Oli+ lost their first set, but Henry+ are a set up. The girls should be on court shortly.

Boys Doubles R1 (L32)

Bonding / Melero Kretzer (GBR/ESP) d. Fillip/Hrazdil (CZE) 6-7(5) 7-6(3) [10-6]

R2

Jones/Razeghi (AUS/USA) v (3) Berkieta/Searle (POL/GBR)
Dahlin/Ojakaar (SWE/EST) v Bonding / Melero Kretzer (GBR/ESP)

Girls Doubles R2

Klugman/Xu v (7) Esquiva Banuls/Jones (ESP/AUS)
Saito/Sato (JPN) v Lam/Stojsavljevic (USA/GBR)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Boys Doubles R2

Jones/Razeghi (AUS/USA) d. (3) Berkieta/Searle (POL/GBR) 4-6 6-3 [10-8]
Dahlin/Ojakaar (SWE/EST) v Bonding / Melero Kretzer (GBR/ESP)

Madadman · Top national player

Klugman/Xu comfortable through you could say 6-0 6-1!

Densher · Intermediate Club Player

That was a massacre, less than 40 minutes it took

the addict · Tennis legend

So QF's for Hannah in both singles and doubles. That's very impressive.

DavidC · Tennis legend

All our other doubles teams are out. Next up for Hannah/Mimi are the top seeds. Renata Jamrichova is top seed in singles as well as doubles, and she won the key contest at the top of the draw against the top ranked WTA player (Nikola Bartunkova).

Hannah's singles opponent is also through to the doubles quarters, as part of the formidable Czech pair which won Wimbledon.

Boys Doubles R2

Jones/Razeghi (AUS/USA) d. (3) Berkieta/Searle (POL/GBR) 4-6 6-3 [10-8]
Dahlin/Ojakaar (SWE/EST) d. Bonding / Melero Kretzer (GBR/ESP) 6-2 7-5

Girls Doubles R2

Klugman/Xu d. (7) Esquiva Banuls/Jones (ESP/AUS) 6-0 6-1
Saito/Sato (JPN) d. Lam/Stojsavljevic (USA/GBR) 7-5 4-6 [10-7]

QF

(1) Jamrichova/Quevedo (SVK/USA) v Klugman/Xu

DavidC · Tennis legend

Hannah is the featured article in the ITF coverage today. Also Colette has written the following in the Zootennis blog;

"Klugman got a big win today, exacting revenge for a loss in the Wimbledon Junior Championships with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over No. 3 seed Sayaka Ishii of Japan.

The 14-year-old, who lost to Ishii 6-4, 6-4 in the third round at Wimbledon, said she came up with a new strategy before taking the courts today.

"I was really excited, I wanted to get revenge of course," said Klugman, "and I went into the match knowing more about her. I think I played really tactical, changing variations, heights, slicing, bringing her in more. I think at Wimbledon I got a bit into her flat game."

Before playing the J300 in Canada last week, where she reached the final, Klugman spent a week training in Miami, which helped her prepare for the heat and humidity that has descended on New York this week.

"It's really hot out there," said Klugman, who is a career-high 23 in the ITF junior rankings and the only 14-year-old in the Top 100. "Luckily I got a pre-week in Miami, got used to it. That definitely got me prepared."

Although New York is known for its noise and its energy, Klugman said playing at Wimbledon is a more distracting environment for her.

"Wimbledon's more chaotic a little bit," said Klugman, who lost in the Wimbledon girls doubles final to her quarterfinal opponent Thursday Laura Samsonova of the Czech Republic. "I know everyone. And I felt there was a bit more pressure there for me, because I want to do well, because I live there. But I love it here."