Mika lost, but 6-4 7-5, which given the above is a very honourable effort.

Mimi won without barely breaking sweat

And Oli lost the first, just squeaked the second, and then his opponent retired in the third - so he's through too

It's a good question - I'm not sure, tbh

She certainly has a game and physique that, as a coach, would make you open to moving up to adults

She obviously was injured for quite a long time at the start of the year so that will have held her up a bit

There are benefits to being top-10 in juniors so she might be aiming for that

Not very helpful - others might have a better idea - but I'm pretty sure she will (a) keep juniors running at the same time, but (b) concentrate more on adults next year

paulisi wrote:

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As she is still young, I suspect she will follow the path of Hannah Klugman and just play the odd UK 25k.
If she becomes too dominant in juniors, then that is the time to transition. ie regularly winning or going deep at J300/J500 and junior GS

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Yes, but she's the same age as Andreeva, as Korneeva, as Fruhvirtova (B) who are all top-200 in adults already

So - although Mimi's not quite their level at the moment - it's a fair question as to whether she should move over in the same way that they have  

But the 'problem' for the East European girls is that there is no Grand Slam, no federation that really helps out, so the girls move over quicker, just for financial reasons (the Fruhvirtova story is pretty common) 

Now, maybe it's not a 'problem' - maybe it's one of the reasons they do well 

And maybe it gets round one of the criticisms levelled at the LTA, that the head of Juniors, for instance, may be reluctant to let the girls move over because then he/she doesn't get the credit any more

Personally, I think Mimi will play more than the 'odd' W25 next year (assuming she's not injured or whatever) - I don't see much point playing a lot of J300/500s etc any more. She'll do the team events, and some warm-up for Wimbledon etc will be important, but in and of itself, juniors may well be running out of steam. 

Lambda wrote:

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Mimi has graduated from the National Academy and moved onto the Pro Scholarship Programme so I expect her to focus mostly on adults from next year and just play the slams in juniors. As an aside, I'm not sure if it's been mentioned, but she's now coached by Matt James.

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 Aah interesting - Emma Raducanus coach when she was 16/17? I would love to hear how he thinks they compare. My two penneth - are worth not a lot! but Mimi has strength and power (potentially the bigger game) but lacks Emma's movement around the court.

Also of note, Mika's opponent is 3 years her senior.

I imagine part of Mimi's team thinking of coming on this oriental trip, where there are few players at her level, was to garner enough points so that Mimi can enter slams next year and possibly be seeded without having to play additional junior tournaments.

Mimi is the only Brit through to the doubles semis

Oli takes on the US Open semifinalist (JWR11)

Boys R3

(8) Oliver Bonding d. (16) Hoyoung Roh (KOR) 4-6 7-6(5) 2-0 rtd

QF

(1) Federico Cina (ITA) v (8) Oliver Bonding

Girls R3

(1) Kaitlin Quevedo (USA) d. (15) Mika Stojsavljevic 6-4 7-5
(3) Mingge Zu d. Margot Phanthala (FRA) 6-0 6-2

QF

(11) Kristiana Sidorova (***) v (3) Mingge Zu

Doubles SF

(1) Quevedo/Xu (USA/GBR) v Brunkel/Wan (DEN/TPE)

As a side thought, does the fact Mimi has gone to the top of the British list in the girls rankings mean that , come the Junior BJK Cup Finals, Mimi will have to play number one with Hannah two?

I am not sure if that practically makes any difference - is a Mimi, Hannah line up more or less likely to win matches than a Hannah, Mimi one? No idea to be honest, but just thought I would raise it.