Girls: Junior Billie Jean King Cup, Cordoba, Spain, clay (Week 45)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Girls: Junior Billie Jean King Cup, Cordoba, Spain, clay (Week 45)

Var · Club Coach

DavidC wrote:
Hannah loses 6-4 6-4 so first point to Czechia

Now Mimi - hope she is in one of her ruthless moods! Mimi gets the first break in the second game - but she was taken juice in the first game and had break points against her serve so looks like this could be tight. Well done though. Shame I am shouting at a scoreboard and can't see the actual match!

-- Edited by Var on Saturday 11th of November 2023 12:03:01 PM

DavidC · Tennis legend

Mimi loses the first set 6-4 against Samsonova

DavidC · Tennis legend

The USA are first through to the final after Iva Jovic easily beats Charo Esquiva Banuls 6-2 6-2

Var · Club Coach

DavidC wrote:
Mimi loses the first set 6-4 against Samsonova

Lets hope it goes to 3 sets.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Mimi also loses 6-4 6-4 An improvement on the European final in terms of games won, but the clay queens progress. We play Spain tomorrow for the bronze medal. When we met them in European qualifying it went to a 10-8 match tiebreak win in the doubles - otherwise we wouldn't be here.

Var · Club Coach

DavidC wrote:
Mimi also loses 6-4 6-4 An improvement on the European final in terms of games won, but the clay queens progress. We play Spain tomorrow for the bronze medal. When we met them in European qualifying it went to a 10-8 match tiebreak win in the doubles - otherwise we wouldn't be here.

Bronze would be fine! We would beat them on grass!

Mervatron2 · Futures level

Shame but this Czechia team seems strong.

Good news is with Hannah and Mika next year we should have another good shot.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Mervatron2 wrote:
Shame but this Czechia team seems strong.

Good news is with Hannah and Mika next year we should have another good shot.

Yes. Good effort.

But clay was always going to be a tough ask.

Good luck to them against the Spanish

Will be interesting to see how the Czechs get on against the USA team

I was impressed by Iva Jovic today

DavidC · Tennis legend

Hannah and Mimi selected for singles again today, and Hannah has just started. In the first meeting between the teams Hannah beat their number 2. Today Spain have a different second player Lorena Solar Donoso, but same number 1, Charo Esquiva Banuls, who beat Mimi previously.

In summary yesterday

SF

GBR 0 Czechia 2

Hannah Klugman lost to Alena Kovackova 4-6 4-6
Mingge Xu lost to Laura Samsonova 4-6 4-6

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Hannah gets a hard fought win, 6-4 in the third

DavidC · Tennis legend

Hannah puts the first point on the board winning 2-6 6-3 6-4

Meanwhile the USA are running away with the final - Tyra Grant winning 6-4 6-1 and Iva Jovic up 6-1

DavidC · Tennis legend

USA win the final after Iva Jovic regrouped, having lost a 5-2 second set lead, to take the second singles 6-1 7-5

Mimi has just won the first set of her match on the tiebreak 7-6(6)

DavidC · Tennis legend

We win bronze smile

Bronze medal match

GBR 2 Spain 0

Hannah Klugman beat Lorena Solar Donoso 2-6 6-3 6-4
Mingge Xu beat Charo Esquiva Banuls 7-6(6) 6-4

Var · Club Coach

DavidC wrote:
We win bronze

Bronze medal match

GBR 2 Spain 0

Hannah Klugman beat Lorena Solar Donoso 2-6 6-3 6-4
Mingge Xu beat Charo Esquiva Banuls 7-6(6) 6-4

Congratulations to Mimi, Hannah and Hep, as well as their Captian Katie. Great job and on clay, usually our nemesis! Augurs well for the future senior team.