Boys & Girls: J500 Merida, Mexico, clay (Week 47)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Boys & Girls: J500 Merida, Mexico, clay (Week 47)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Viktor retired at 6-1 4-2 down. Not sure of the problem. Hope he can play the Florida events

Lambda · Futures qualifying

Coup Droit wrote:
She was playing the girl who was runner-up here last year

And Hannah on clay is not the same as Hannah on other surfaces

Most people expected her to lose today - it's not a biggie

I'll bow to your superior knowledge on the girl, but on results alone I wouldn't agree. There might be something about this venue that suits Ariana, but there is nothing in her results on clay, aside from this comp last year, that suggests, even allowing for this being Hannah's weakest surface, she isn't someone Hannah can beat on clay, and certainly not to lose easily 2 & 2. It's notable that reports out of Mexico have described the result as the sensation of the day and a surprise.

I did notice that on Wednesday Hannah had that thin band of tape around her left leg just below the knee that she's frequently had during this year. She didn't have it in either match on Tuesday. I don't know what it's purpose is, but I hope it's not masking a longer term problem.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Overnight, Oli is the only remaining player now in singles , through to the last 8; Hannah moved through to the girls doubles last 4.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Im guessing Hannah wont have done enough this week with a last 16 loss, even with doubles, to have caught up with Mimi in the rankings?

Lambda · Futures qualifying

JonH comes home wrote:
Im guessing Hannah wont have done enough this week with a last 16 loss, even with doubles, to have caught up with Mimi in the rankings?

With Mimi dropping 97.5 points on Monday, Hannah goes above Mimi whatever she did here.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Lambda wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Im guessing Hannah wont have done enough this week with a last 16 loss, even with doubles, to have caught up with Mimi in the rankings?

With Mimi dropping 97.5 points on Monday, Hannah goes above Mimi whatever she did here.

ok, cool - so as Mimi isnt playing next week, that means Hannah is guaranteed being top British girl as of the end of next week then. And probably for the end of 2024?

simon381 · Social player

I think she is guaranteed British no. 1 at the year end.

The only hope was whether she could get into the top 10 by the year end. The benefits for finishing 11-20 are not terribly useful to her (1 x $25K and 4 x $15K) as she will probably mainly play 25Ks (new 35Ks) and can get into the qualifiers probably by rights for these anyway. The benefits for 6-10 are better (1 x $40K -> $50K, and 4 x $25K -> $35K) for the level she is at. However the remaining two tournaments are clay which is not her surface so top 10 is maybe unlikely.

Lambda · Futures qualifying

I think this trip for Hannah is more about protecting her AO seeding than an attempt to get into the top 10. The 6 to 10 benefits aren't really worth much to her either as it won't take very long for her to get her ranking high enough to get her into W35 main draws (coupled with W35s probably being slightly weaker with fewer points on offer)

DavidC · Tennis legend

An impressive scoreline for Oli against a higher ranked player

Boys R3

(1) Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez (MEX) d. (15) Charlie Robertson 6-1 6-1
(11) Oliver Bonding d. (7) Charlie Camus (AUS) 6-2 6-2
(3) Nicolai Budkov Kjaer (NOR) d. (14) Viktor Frydrych 6-1 4-2 rtd

QF

Sergio Planella Hernandez (ESP) v (11) Oliver Bonding

Girls Doubles SF

(4) Buchnik/Sonobe (ISR/JPN) v (2) Klugman/Quevedo (GBR/USA)

Nix · Futures qualifying

Also interesting is that Oli Bonding should be in the JWR top 20 (or even top 10 depending on where he finishes in this tournament, plus other players' results) when the 2005ers drop out at the end of the year.

I think he will also be in the top 3 ranked 2007 players, behind Cina and Blanch and overtaking Mrva who was knocked out in the first round of this tournament.

He is understandably not getting the attention that Hannah gets, and to be honest I'd like neither of them to get too much media attention for obvious reasons but still it's impressive given that it's harder for the younger boys to break through than the younger girls.

paulisi · Tennis legend

I think it sometimes goes unnoticed how exceptional Oli, and potentially Ben W-G, are for their age.

Mervatron2 · Futures level

Hannahs through to the doubles final. 6-1 6-2

Ollie lost his QF in a tight 3 setter.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Yes.

Oli Bonding is the 4th best player born in 2007 (and no 2008 or anything higher either)

i.e. the 4th best player in the world for his age

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Well done Hannah, lets get that win today!