In the girls, there were QR1 wins for:

Lara Savic, Lonja Engemise, Alice Wilson-Marsh, Georgiana Mititelu, Sirena Waas, Mia Wainwright, Sophya Devas, Eloise Newberry, Amiee Knowles and Daisy Wootton

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Saturday 2nd of December 2023 05:50:12 PM

Some excellent QR2 wins today as seeds tumble ....

Sophya Devas def. the top Q seed from Ireland, 6-1 6-0

She'll now play Daisy Wootton, who beat Serena Manca (q5)

Aimee Knowles def. the second Q seed, Sarah Copley, 6-2 6-3

She'll now play Mia Wainwright who defeated Sirena Waas (q7) in a MTB

Young Alice Wilson-Marsh def. the Q third seed, Macy Denney-Richards, 0 & 1

And will now play the Italian Q6 seed (the only seed to win in the girls so far today)

And to finish the girls, Lara Savic defeated 8th seed, Eloise Newberry

And will now play Tamara Kuti

Girls MD

Hannah Read is top seed, followed by Nandova (CZE)

Wildcards are: Rosie Cho, Edie Griffiths, Isabella Walker and Celine Ricaud

The qualifiers are: Lara Savic, Alice Wilson-Marsh, Aimee Knowles and Sophie Devyas

THere's a LL spot but it's gone to an Italian girl

Girls

Very nice win for Hollie Smart, 6-3 6-3, over the 5th seed, ranked 332

Maria Ustic, Dani P and Sophie Bekker beat 'pesky' opposition

Win too for Hannah Rylatt

Other results not yet posted

Just to add to the round-up:

Top seed, Hannah Read, came through in three sets.

2008-born Christina Christodoulou also won

Rosie Cho lost to Aimee Knowles

Brooke Black beat Erin Pearce

Nice win for Edie Griffiths over a player nearly 1000 places higher


Also, Flora and Allegra won

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Tuesday 5th of December 2023 10:53:12 AM

JonH comes home wrote:

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Following the recent discussions CD and others had around talent spotting, the BBC podcasts have this that has just been released - it is generic but might be of interest in relation to this topic

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001ry9n

Looks at cycling, football and cricket. No tennis 

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Tuesday 5th of December 2023 01:55:02 PM

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 Thanks for this link.  Interesting.  I'm not surprised there's no mention of tennis.  To succeed in tennis, a child has to have a lot of money behind them.  The other sports don't.  With money, almost anything is possible.