Girls: 2024 U16/U18 Junior National Championships, NTC, acrylic (Weeks 14/15)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Girls: 2024 U16/U18 Junior National Championships, NTC, acrylic (Weeks 14/15)

Lambda · Challenger level

The LTA blurb is out of date. Mika isn't playing the 16s, only the 18s.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Here is the full under 16 girls entry list

competitions.lta.org.uk/sport/event.aspx

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Saturday 30th of March 2024 07:25:01 AM

Lambda · Challenger level

Streams for qualifying matches are on LTA's secondary YouTube channel. Main draw streams will be on their main YouTube channel from Monday.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Many thanks, Lambda - appreciate it

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Dipping in and out, here and there today, wonderful to have the streams

I've now seen Daisy Wootton play for the first time (very tight match but pretty decent for a 2010 girl)

and learnt that Karina Kiss is terribly tall

And watched a couple of balls of Alice Haddad, and can picture her mother, with pursed lips

And a few balls of Lara Savic - but the match was too one-sided to show anything much

And a little of Georgiana Mititelu - middling

And now the only match I really wanted to see is on - Leticia versus ex-French Scarlette - who, I've found out, is left-handed

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

U16 girls main draw out

competitions.lta.org.uk/sport/tournament/draw

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Teaodroa the number 1 seed is a new name for me?

Mika must have withdrawn which is fair.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Mervatron2 wrote:
Teaodroa the number 1 seed is a new name for me?

Mika must have withdrawn which is fair.

She leads the British Tour rankings at senior level so seems quite a talent

https://competitions.lta.org.uk/ranking/ranking.aspx?rid=304

I think she also won the Tennis Scotland Open Tour last year and leads it this. Is she Scottish?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

She comes from Newcastle, I believe

I don't think many people would think that Teodora (Teddy) is the favourite though, despite being top seed

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Saturday 30th of March 2024 09:22:24 PM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
She comes from Newcastle, I believe
I don't think many people would think that Teodora (Teddy) is the favourite though, despite being top seed

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Saturday 30th of March 2024 09:22:24 PM

Who do you expect to win both events, girls and boys, CD? In the under 16 and 18s?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Sorry, Jon, haven't really thought hard about it

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Some interesting matches this morning

Lara Savic (2009) v Letiticia Romanova (2008) has been (and still is) a good quality match - good tennis - and really, really good linecalling from both (take a bow, girls, there's been some pretty dodgy stuff going on elsewhere)

I've always liked Leticia's tennis - although her volleys are the worst known to mankind, bless

And it's the first time I've seen Lara, and I can see why she's one of the LTA's top picks - she's a got a very nice technique and is a decent athlete

Daisy Wootton (2010) played well, some super stuff, and some that was really a bit all over the place - she doesn't really have her schemas of play well established. She lost in a MTB to Annabel Hristova (2008) who was well organised in her tennis and did well to come back after losing the first set really easily. But given the two years between them, Daisy was by far the more interesting player

The youngest was 2011 Liv Zingg (2011) - she's pretty light, still, compared to some of the others who - obviously - are far nearer adult in size. Doesn't really hit through the ball that well. But she sees the angles and spaces very well, and has a good base to build on going forward. (She lost to Georgiana Mititelu (2008) where the difference in age made all the difference but - again - Liv was a far, far more interesting player)

Well done to Daniela Harvey (2009) who has no ITF ranking, no points, but managed to beat Alice Haddad (2008) despite her having a pretty good ITF scoresheet behind her

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Megan Knight (2011) got the better of Celine Ricaud (2009)

Good quality match (although Celine's wrist on her forehand just makes me shudder each time I see it). But well done to both.

Leticia came through with no problem (didn't see that at all - wasn't on a streamed court, I don't think, or I just missed it, but I was pretty confident she'd beat Alice Wilson-Marsh so wasn't that keen to watch it anyway)

Daniella Britton (2010) v Ophelia K Davies (2009) was a very close match which, tbh, Daniella should have won but experience and age (even if only a year) makes a difference and it ended up in a relatively easy thid set which Ophelia won. Dani should be pretty happy with her level but miffed that she let it slip away in the second

Bella Loftus (2008) def Dani Harvey (2009) 6-3 7-5 which was probably a fair score. Not a great fan of Bella's tennis though.

Rose · Lower Club Player

Ophelia and Danni have met in big events 4 times now and Ophelia has won every one. She hits hard and aggressively and that seems to be Daniellas downfall. In the part I saw Daniella resorted to moonballing a lot which didnt phase Ophelia at all. However there was also a couple of great drop shots and volleys from Daniella though, so she obviously has some good variety.
Leticia and Alice were on a streamed court and I watched most of it. Alice definitely wasnt at her best
Also watched Izzy and Rosie play. Rosie just couldnt find a way past Izzys athleticism and angles