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Qualifying for the under 16 Nationals starts tomorrow, with the under 18s taking place the following week. The main draw has been expanded to 24, including Mika Stojsavljevic, Freya Peet and Hollie Smart as the highest ranked ITF players 

At stake in week 1 for the winner is;

Wild card for Wimbledon Junior Championships Main Draw
Wild card for 1 x ITF W35 event (April/May 2024) Main Draw
Wild card for ITF J300 Roehampton Main Draw
Wild card for ITF J200 Aldershot (April 2024) Main Draw

The runner-up gets a Wild card for Wimbledon Junior Championships Qualifying

The qualifying draw (and main draw when ready) can be found here

Live scores will be available here while a live stream should be accessible via the LTA preview page or YouTube Channel probably

 



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The LTA blurb is out of date.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

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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

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

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Many thanks, Lambda - appreciate it

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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

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U16 girls main draw out

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

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

Mika must have withdrawn which is fair.

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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Mika must have withdrawn which is fair.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? 



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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

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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?



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


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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



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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.



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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

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