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Boys & Girls: XXIX Taça Internacional Maia Jovem Tennis Europe U14 Super Category, Portugal, clay (Week 16)
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This is the third of the top category under 14 events this year.  Like all the Super Category events live streaming is available - go to the tournament website

There is a strong field for the boys event especially (7 of the top 8 ranked at time of entry).  Megan Knight is likely to have a rematch with top seed Jana Kovackova if she wins her opener  Half the round 1 matches took place today, with success for the seeded boys, but a loss for our one seeded girl. You can find the order of play here

Boys R1 (L64)

(11) Scott Watson d. Afonso Coutinho (POR) 6-2 7-6(4)

(7) Niall Pickerd-Barua d. Miko Koeppen (GER) 6-3 6-4

(5) Eric Lorimer d. (WC) Gustavo Bravo-Oliveira (POR) 6-0 6-0

Blasej Krysko (POL) v Neo Armus

Girls R1 (L64)

Megan Knight v Ines Esteves (POR)

(Q) Iraja Nigam v (16) Anastasia Nikolaieva (UKR)

Nikol Nuneva (BUL) d. (10) Daniella Britton 6-2 2-6 7-5

 

 



-- Edited by DavidC on Wednesday 24th of April 2024 05:20:18 PM

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Thats quite a bad loss for Daniela Britton. Lost in first round of doubles too. Not sure if injured or just having a bad tournament. Hopefully she can bounce back. Very tough draw for Megan Knight. Will be interesting to see how Iraja Nigam gets on at this level. She was very promising at 9-11 years old and then a lot of her age group overtook her. I like the way she plays though
Awen Gwilym Davis was top seed in qualifying but didnt get through - had expected to see her in the main draw as well.

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Thanks for the update about Iraja - I don't know her at all - will keep a watch

I've never been too impressed by Awen so that didn't seem that surprising

Not sure about 'bad losses' - I do feel that, at this age, the ranking of many players is very arbitrary.

However, I completely agree - on paper, Nuneva is nothing to look at and you'd have though Daniella would have won that one

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Megan won her R1 match very easily

6-1 6-2

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Coup Droit wrote:

Thanks for the update about Iraja - I don't know her at all - will keep a watch

I've never been too impressed by Awen so that didn't seem that surprising

Not sure about 'bad losses' - I do feel that, at this age, the ranking of many players is very arbitrary.

However, I completely agree - on paper, Nuneva is nothing to look at and you'd have though Daniella would have won that one

 I dont tend to trust ranking but I do believe that UTRs are accurate and Daniella has the better UTR (8.80 versus Nikols 7.48) so thought it would be a reasonably comfortable win 

Megans UTR is 9.19 against Ines 6.06 so was definitely expecting that result! 



-- Edited by Rose on Tuesday 16th of April 2024 04:20:16 PM

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Boys R1 (L64)

Blasej Krysko (POL) d. Neo Armus 6-1 6-4

R2

(11) Scott Watson v Daniil Valter (***)
Michal Rakous (CZE) v (7) Niall Pickerd-Barua
Robert Kaminskiy (KAZ) v (4) Eric Lorimer

Girls R1 (L64)

Megan Knight d. Ines Esteves (POR) 6-1 6-2
(16) Anastasia Nikolaieva (UKR) d. (Q) Iraja Nigam 6-1 6-0

R2

(1) Jana Kovackova (CZE) v Megan Knight



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Watched some of Niall's match and it was a shame he lost

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Megan wasn't able to trouble Jana, but at least Eric won. Scott is currently playing on live stream

Boys R2

(11) Scott Watson v Daniil Valter (***) currently on court 1-1
Michal Rakous (CZE) d. (7) Niall Pickerd-Barua 4-6 7-6(6) 6-1
(4) Eric Lorimer d. (Q) Eduard Khaikov (***) 6-3 6-2

R3

Robert Kaminskiy (KAZ) v (4) Eric Lorimer


Girls R2

(1) Jana Kovackova (CZE) d. Megan Knight 6-1 6-2


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Scott won comfortably to join Eric in round 3

Boys R2

(11) Scott Watson d. Daniil Valter (***) 6-2 6-2

R3

(11) Scott Watson v (8) Plamen Kolev (BUL)
Robert Kaminskiy (KAZ) v (4) Eric Lorimer


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Scott narrowly missed out, but Eric has yet to be troubled

R3

(8) Plamen Kolev (BUL) d. (11) Scott Watson 6-2 1-6 7-6(4)
(4) Eric Lorimer d. Robert Kaminskiy (KAZ) 6-2 6-3

QF

(9) Izan Banares Lasala (ESP) v (4) Eric Lorimer


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Eric Lorimer seems a good player from the results Ive seen. Seeded 4th here and seen his name crop up quite a bit in recent times. Interested to know anyones thoughts on his game style and potential from those who have watched him?



-- Edited by Oscariyan on Thursday 18th of April 2024 08:26:25 PM

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Eric won the title in Essonne Cat 1 this year

I watched a couple of his matches and this is what I wrote (not aying it's gospel but it's what struck me at the time)

"The boy's got the makings of a very good serve, hits a heavy ball, especially on his forehand, doesn't mind coming forward. He's a bit heavy-footed and slow to react at times - he needs to keep reminding himself to be a bit more on the ball"

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www.youtube.com/watch

For the diehard enthusiasts, here is the link to Eric's match which is playing live now

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Absolutely excellent win by Eric

He won the first set, just
Lost the second set easily
Battled hard in the third set, always the more entrpreneurial, front-foot player. But with trouble, on clay, to really impose his shots, doesn't quite trust himself to follow the big shots in, and his backhand was a bit dodgy (as always)
He saved two (or three?) match points at the end of the set
before forcing a tie-break with some clutch play
And was down in the tie-break all the way through
The other boy wasn't doing much more than putting the ball back

And then, again being the more aggressive player, Eric won the tie-break 8-6

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Thanks CD! Managed to catch the end of the last set and what a close tiebreak it was! Lorimer was the more proactive looking to dictate with his forehand. He seems quite tall for his age so I wonder if that made a difference. But regardless he's through to the semi finals of a super category so good news! :)

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