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Coup Droit


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So, in the L16, there are:

5 x GBR
4 x France
3 x Australia
2 x Canada
1 x Thailand
1 x Ukraine


No Russians, no Czechs....

Now, it's being said that the UK authorities are making it very difficult for Russian players to get visas - supposedly several of the top Russian youngsters are not playing Wimbledon Juniors because they can't get visas

But it' still an unusual balance

The Commonwealth wins, that's for sure (with a little room for embracing our 'friends' across the channel )

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Coup Droit wrote:

So, in the L16, there are:

5 x GBR
4 x France
3 x Australia
2 x Canada
1 x Thailand
1 x Ukraine


No Russians, no Czechs....

Now, it's being said that the UK authorities are making it very difficult for Russian players to get visas - supposedly several of the top Russian youngsters are not playing Wimbledon Juniors because they can't get visas

But it' still an unusual balance

The Commonwealth wins, that's for sure (with a little room for embracing our 'friends' across the channel )

 The mens draw has something like 6 or so French as well, they have certainly gone for Ilkley's charms in a big way!



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Sonay beat Lily quite comfortably, will play her last 8 match later.

Ranah lost, although fought back hard at the end.

I do hope I get to see a Brit on finals day - Sonay, Ella and Marni left in, Charlie in the mens. Thin odds but fingers crossed one of them makes it!

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Ranah saved multiple match points to recover from *2-5 in the second to a tiebreak, but then played a bad one and lost 6-1 7-6(0). Was wild swings of form as usual but some good tennis in there.

Be nice to see her get to a position of being able to play a consistent pro schedule.

Sonay beat Lily 6-2 6-4.

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L16:- Sonay Kartal (GBR) WR275 [WC] def Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (GBR) WR147 [8] 6-2 6-4

L16:- Ranah Akua Stoiber (GBR) WR678 [Q] LOST TO Rebecca Marino (CAN) WR144 1-6 (0)6-7

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QF:- Sonay Kartal (GBR) WR275 [WC] v Kimberly Birrell (AUS) WR136

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A very tidy first set from Marni.

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That's a shame. Ella played well but missed two pretty routine backhands from 5-5* in the tiebreak to lose the first set. Her first serve has been pretty solid today especially the swingers but she doesn't seem to use her height as effectively as she could at times, watching today she's really not driving up with the legs at all.



-- Edited by PaulM on Thursday 20th of June 2024 12:13:51 PM

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Ella gave herself every chance in that first set

Played some good tennis

But two backhand errors, forcing the ball, lost her the last two points in the tiebreak

7-6(5) to the Thai player

 

ADD: I agree, Paul. Ella is one of those players where the top half is better than the bottom half. She leads with her arm, and gets good whip etc. But her legs don't really do the work she needs (unlike Marni, for instance) - she doesn't drive into the ground and is often too much on her toes



Marni was playing well. And then Ponchet - with her horribly ugly forehand with the weird grip - suddenly hit a couple of lines - and the break happened and the hold

And we're now into a third



-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 20th of June 2024 12:15:06 PM

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Yes CD I find Ponchets technique of the ground very weird to watch it's such an awkward, non-fluid swing.

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Oh Marni...

4-3 40-15*, loses the next 7 points to go down *0-40. Broken to 15. It's like she just flips a switch off when she thinks she's won the match and goes into shut down mode. Then of course because these girls are good and don't give up, she hasn't won the match at all and quickly turn it round and she then can't get herself back together. Horrible to watch (especially when it happens so often). 

 

Even there, she had a break point after Ponchet got tight serving for it and just did absolutely nothing with it, then seems annoyed her opponent hasn't just done the decent thing and handed it to her. So frustrating after doing so well to get herself into the right position.


Ella fighting hard from a break down and then break points down to turn the second set in her favour *4-3.





-- Edited by PaulM on Thursday 20th of June 2024 12:58:42 PM

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Yes....

Makes you want to cry (Marni, that is)

Talk about grabbing defeat out of the jaws of victory :( :( :(

She seems to go into cruise mode - and then it ALL goes south


But Ella has really battled hard and deservedly taked the second set :)


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Oh Marni, and indeed far from the first time ...

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Wow! Great win for Ella, into the QFs. Love to see these random results!

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Ella played some lovely stuff!

Hopefully Sonay wins her match and is promoted to MDWC, leaving Ella free to take a QWC (I know it's only one tournament, but you can't argue with 4 wins in a row on grass).

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Ella got better and better as it went on

Some really good depth and placement on the ball in that third set

Coz the Thai player was very solid, very good balance and movement, difficuly to outmanouervre, but even she got a little frustrated as that third set went on

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