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Rose


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Coup Droit wrote:

I only saw 10 mins of two matches yesterday

Firstly, and for no real reason, I saw a bit of the first set of Honey Robinson v Lainee Ngassam

Which was a pretty poor match, although they're very young, these players, but even for U11s....

And I saw Hermione Korpanec-Davies, on Rosie's nod, v Katie Randall

This was a very good match - although it's the U14s and you naturally expect a far higher technical level

Katie was the player with the best serve in girls I've seen this week - nice to see someone at this age actually have a serve that is a weapon. (Note - I've only been dipping into the 'other' girls' matches, not Megan, Dani etc - leave that for the latter stages). And she won, and deservedly so, playing good tennis

However, Katie is 2010, and Hermione is 2011, which is important to note. Hermione put out some decent tennis too, good fitness, well trained, but a little prone to slap the ball.

 Katies mum is a tennis coach and even from 8U/9U has been really keen to make sure Katie has developed  game for older years. Shes never just tapped the ball to get it in. Lost matches because of it in orange and green ball but paying off now. Yes, I like Hermione KD a lot. Like her fight and movement. Prefer Grace but still think Hermione will go a long way. We shall see! 



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I like the sound of Katie's mum :)

There's a lot of youngsters who play the 'get the ball in at all cost' sort of game - and it largely goes nowhere

Grace Watson is definitely a fave - I was really impressed when I saw her (albeit on livestream) a few months ago in whichever event it was - I marked her down

(Not convinced about Hermione, but she's got a serious tennis family behind her which will certainly help)



-- Edited by Coup Droit on Wednesday 21st of August 2024 09:16:02 AM

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And Rosie and I might have smiles - super win for 2011-born Grace Watson against 2010-Daisy Wootton - it was a very decent, enjoyable match

Also, just to note, the matches I've seen recently have been very fairplay - there were several balls that both Daisy Wootton and Katie Randall 'could' have called out, if they'd been that way inclined - the balls were definitely 'in' but I've seen other players call such balls out

(the other girls were absolutely fair too, but these two has several balls that struck me)

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Coup Droit wrote:

And Rosie and I might have smiles - super win for 2011-born Grace Watson against 2010-Daisy Wootton - it was a very decent, enjoyable match

Also, just to note, the matches I've seen recently have been very fairplay - there were several balls that both Daisy Wootton and Katie Randall 'could' have called out, if they'd been that way inclined - the balls were definitely 'in' but I've seen other players call such balls out

(the other girls were absolutely fair too, but these two has several balls that struck me)

 Im not saying it will be yet but I think Grace is going to be the strongest female player to have come from Dorset/west Hants club for a while. Same club and county as Daniella but I think in a year or two Gracie is going to be beating her. 



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Yes, it's a very decent game for a 2011-player

(I'm hoping Gracie's wings will spread a little wider than 'best propsect in Dorset/West Hants' )

Katie Randall won her QF quite easily, from what I saw in the first set

Ginny had an MTO at one point, and looked rather down and dejected

And then I think she retired - hope she's OK



-- Edited by Coup Droit on Wednesday 21st of August 2024 11:18:51 AM

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Coup Droit wrote:

Yes, it's a very decent game for a 2011-player

(I'm hoping Gracie's wings will spread a little wider than 'best propsect in Dorset/West Hants' )

Katie Randall won her QF quite easily, from what I saw in the first set

Ginny had an MTO at one point, and looked rather down and dejected

And then I think she retired - hope she's OK



-- Edited by Coup Droit on Wednesday 21st of August 2024 11:18:51 AM

 Yes I probably didnt phrase that very well!!!

I was comparing her favourably to Dani (who is currently the top ranked 14U girl in GB) as they are at the same club, with the same coaches and from the same county. I do think Grace will be the better of the two so will also be top GB/Europe in time. I just didnt make it sound like that! 

 



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Sure, I get you, Rosie

NB You're call on the U11s is spot on - the match between Sahara and Coco is a super match for U11s

(And I know that Sahara is only 2014, 10 years old)

Coco plays a tight, nice, correct game - far better than quite a lot of the U12s

And Sahara is far more fluid, a bit of everything, but some really surprising skills

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Coup Droit wrote:

Sure, I get you, Rosie

NB You're call on the U11s is spot on - the match between Sahara and Coco is a super match for U11s

(And I know that Sahara is only 2014, 10 years old)

Coco plays a tight, nice, correct game - far better than quite a lot of the U12s

And Sahara is far more fluid, a bit of everything, but some really surprising skills

 I should have had more faith in Coco definitely beating Chloe. I knew if she did then she would push Sahara but as Coco has been injured this year (had to withdraw from a couple of big events) I wasnt sure how her fitness would hold up. Shes not striking quite as freely as usual and is making some uncharacteristic mistakes but theres still a lot to like. Trains there at Nottingham alongside Hollie Ruck and Evie Pritchard. Evie never got out the box stage and that has been the only big surprise to me in the 11U girls so far.



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I gather from your comments previously that Sahara sometimes acts up? 'bad attitude'?

I've only watched this match (and not all of it) but I guess, if she does, she's only 10 and has a bit to learn in that department

However, she does have a really large amount of natural talent - reminds me a little of a young Hannah Klugman

Exciting to watch

And Coco played a super match too, I though

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In the midst of all this, a big mega congrats to Scott Watson who is our GB U14 National Champion 2024

A tight, three-set match, not much in it, really; both boys put on a good performance, feel a little sorrt for Eric as he lost the final last year, I think, too

But Scott played well - earlier this year I'd remarked that he played good shots but didn't really play them at the right time - he's getting a little more strategic in his play now, pleased to say, better schemas of play



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From the bits Ive seen with the top seeds in the Under 14s theyve generally been a class above the others.

Megan Knight has looked particularly impressive. She definitely has a lot of potential moving forward. Hope to see her play8ng some ITFs soon.

Ive liked the fight Ive seen in a lot of the younger players too.

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Btw, well done to Scott too.

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As CD indicated it was the second successive defeat for Eric in the under 14 finals - last year Niall Pickerd-Barua, the other member of the World Junior Tennis U14 squad, was the beneficiary (explaining also why he wasn't here)

Boys U14 F

(2) Scott Watson d. (1) Eric Lorimer 7-6(3) 4-6 6-4

U11 F

Max Hodkinson v Cameron Rae

Girls U14 SF

(1) Daniella Britton v (7) Grace Watson
(6) Katie Randall v (2) Megan Knight

U11 F

Sahara Baptiste v Honey Robinson



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Dorset bragging rights went to Daniella, as both the top seeds were untroubled in the under 14s. Max and Sahara take the under 11 titles

Boys U11 F

Max Hodkinson d. Cameron Rae 6-3 6-2

Girls U14 SF

(1) Daniella Britton d. (7) Grace Watson 6-2 6-0
(2) Megan Knight d. (6) Katie Randall 6-3 6-0

F

(1) Daniella Britton v (2) Megan Knight


U11 F

Sahara Baptiste d. Honey Robinson 6-3 6-3

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Excited by the extremely natural tennis that Sahara puts out there, especially being one year young, only having turned 10 this year

Megan is also one year young (as is Grace) - looking forward to that final - Megan looks a lot stronger, growing up, putting on muscle - it's good to see

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