Week 49 - ITF W50 Tampa, USA - Clay

the addict · Tennis legend

Week 49 - ITF W50 Tampa, USA - Clay

indiana · Tennis legend

Careful Hannah, got to watch these youngsters!

the addict · Tennis legend

Doubles

L16:- Tara Moore (GBR) / Annali Olivelle (GBR) CR1585 (267+1318) v Ayana Akli (USA) / Abigail Rencheli (USA) CR1624 (699+925)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Careful Hannah, got to watch these youngsters!

Seriously, if Hannah can't beat Welles, I will ..... I will...... well, I'm not actually sure what I'll do but it'll be pretty drastic biggrin

the addict · Tennis legend

L32:- Tara Moore (GBR) WR1094/SR389 lost to Thaisa Grana Pedretti (BRA) WR496 3-6 1-6

the addict · Tennis legend

L32:- Hannah Klugman (GBR) WR611/JR13/15yo [JE] def Welles Newman (USA) UNR/UNR/14yo [WC] 6-3 6-3

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Welles is JWR 276, born 2010

And, tbh, she played very well in that match - far more on the front foot than Hannah who was rather scrambling around for a lot of it

But, Hannah was solid when she needed to be and got the job done

(Do wish her coaches would get her to step in sometimes and take the ball a little earlier, though, and not fall off the ball when she hits her attacking forehand)

the addict · Tennis legend

L16:- Tara Moore (GBR) / Annali Olivelle (GBR) CR1585 (267+1318) lost to Ayana Akli (USA) / Abigail Rencheli (USA) CR1624 (699+925) 2-6 2-6

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Hannah will now play fellow-junior Wakana Sonobe, age 16, who beat Mimi and then lost in the US Open Juniors final to Mika

Oscariyan · Strong Club Player

Come on Hannah, lets see some attacking front foot all guns blazing tennis :)

Strongbow · All-time great

the addict wrote:
L16:- Tara Moore (GBR) / Annali Olivelle (GBR) CR1585 (267+1318) lost to Ayana Akli (USA) / Abigail Rencheli (USA) CR1624 (699+925) 2-6 2-6

cry cry

the addict · Tennis legend

L16:- Hannah Klugman (GBR) WR613/JR12/15yo [JE] v Wakana Sonobe (JPN) WR855/JR8/16yo [WC]

See narrative above wink

Lambda · Challenger level

If the plan was to come here and get some match practice against experienced pros on green clay to help her prepare for an Orange Bowl defence then that's not going so well. Although Sonobe may provide a challenge for her, I doubt playing junior WCs is what she's here for. hmm

Lambda · Challenger level

I'd rather she lost a match against an experienced player having learned a few things she can apply next week than played a match where she learned nothing.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Lambda wrote:
If the plan was to come here and get some match practice against experienced pros on green clay to help her prepare for an Orange Bowl defence then that's not going so well. Although Sonobe may provide a challenge for her, I doubt playing junior WCs is what she's here for.

So the answer is simple - she'll just have to beat Sonobe - simples

and then she'll get either 25 year-old Pedretti or Cate McNally, your perfect experienced pros opponents