JonH comes home wrote:

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Babfive wrote:

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Mika won. What happened in Hannah's match? The players have come off at 6-7 3-0 40-A* to Hannah.  

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 All three courts playing are suspended, according to live scores, presumably rain?

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 I couldn't see any rain when they came off (though it can be easy to see persistent light rain and the umpire did walk across the court rubbing his shoes on the court surface as if trying to see if it was slippery) but it was incredibly windy and leaves were blowing all over the place. Is it possible to suspend play because of wind? 

Really good effort from Daniella, but Hannah came through in the 3rd.

Mika and Brooke both won in straight sets, so semis are:

Mika v Ruby or Tegan

Brooke v Hannah

Tegan and Ruby are 4 all in the third set

You got three out of four, Rose - and the fourth was dead close

And no one else put it down on paper (as far as I can recall) so well done !

Nice to see Ruby doing well, though - she and Dani P are two of the 'other' players I've enjoyed watching over the years.

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Coup Droit wrote:

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You got three out of four, Rose - and the fourth was dead close

And no one else put it down on paper (as far as I can recall) so well done !

Nice to see Ruby doing well, though - she and Dani P are two of the 'other' players I've enjoyed watching over the years.

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 I like Ruby but I thought Tegan would hit a lot of winners on the hard court. Not sure if the wind affected Tegan but she didnt seem to dominate as much as she can. They are all in the same situation though. Well done to Ruby 

Dani deserved that first set but I thought Hannah looked poor overall. Serve was a bit of a problem and there were a lot of unforced errors. Missed a lot of returns as well and although Daniella has a nice first serve its not at the level Hannah should be used to 

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 Perhaps Hannah is still back on the clay, game wise, and not really adapted her game back for the faster surface?

JonH comes home wrote:

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Rose wrote:

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Coup Droit wrote:

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You got three out of four, Rose - and the fourth was dead close

And no one else put it down on paper (as far as I can recall) so well done !

Nice to see Ruby doing well, though - she and Dani P are two of the 'other' players I've enjoyed watching over the years.

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 I like Ruby but I thought Tegan would hit a lot of winners on the hard court. Not sure if the wind affected Tegan but she didnt seem to dominate as much as she can. They are all in the same situation though. Well done to Ruby 

Dani deserved that first set but I thought Hannah looked poor overall. Serve was a bit of a problem and there were a lot of unforced errors. Missed a lot of returns as well and although Daniella has a nice first serve its not at the level Hannah should be used to 

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 Perhaps Hannah is still back on the clay, game wise, and not really adapted her game back for the faster surface?

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 Thats what it looked like

Makes me think the nationals are too early and should be nearer the end of the clay court season. Wouldnt matter if it was much closer to Wimbledon time. The top players are putting a lot of work in to do well on clay and then have to step straight back to this with little hard court preparation.

It hasn't been plain sailing but the girls' final is now the 'dream final'

FINAL: (1) Mika v (2) Hannah

Mika won easily - Hannah started well, had a lot of trouble in the middle of the second set (the score does not reflect that), but then found the second far easier after she'd won the first

Coup Droit wrote:

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It hasn't been plain sailing but the girls' final is now the 'dream final'

FINAL: (1) Mika v (2) Hannah

Mika won easily - Hannah started well, had a lot of trouble in the middle of the second set (the score does not reflect that), but then found the second far easier after she'd won the first

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The second boys semi went to 3 sets but Ben took it, so the final there is: 

FINAL: (1) Oli v (2) Ben

All the top seeds in the finals!