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paulisi · Tennis legend

Boys & Girls: 2025 French Open, clay (Week 23)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

excellent, well done Hannah!!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Lilli won in three sets a couple of months ago

And has had slightly easier matches - Hannah looked a little puffed at the end of that match today

But she did brilliantly, I thought - to make herself play on the front foot, when she knows she has a tendency to retreat. Some super forehands. The serve was good (that second serve ace on break point in the third was just priceless). And some great anticipation near the net

She started slicing too much in the third but I think that was tiredness. The moonballs are questionable but they do serve a purposed.

Var · Satellite level

Well done Hannah!

simon381 · Lower Club Player

I think Hannah will be WR3 after this tournament unless Lilli Tagger wins both the singles and the doubles in which case she will be WR4.

B00thy · Strong Club Player

Coup Droit wrote:
Lilli won in three sets a couple of months ago

And has had slightly easier matches - Hannah looked a little puffed at the end of that match today

But she did brilliantly, I thought - to make herself play on the front foot, when she knows she has a tendency to retreat. Some super forehands. The serve was good (that second serve ace on break point in the third was just priceless). And some great anticipation near the net

She started slicing too much in the third but I think that was tiredness. The moonballs are questionable but they do serve a purposed.

Fab result! Thanks for the summary of her match CD

-- Edited by B00thy on Friday 6th of June 2025 02:26:58 PM

Shhh · Challenger level

What a great accomplishment to make the final here from young Hannah, so nice to see

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/cgmjd9d00v7o

Made the BBC sports coverage

And Sky

www.skysports.com/tennis/news/32455/13379972/french-open-hannah-klugman-16-books-girls-final-spot-at-roland-garros

Mervatron2 · Challenger level

Excellent news Hannah.

If she were to win, have we ever had two different junior grandslams champs at the same time?

Var · Satellite level

Mervatron2 wrote:
Excellent news Hannah.

If she were to win, have we ever had two different junior grandslams champs at the same time?

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Jan · Hall of fame

Well done Hannah!!!!!!!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Germany are having a bit of a standout tournament

They've got TWO boys in the boys' singles final - title guaranteed for them

And two girls, playing together, in the girls' doubles final

paulisi · Tennis legend

Hannah has deferred her GCSE exams until Nov, presumably to focus on this tournament and Wimbledon.

I expect she will target junior no.1 ranking and all the exemptions and other rewards that generates, then play the main tour fully.

Var · Satellite level

paulisi wrote:
Hannah has deferred her GCSE exams until Nov, presumably to focus on this tournament and Wimbledon.

I expect she will target junior no.1 ranking and all the exemptions and other rewards that generates, then play the main tour fully.

Also pick up a junior slam, or two on the way? Seems a good decision for Hannah. A little bit more time before seniors never did anyone any harm. Wish her well.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
Hannah has deferred her GCSE exams until Nov, presumably to focus on this tournament and Wimbledon.

I expect she will target junior no.1 ranking and all the exemptions and other rewards that generates, then play the main tour fully.

I wasn't aware that being #1 gave you anything special, does it?

I know that being top-5 does, and then there's top-10 and top-20, but not sure about no. 1?

Not that it's not nice to be#1, of course

Calculations have her at #3 at the moment, based on all results of everyone this week