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PaulM · Tennis legend

Girls: 2025 Wimbledon, grass (Week 28)

DF · Tennis legend

She wins ! 3-6 6-3 7-6(6)

-- Edited by DF on Sunday 6th of July 2025 03:54:18 PM

DavidC · Tennis legend

Great scalp for Daniella (Vujovic is a top 10 junior despite her lightweight game) who weaved some nice patterns of play in the bits I saw.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Brooke lost 2-6 6-4 6-2

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Mega congrats to Dani

A welcome respite in a not very happy day

She thoroughly deserved that, from what I saw

And was one of the only players who looked cool and collected (although she probably wasn't)

Unlike Hollie and Megan, she didn't grimace and do battle with the ball on each shot, a lot of shots were guided left and right, and then she'd put a little more oomph on it

And some very brave drive volleys in there

Luna's had a nightmare recently - she won the J500 and then hasn't won a match since

But she's still a top player

Mervatron2 · Challenger level

Cracking win from Dani.

Is that 4 through now? Bit disappointing when you consider the calibre of players we have right now and being a home slam on grass which some of these players have never played on before.

Oscariyan · Club Coach

Excellent win for Daniella - so clutch at critical moments towards the end of the match!

-- Edited by Oscariyan on Sunday 6th of July 2025 04:08:41 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Mervatron2 wrote:
Cracking win from Dani.

Is that 4 through now? Bit disappointing when you consider the calibre of players we have right now and being a home slam on grass which some of these players have never played on before.

Maybe theh calibre isn't so great hmm

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Allez, Ruby !

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Lovely first set, Ruby

never really rated Friedman but Ruby went through that set like a dose of salts

DF · Tennis legend

and Ruby wins too smile

Oscariyan · Club Coach

Never seen Ruby play, any info on her and what her potential could be?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Oscariyan wrote:
Never seen Ruby play, any info on her and what her potential could be?

She's at the Loughborough academy, I believe, so very well thought of

A nice fluid game, good leg bend, a pleasing style

Can't remember if she's signed up for college - Lambda will know

9vicman · Futures qualifying

In terms of calibre of player, sometimes you can have a world class player, sometimes a number of players competing in bigger events, ideally you have both.

I remember French media talking about France having four world class players in Gasquet, Monfils, Simon and Tsonga, and Britain having a three-time Grand Slam champion in Andy Murray. Which is better? Am sure a lot of people would prefer to have a champion, but France is a much better example of a successful nation.

Looking at current British juniors, would we rather have three potentially world class players in Klugman, Stojsavljevic and Xu, or five players with the potential of winning multiple matches but no chance of winning a junior Slam. I don't think we can get too binary here.

For me as a Grand Slam nation, are we producing enough players competing at the highest levels, I would say not yet, but certainly an improvement on recent decades.

DavidC · Tennis legend

All the 5 winners are in the bottom half, which ends the unlikely possibility of an all-GB final. Unlike the women's draw there were few seeded casualties - Mika (7) being the highest.

Tomorrow sees the girls play singles only. Mimi is third on 12 (after Joe/Neal) while Hannah is first on court 18. Flora, Ruby and Daniella follow each other on court 4

R1 (L64)

(Q) Eugenia Zozaya Menendez (ESP) d. (WC) Megan Knight 6-2 6-3
(9) Jana Kovackova (CZE) d. (WC) Allegra Korpanec Davies 6-1 6-3
Mia Pohankova (SVK) d. (7) Mika Stojsavljevic 7-6(4) 6-1
Vendula Valdmannova (CZE) d. (WC) Daniela Piani 7-5 6-4
(Q) Kanon Sawashiro (JPN) d. (WC) Brooke Black 2-6 6-4 6-2
(WC) Daniella Britton d. (8) Luna Vujovic (SRB) 6-3 3-6 7-6(6)
Mingge Xu d. Thea Frodin (USA) 2-6 6-4 7-5
(WC) Ruby Cooling d. (Q) Leena Freedman (USA) 6-1 6-4
(Q) Lea Nilsson (SWE) d. (Q) Hephzibah Oluwadare 6-2 6-2
(WC) Flora Johnson d. Sarah Melany Fajmonova (CZE) 6-3 6-1
(13) Charo Esquiva Banuls (ESP) d. (WC) Hollie Smart 6-3 6-3
(2) Hannah Klugman d. Sol Ailin Larraya Guidi (ARG) 6-4 6-0

R2

(WC) Daniella Britton v Tahlia Kokkinis (AUS)
Mingge Xu v (12) Alena Kovackova (CZE)
(16) Rositsa Dencheva (BUL) v (WC) Ruby Cooling
(6) Julieta Pareja (USA) v (WC) Flora Johnson
Anastasija Cvetkovic (SRB) v (2) Hannah Klugman