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Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: Boys & Girls: 2025 US Open (week 36)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Great to have Mika, Hannah and Oliver all through to the last 8

paulisi · Tennis legend

Jajon wrote:
I always thought Mika had more of a game that could transition well to the seniors, no? Aka shes an aggressive baseliner not one of the juniors who can just run for days? Or is that not fair assessment?

She reminds me in style of Jodie Burrage.

Mika is a bit one dimensional at the moment, but a bit more consistency and with some finesse, she should do OK.

She is the same age as Hannah, but Hannah is such a different type of player. Almost as powerful, but better movement and much better defensively and much more control.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Mika was a lead story in the ITF today. The article mentions in passing that she lost at Wimbledon in round 1 to eventual champion Mia Pohankova, who she faces next. Speaking of Mia, she is now on court with Hannah playing doubles (the other 2 Brits should be on shortly for their doubles R2)

R3

(9) Mika Stojsavljevic d. (6) Jana Kovackova (CZE) 5-7 8-1 7-5
(2) Hannah Klugman d. Julie Pastikova (CZE) 1-6 6-3 6-4

QF

(4) Mia Pohankova (SVK) v (9) Mika Stojsavljevic
(5) Julia Stusek (GER) v (2) Hannah Klugman

paulisi · Tennis legend

I notice that the top seed and the third seed on the girls both lost today

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

How many of these girls is Jeremy Bates coaching ? In New York he seems to be watching Mika but at Wimbledon he seemed to be coaching Sonay. I thought Ian Bates was in charge of the women's tennis but are they one of the same?

dodrade · Futures qualifying

DavidC wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
paulisi wrote:
Hannah was very good in that final set against a very decent opponent.
Really? I didn't think 'very good' at all - but she got the job done, despite lots of UEs, and being well behind the ball which caused her a lot of problems - the shot after the serve was causing her ungodly problems, especially when the ball came onto her
And her opponent has had very mediorcre results and performances recently - if she looked good today, it was because Hannah allowed her to be good.
But there is certainly a good shout for being able to win ugly. And Hannah did that yesterday. And again today. And, given she says that juniors is just about practice, not winning, she's managed to win her way to the QFs, and that's great
Colette (Zootennis) quoted Hannah on the subject of winning ugly yesterday - perhaps she will recycle the quote today:

"One of the major improvements Klugman sees in her game now compared to a year ago, is an ability to win ugly, as she did today, although the third set was at a much higher level than the first two.

"I was struggling to get through matches not playing well," said Klugman, the Roland Garros girls finalist this year. "Like today, I wasn't playing well, but I found a way to win, and to have that attribute is massive. I couldn't accept playing badly, and if I played badly, I'd lose. I couldn't find a way to win, but now I'm finding ways.

Winning ugly is a good skill to have but it would be preferable if Hannah didn't keep giving opponents a first set head start before starting to play well.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

All 3 singles players left are in action today , Hannah and Oli both on Louis Armstrong Arena.

I see all the doubles pairs went out - had high hopes in the girls doubles that one of Hannah or Mika may get to the final, as top two seeds, but not to be.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

dodrade wrote:
DavidC wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
paulisi wrote:
Hannah was very good in that final set against a very decent opponent.
Really? I didn't think 'very good' at all - but she got the job done, despite lots of UEs, and being well behind the ball which caused her a lot of problems - the shot after the serve was causing her ungodly problems, especially when the ball came onto her
And her opponent has had very mediorcre results and performances recently - if she looked good today, it was because Hannah allowed her to be good.
But there is certainly a good shout for being able to win ugly. And Hannah did that yesterday. And again today. And, given she says that juniors is just about practice, not winning, she's managed to win her way to the QFs, and that's great
Colette (Zootennis) quoted Hannah on the subject of winning ugly yesterday - perhaps she will recycle the quote today:

"One of the major improvements Klugman sees in her game now compared to a year ago, is an ability to win ugly, as she did today, although the third set was at a much higher level than the first two.

"I was struggling to get through matches not playing well," said Klugman, the Roland Garros girls finalist this year. "Like today, I wasn't playing well, but I found a way to win, and to have that attribute is massive. I couldn't accept playing badly, and if I played badly, I'd lose. I couldn't find a way to win, but now I'm finding ways.
Winning ugly is a good skill to have but it would be preferable if Hannah didn't keep giving opponents a first set head start before starting to play well.

Well said

It'll be lovely when Hannah decides to play well AS WELL AS fights back well

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

From Colette Lewis, re Oliver:

In the biggest upset of the day in the boys draw, No. 14 seed Oliver Bonding of Great Britain defeated No. 2 seed Andres Santamarta Roig of Spain 6-3, 6-4, capitalizing on the fast courts to make his final junior slam by far his most successful one.

Bonding was 0-10 in junior slams prior to this week, so his 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(0) win over Jack Secord in the first round was, as he described it, a relief.

"It's been tough," said the 18-year-old, who received entry to Roland Garros based on his ranking in 2023 and has played every junior slam since. "I've haven't performed the way I've wanted to in the slams. I got myself into the slams early, had a couple of tough draws at the start, but I really didn't perform to my level. I think coming in here I just wanted to enjoy it, I knew it would be my last slam and here I was just trying to be more relaxed, framing it a little differently, just go out there and have fun. I was close to going out here in the first too, down 4-2 in the third, so everything now is just a bonus for me."

Bonding had beaten Santamarta on clay last year, and the faster surface here in New York tilted the match even more in his favor.

"I was more aggressive and also more stable from the back," said the 6-foot-4 right-hander. "The speed of the court kind of showed and he was uncomfortable with the ball in play."

Bonding was cruising to the finish line on the Grandstand court, up 5-4, 40-15, but he botch a forehand sitter at the net, sending it well wide. He missed his first serve on the second match point, but got an error from Santamarta to convert it.

"I had that easy forehand, I was definitely tight going into the second one, missed the first serve," Bonding said. "But it was kind of the story of the match, that last match point. I was a little more stable in the rally and he kind of wanted to pull the trigger and missed."

Var · Futures qualifying

Hannah wins the first set 6-3 and Mika wins the first set in her match against the Wimbledon champion 6-4.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And Mika wins, getting revenge over the Wimbly champion who beat her in R1 in July

B00thy · Club Coach

And Hannah wins .. but I couldn't find anywhere to watch the match

Jan · Hall of fame

Excellent!!!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Hannah looked really in control today - Stusek is a rather flaky player - a big different - runs in when you're not expecting it - that sort of thing
But Hannah was just cool and collected - not doing anything amazing but doing enough, and with a margin
Quite bizarre considering her previous matches

Mika's match turned on the first set, I feel

First set was close, really hard fought

And then Mika, having won it, seemed to swing a lot more freely and really landed some crackers