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Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Boys & Girls: J60 Loughborough, GB - hard (inside) (Week 41)

Rose · Lower Club Player

From what I understand, the LTA are very excited about her and she has already made a lot of progress just in a few weeks at the national academy. She is a fantastic athlete and hits a very very good ball. I think she has the potential to go a lot further than any other British teenager

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

She was amazingly impressive at the nationals - in all areas

And speed of progress is a key thing

And not being at the NTC is no bad thing - there's a lot of Hannah's programme which I don't think was wise decision making

simon381 · Lower Club Player

Coup Droit wrote:

An easy win for 13 year old Aril Sackflame

This is a J60 title, at her first effort, at only age 13 and 6 months

One swallow does not a summer make and all that but its miles better than any other GB player has done in the 10 years or so

Fantastic result - one to look out for.

Do remember that Ms Klugman won a pair of J100 titles aged 13 years 1 month.

Although I wonder about her move to the NTC and whether she would have been suited elsewhere.

-- Edited by simon381 on Friday 10th of October 2025 01:48:47 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Archie came up short

As did Pui in the girls dubs

But youngsters Aran and Niall took the boys doubles title

Var · Futures qualifying

Does Aril have her own thread yet? Just wondered if it was worth having progress all in one spot.

indiana · Tennis legend

Rose wrote:
From what I understand, the LTA are very excited about her and she has already made a lot of progress just in a few weeks at the national academy. She is a fantastic athlete and hits a very very good ball. I think she has the potential to go a lot further than any other British teenager

That's some recommendation to keep on watching April's progress!! All the best to her.

Oscariyan · Club Coach

Incredible from April - all sounds very promising!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Var wrote:
Does Aril have her own thread yet? Just wondered if it was worth having progress all in one spot.

Yes, she has one - created a few days ago

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Do fans of April need to be directed to here, per chance ?!

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Coup Droit · Tennis legend

simon381 wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:

An easy win for 13 year old Aril Sackflame

This is a J60 title, at her first effort, at only age 13 and 6 months

One swallow does not a summer make and all that but its miles better than any other GB player has done in the 10 years or so
Fantastic result - one to look out for.
Do remember that Ms Klugman won a pair of J100 titles aged 13 years 1 month.
Although I wonder about her move to the NTC and whether she would have been suited elsewhere.

-- Edited by simon381 on Friday 10th of October 2025 01:48:47 PM

Yes, good point, Hannah did - we called them J3s at the time, and I hadn't renamed them

But if April is setting off on a similar path, that's just fine

Mervatron2 · ATP qualifying

Very impressive indeed and nice to some someone else coming through yet again.