Just Hollie Smart as a British representative in the final J300 of the year. She takes on a qualifier with the 3rd seed already through to play the winner in round 2 - the 15th seed, who reached the semis in Merida is in the same section
It's really interesting how weak the year-end junior events in the States are these days. The Orange Bowl used to be the unofficial world championship, and now many players don't care about year-end No. 1.
I wonder why this is - I know that 10-20 years ago, rankings were really important for sponsorship and federation support. Has that lessened? Do people take a more holistic view nowadays?
