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GAMEOVER · Futures qualifying

RE: Girls: 2026 Wimbledon (Week 27)

Lambda_ · Lower Club Player

indiana wrote:
When did Bates get so involved with Mika?

Last summer when she graduated from the National Academy and moved on to the Pro-Scholarship Program. On the PSP, the LTA will decide whether to allocate a LTA coach in place of a portion of the funding.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Daniella and Edie keep British interest going in the doubles

R3

(Q) Anna Pircher (AUT) v (WC) Daniella Britton Ct 7 match 1

Doubles R1 (L32)

(WC) Britton/Griffiths d. Hermanova/Sekerkova (CZE) 6-3 6-4
Clarke/Traynor (USA) d. (WC) Bekker/Zingg 6-3 6-2

R2

Hazelitt/Newman (USA) v (WC) Britton/Griffiths

Fastfour · Newbie

First post for me but have followed the forum for a while.

Excited to be going tomorrow so will see Dani play and maybe some of Rhys before the senior stuff.

Will be an awesome day to see another Surrey boy going far

JonH · Tennis legend

Fastfour wrote:
First post for me but have followed the forum for a while.

Excited to be going tomorrow so will see Dani play and maybe some of Rhys before the senior stuff.

Will be an awesome day to see another Surrey boy going far

Welcome to the forum, and enjoy your day!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Fastfour wrote:
First post for me but have followed the forum for a while.

Excited to be going tomorrow so will see Dani play and maybe some of Rhys before the senior stuff.

Will be an awesome day to see another Surrey boy going far

Welcome!

Have a great day

And any little firsthand reports are always really appreciated:)

Jan · Hall of fame

Yes, welcome Fastfour! Have a great day!

DF · Tennis legend

Welcome Fastfour. Looking forward to hear how you enjoyed your day smile

Fastfour · Newbie

Dani has a lot of power on both forehand and serve. Really goes for her second serve. Needs to keep up the intensity and focus in the points as a few shots going into net unnecessarily.

She has an issue with one of her hands though after an early slip.

Overall a very strong and impressive 15 year old
4-5 down in first after being broken

DF · Tennis legend

DavidC wrote:

R3

(Q) Anna Pircher (AUT) v (WC) Daniella Britton

Dani got the first set in the tie-break but not much is going her way in the second set 7-6(4) 1-5

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Both players have played really poorly, IMO, for the whole of the match

The number of errors is horrendous, and the lack of dynamism - it looks like they're wading through mud

Into a third

sammmm · Club Coach

GAMEOVER wrote:
Has Mika been doing some exams recenty?

Next year is A-Levels for Mika so this was meant to be a more tennis focused year with next year being more about exams

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Dani will be extremely disappointed with that match

Maybe it was because of the heat, but both girls were playing horribly

Dani hit over 50 UEs

Anna not many less (although she wound it in a bit towards the end, which was intelligent)

Everything was so slow and laboured

It looked more like a J100 than a Grand Slam

Don't think it was her left hand either, because it was the running, the footwork, and the armspeed that caused the errors - indeed, she ended up slicing all her backhands (i.e. using just her left hand)

But, hey, it's done, she did well, but this is really a match where Dani failed to turn up and get going, and that was a real shame, as so did Anna (to a lesser extent)

DF · Tennis legend

She needs to put all that behind her for now and look forward to her doubles with Edie.

DavidC · Tennis legend

All over for the British girls

R3

(Q) Anna Pircher (AUT) d. (WC) Daniella Britton 6-7(4) 6-1 6-1

Doubles R2

Hazelitt/Newman (USA) d. (WC) Britton/Griffiths 6-7(3) 6-2 [10-2]