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Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: Week 35 - WTT W50 Leiria, Portugal - Hard

the addict · Tennis legend

I think that is Hannah's first senior title, and won in style.

SuperT · Futures level

Lovely win for Hannah which I think will give her a new CH and take her into the GB top 10. Good news for those who have her in their EOY predictions!

Madadman · Grand Slam Champion

Excellent stuff. A first senior title. Hopefully that this can be the 1st of many.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Coup Droit wrote:
Julia Carrot wrote:
Second set was topsy turvy and Hannah lost it 4-6.there was a med time out- I think for Fruhvirtova h, and now Hannah 4-0 up in final set.
The MTO was for Hannah - her leg
And she looked a little despondent at the end of the set - took a bathroom break
And came back, took the ball on, went after the serve a bit, even forced some DFs
And Linda got a little flat - she could see it slipping away
And Hannah ended up winning it easily in the end
A W50 title - doesn't that sound nice ????

Ah thanks, I wasn't sure; makes it even more of an achievement if she was suffering with a niggle.

Yes, a W50 title - brilliant. Really pleased for her.

the addict · Tennis legend

SuperT wrote:
Lovely win for Hannah which I think will give her a new CH and take her into the GB top 10. Good news for those who have her in their EOY predictions!

Twenty people have Hannah in their predictions, with an avarage of GB #9 and WR251. She's well on the way, and a big increase from GB 22 and WR652 on 15/12/2025

Priesty · ATP qualifying

Well done Kluggers! Definitely hope to see her kicking on now and achieving some of her undoubted potential, we've been waiting a while.

indiana · Tennis legend

SuperT wrote:
Lovely win for Hannah which I think will give her a new CH and take her into the GB top 10. Good news for those who have her in their EOY predictions!

Yes, Hannah will certainly have clinched a new CH. The next rankings update is not until 14/09 but she is now live ranked 342 against her CH 365.

And even firmer into the GB #10 position ( reaching the final here had initially got her there in the live rankings ).

Ready to add more next week? ( as long as that leg isn't an issue, no point in taking chances, but she did do well in the 3rd set )

And no ranking points to defend until next year !! The only way for the rest of this year is up

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Hannah said in her victory speech that Katie Boulter's ex-coach Biljana Veselinovi was inher camp this week in Leiria (as well as Ben)

I wonder if it's Biljana who made the difference

Because it was very clear from watching her today in particular, and this week in general, that she was playing in a far more positive way, further up the court, less slice, following into the net on a pretty regular basis, really taking control and either winning or losing the points on her terms

She also, for instance, usaully goes for quite ambitious second serves, she's got several that she keeps going for, and nails one in four, with a lot of DFs. But today she was basically rolling her second serve in - which was spot on adivce as Linda wasn't doing anything with it

And someone had obviously told her to do that

So I think it's very likely that, along with Ben who brings familiarity and confidence, Biljana added a bit more pep, some clearer tactics, that played to her strengths

(PS the addict, not a huge deal, but it was 7-5 in the first set, not 7-6)

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Sunday 6th of September 2026 07:03:44 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

Very interesting. Thanks CD

the addict · Tennis legend

Lots of info in this thread to make up a POM nomination for Hannah.

adz1983 · Strong Club Player

Hannah is the 7th highest ranked under 18 now. And actually only 2 of those 7 are younger than her.

indiana · Tennis legend

adz1983 wrote:
Hannah is the 7th highest ranked under 18 now. And actually only 2 of those 7 are younger than her.

Good stuff. Mika is still ahead of her of course at #4.

It's good to see. Great if in the future they could play really well for a period at the same time..We seem to have had Hannah time then Mika time and back to Hannah time. But paths at their ages up to now I guess can't be expected to be linear as they develop their games.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

adz1983 wrote:
Hannah is the 7th highest ranked under 18 now. And actually only 2 of those 7 are younger than her.

Well, Julieta Pareja is higher and is exactly the same age - does she count ? smile

Luna is only fractionally higher too, in the live-ranks for tomorrow, it's basically the same

It's only Kris Liutova (2010) who is in a different league at the moment

As Indy says, it's nice for focus to go in swings and roundabouts on our top juniors

Of course, a year or so ago, the LTA were crowing that we had three of the best in the world

But Mimi had now dropped out for a while, and gone to college - which is great, and she may well be back later with a vengeance but the can has been kicked down the road for the time being

And, yes, Mika has gone a little AWOL in the past few months. And Hannah had a pretty mediocre first few months to the year.

The LTA must be a little concerned (and Meg Knight has also had a poor year and hasn't stepped up to take top junior mantle - Dani B has but hasn't really had the high profile results or attention)

But today really gave Hannah a boost

Will be interesting to see if she plays next week

She hasn't got a huge number of adult events left in her quota so she'll have to take that into account

Priesty · ATP qualifying

Coup Droit wrote:
Hannah said in her victory speech that Katie Boulter's ex-coach Biljana Veselinovi was inher camp this week in Leiria (as well as Ben)

I wonder if it's Biljana who made the difference

Because it was very clear from watching her today in particular, and this week in general, that she was playing in a far more positive way, further up the court, less slice, following into the net on a pretty regular basis, really taking control and either winning or losing the points on her terms

She also, for instance, usaully goes for quite ambitious second serves, she's got several that she keeps going for, and nails one in four, with a lot of DFs. But today she was basically rolling her second serve in - which was spot on adivce as Linda wasn't doing anything with it

And someone had obviously told her to do that

So I think it's very likely that, along with Ben who brings familiarity and confidence, Biljana added a bit more pep, some clearer tactics, that played to her strengths
(PS the addict, not a huge deal, but it was 7-5 in the first set, not 7-6)

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Sunday 6th of September 2026 07:03:44 PM

Bill and Ben.....clearly a good combination for Hannah......