The Tara Moore fan club

Happycynic · Pro player

RE: The Tara Moore fan club

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Seems to be on the ALTS list for the American 25K next week.

Whether she'll play or not?

Salmon · Tennis legend

Tara due to play a 10K on hard in Turkey the week after next.

http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tournaments/tournamentacceptancelist.asp?tournament=1100017384&event=&order=Position

Time to get your career back on track!

The time she spent not playing (probabaly due to injuries) has affected her Junior ranking a lot - I'm afraid it'll make sense if she stops playing Juniors altogether now. Given her potential, next year should be her last in Juniors and if she's to have a chance at the Slams, she needs to finish this one inside the top 40. That will be tough given after her points from the G3 in US come off in three week's time, she'll have hardly anything.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Thought I'd use this as the Wimbly qualies thread is bein currently being used for more interesting stuff.

Very impressed with Tara's result considering the injury. Does the first round loss get her points?

I think she'll now do the women's tourneys on grass. She's also down for a G1 on clay in Germany from 8th July.

I'm not very happy with her doing normal Juniors once again.

Tara's just too highly rated for that! I want her playing just the Junior Slams and their respective warm ups till next Wimbly and maybe Eddie Herr and Orange Bowl where she can get WCs.

-- Edited by Greenleaf at 00:46, 2008-06-20

steven · Tennis legend

She gets 2 points for losing in QR1.

Peter too · Tennis legend

There is a limit on the number of senior events that a Junior can play and I suspect that Tara uses most of the allocation for her age.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Yeah, but most top players don't play Juniors regularly after their 16th birthday. I think Tara should try to get into exhos like Liverpool whenever possible to make up for the lack of tournaments.

I personally love what Larcher De Brito did with the problem of being too good for Juniors but too young for WTA - World Team Tennis. It gives the opportunity to play against quality players (which the Junior Tour often lacks) and money (which the Junior Tour always lacks), too. Obviously Tara will need to improve to get into a team (I think - no idea as I don't follow it), but she has that option with her American base.

Thanks for that, Steven.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Tara is still only 15.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Point. I shouldn't assume that she'll continue with Juniors after this one (and the one in Austria the week after) till she actually turns 16.

-- Edited by Greenleaf at 02:51, 2008-06-20

Salmon · Tennis legend

Of course, Tara withdrew from the two G1s and is playing in Felixstowe and Frinton.

Thank God that that is the case!

Sadly Tara will be made to play 16 and under tennis at the Euros.

This means she doesn't get to finish her quota of tournaments at Junior or women's level and also now she may not get a good seeding at USO Juniors qualies.

Why are the LTA so hell bent on screwing up our top Juniors? Who knows... sometimes I wonder if they're plainly ignorant or if there's something else.

briteny · Intermediate Club Player

I love to watch tara play tennis. Her stroke is so pretty. She is in the final National 18 under..

Salmon · Tennis legend

Tara withdrew from USO. Unless she is injured, it means that she's quitting Juniors or at least taking a break.

Big loss for the LTA.

Johanna Konta has entered the G1 in Kentucky that's played the week after USO, so she seems to be trying hard to finish the year in the top 10.

-- Edited by Salmon at 14:09, 2008-08-19

seagull · Hall of fame

Don't think she is injured as she is down for Japan challenger in a couple of weeks

Salmon · Tennis legend

Smart girl. Hopefully she'll stay in Asia for another week (at least).

She can play 13 tournaments between now and next August, which is just too low! Hopefully she'll do around five this year and seven next year, plus Wimbledon where she can get a main draw wild card if she progresses enough.

Happycynic · Pro player

And 4.5 years after the last post, Tara wins a 25K. Reading this thread made me feel ooooollld.