12&U Mixed Doubles Final:

Robson/Skattum won 60 06 63.


14&U Mixed Doubles:

Watson and Augusto Freitas of the US lost in the round of 16.
Ren and Peara through to the quarters.


16&U Mixed Doubles:

Steph and Ryan Harrison of the US lost in the round of 16.
Carling Seguson of the US and Michael Davis didn't turn up for their quarters match.

16&U:

Yasmin is through to the finals!!

She won 46 61 62.



Report on the all British final we had yesterday from Junior tennis:

In the girl's 12 final, Laura Robson outlasted her rival, Jessica Ren for the title and leveling their head to head. She had a lead of 4-1 in the first set before her opponent fought her way back. "I played amazing in the tiebreak," said Laura, who was born in Australia and lived in Singapore for four years before moving to the London when she was five years old. "I just went for anything and I just didn't miss, so that was good. Then I felt confident in the second set knowing I'd won the first set in a tiebreak, so I just had nothing to lose really."
Even though Laura went down 4-5 in the tiebreaker, with her opponent with two serves, she did not give up. "I wasn't thinking about anything, I was just thinking about the next point," she said. "I knew I had to hit angles and go for my shots because she's basically like a brick wall."
"She has always been a great fighter. The last time I played her I was up and she came back. She never stops fighting and that's how she wins matches. It makes you like angry with her, but sometimes you realize that you have to do something else to win."
Before coming to Eddie Herr, Laura trained with Nick Saviano in Fort Lauderdale for two and a half weeks and she will go back there for more training instead of playing Prince Cup in readiness for the Junior Orange Bowl. "Nick Saviano has been trying to fix my serve and my forehand because they are kind of flat and I always miss," she told us. "He has improved them because he's got me to hit spin and stuff."
Overcoming her rival in a major championship is almost as rewarding as winning the title. "I have been trying to win this year, but I always come second to Jessica, so I am just so happy," Laura said, before going on to collect her second title of the 2006 championships in the 12s Mixed Doubles.







I was wrong there. She trains at Ft. Lauderdale, which is very near Sunrise and not Sunrise. She is skipping Prince and playing Junior Orange Bowl.

Yasmin lost 62 26 61 in the finals.

This won't affect her ITF Juniors ranking.

Qualifying for the AO Juniors will be tough as she is ranked outside the top 450 now (even though it will go up at the start of the new year).

She plays in the Americas, so she can pick up loads of points in January and February in the weak G2s you have in South America on clay. Of course... she may decide to concentrate on her women's career or play Juniors in Europe.