Esther Adeshina was playing a Grade A last week, and has to adjust to being top seed in a G4 this time. After 6 months of Southern African tournaments MJ Changwereza is 4th seed. Just 5 non-Brits in the draw ( http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=110003953 )
Just to sidetrack to this week's Bournemouth Tennis Europe U14:
FINAL: (1) Andrea Pineda (GBR) def. (6) Alice Dudeney (GBR) 6-3 6-1
Just to say, there's an interesting article from about 6 months ago about Andrea, who's one of our best youngsters, and comes from a very normal, indeed 'lowly' for tennis, background.
Sort of backs up the points from Oakie and Jaggy about the luck that kids in her position need to have a chance - a coach who'll do it for free, a full school scholarship, etc.
"You should never leave your coach; he has done such a fantastic job with you. Your strokes are technically perfect. That's what you want" Referring to Andrea Pineda at the Queens training day, who has been trained since she was 4 using the TTI system and now a multi tournament winner.
-- Edited by Coup Droit on Sunday 6th of May 2018 07:46:58 AM