Coup Droit wrote:

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I'd agree that Emerson was playing poorly. Plenty of good cross-court rallies - and plenty of shots into the net. Hannah played pretty well, but the US twins made fewer errors and were much better at the net.
I didn't have the sound on, so it took me a while to work out which twin was which !

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 Left hand and right hand 

Kristina is right-handed and Annika is left-handed 

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 Yes, that is really the only way to tell them apart, although there are one or two other slight differences.

indiana wrote:

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the addict wrote:

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Coup Droit wrote:

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the addict wrote:

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I'd agree that Emerson was playing poorly. Plenty of good cross-court rallies - and plenty of shots into the net. Hannah played pretty well, but the US twins made fewer errors and were much better at the net.
I didn't have the sound on, so it took me a while to work out which twin was which !

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 Left hand and right hand 

Kristina is right-handed and Annika is left-handed 

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 Yes, that is really the only way to tell them apart, although there are one or two other slight differences.

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 I think the right hand / left hand thing works quite well though.

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 The Twix sisters 

9vicman wrote:

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Coup Droit wrote:

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Reports say that Emerson was seriously miffed at having lost her singles, to her home crowd, and was playing poorly, making a lot of UEs, and there wasn't much Hannah could do about it

For info, Kristina Penickova (born Sept. 2009) is also into the singles final. And will play Wakana Sonobe (who beat Emerson).

Just by the by, Hannah beat Wakana last month - but on clay - in the US

Kristina also lost in R1 last week and has had a really spotty ride to the final (winning two matches in third set MTBs, one at 10-8)

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Interesting that a player younger than Hannah is the first player born 2009 to reach a Grand Slam junior final. A real fighter it seems - she had that surprise run to the Roland Garros junior semis aged 14 in 2024. 

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First player born 2009 to reach a Grand Slam junior SINGLES final, just to be precise

Hannah reached the doubles at Wimbledon in 2023

Yes, a fighter - although, remember, she lost to GB's Freya Peet (2008) a month ago. And lost in R1 at the J300 in Australia last week. And very nearly lost here too. 

Very up and down in terms of results

9vicman wrote:

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Coup Droit wrote:

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9vicman wrote:

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Coup Droit wrote:

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Reports say that Emerson was seriously miffed at having lost her singles, to her home crowd, and was playing poorly, making a lot of UEs, and there wasn't much Hannah could do about it

For info, Kristina Penickova (born Sept. 2009) is also into the singles final. And will play Wakana Sonobe (who beat Emerson).

Just by the by, Hannah beat Wakana last month - but on clay - in the US

Kristina also lost in R1 last week and has had a really spotty ride to the final (winning two matches in third set MTBs, one at 10-8)

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Interesting that a player younger than Hannah is the first player born 2009 to reach a Grand Slam junior final. A real fighter it seems - she had that surprise run to the Roland Garros junior semis aged 14 in 2024. 

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First player born 2009 to reach a Grand Slam junior SINGLES final, just to be precise

Hannah reached the doubles at Wimbledon in 2023

Yes, a fighter - although, remember, she lost to GB's Freya Peet (2008) a month ago. And lost in R1 at the J300 in Australia last week. And very nearly lost here too. 

Very up and down in terms of results

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Yes, singles of course. Doubles at this level is so hit and miss. 

Would expect Penickova to lose to Sonobe, who's beaten her twice in recent months, but let's see. 

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Everyone's beaten Penickova recently

And, of course, Hannah beat Sonobe very recently 

It's all very hit and miss at this level