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Coup Droit · Tennis legend

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Coup Droit · Tennis legend

To add to her doubles title this week:

J30 Kingstown

Daphne Lovdahl won the singles title, 6-0 6-4

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Friday 8th of August 2025 05:30:27 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

It's a school coach trip to Angola (!)

J30 Angola

R1 Loss: Vallabh AkhilChalla; Lloyd Mercer;

Made it to R2: Sairama Srihar**** Allam

Made it to QF: Harry Voss (lost tp top seed); Matt Kiernan; Darsh Patel

Made it to SF: Josh Wright

Doubles FINAL: Darsh Patel+ v Matt K & Harry V

J60 Slovakia:

Niall Pickerd-Barua got a BYE and lost in R2

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Two titles so far and here's another one:

J30 Dom Rep

Klara Andonegui Sehnalova and partner won the doubles title, 6-4 6-4

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And another (although it could have been more):

J30 Angola

Boys doubles Final: Darsh Patel & CZE def. Matt Kiernan & Harry Voss 4-6 6-2 10-5

Josh Wright lost his singles semi in three sets

Henry Best also lost his SF in the J60 Slovenia

Rose · Lower Club Player

Haniya Minhas (the top 2010 girl in Pakistan, promoted and sponsored by IMG) has appeared in a non-national LTA event in Hampshire. She recently beat Rosie Cho. Unusual choice of tournament for someone just visiting
LTA will be interested if shes a permanent fixture (although I do think theres stronger players than her already - including the 5 younger girls who are joining the national academy next month)
Shes got her own website if anyone wants to know more about her

-- Edited by Rose on Sunday 10th of August 2025 09:14:33 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I assume she still wears full body and hair covering tennis kit? Is she still very slim and small?

I've watched several of her matches and I agree that she's not one of the stronger players at the moment - but my feeling is that's because (or partly because) she's not been very well trained for the past couple of years i.e. everything went well in Dubai (it was Dubai, wasn't it, where the family were first based?) and then her level seems to have dropped markedly when they moved. However, with good coaching, a lot of her natural skills could be encouraged and put in place in a better game of tennis. I'd never heard that she had any connection to the UK. But maybe I'd missed that.

Rose · Lower Club Player

Coup Droit wrote:
I assume she still wears full body and hair covering tennis kit? Is she still very slim and small?

I've watched several of her matches and I agree that she's not one of the stronger players at the moment - but my feeling is that's because (or partly because) she's not been very well trained for the past couple of years i.e. everything went well in Dubai (it was Dubai, wasn't it, where the family were first based?) and then her level seems to have dropped markedly when they moved. However, with good coaching, a lot of her natural skills could be encouraged and put in place in a better game of tennis. I'd never heard that she had any connection to the UK. But maybe I'd missed that.

No I hadnt either

Thats why I was surprised she is playing a regional womens event in Winchester

paulisi · Tennis legend

She played an ITF event in Liverpool.
She was decent, but not a standout

Rose · Lower Club Player

paulisi wrote:
She played an ITF event in Liverpool.
She was decent, but not a standout

Thats what I thought when I saw her. There has been a lot of hype about her though. Probably because of where she has come from. Will be interesting to see if she is here to stay

I didnt see her at Liverpool but it was a good result against Rosie. Rosie was short listed for the national academy but I dont believe she was offered a place (shes not one of the 5 girls going anyway)