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the addict · Tennis legend

Week 12 - ITF W35 San Gregorio, Italy - Clay

DF · Tennis legend

Wow! Ranah and Naiktha take out two seeds. Well done to them.

Hannah has taken the first set from the sixth seed but has been pegged back in the second set.

B00thy · County player

First time I've watched Hannah for a few months and she's looking solid and safe. There wasn't as much between them in first games of the final set as the score would suggest but after 3-0 there was only one winner. Well done Hannah!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

A very satisfying day :)

the addict · Tennis legend

R1:- Hannah Klugman (GBR) WR 533/17yo/JR2 [Q8] def Laura Hietaranta (FIN) WR318 [6] 6-3 4-6 6-0 smile

the addict · Tennis legend

L16:- Ranah Akua Stoiber (GBR) WR459 v Alice Tubello (FRA) WR425

L16:- Naiktha Bains (GBR) WR384 v Carlota Martinez Cirez (ESP) WR351

L16:- Hannah Klugman (GBR) WR 533/17yo/JR2 [Q8] v Gaia Maduzzi (ITA) WR687 [Q]

the addict · Tennis legend

L16:- Maria Toma (ROU) / Ylenia Zocco (ITA) UNR (828+UNR/17yo) def Ranah Akua Stoiber (GBR) / Briana Szabo (ROU) CR1180 (824+356) 6-4 6-4

DF · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
L16:- Ranah Akua Stoiber (GBR) WR459 v Alice Tubello (FRA) WR425

L16:- Naiktha Bains (GBR) WR384 v Carlota Martinez Cirez (ESP) WR351

L16:- Hannah Klugman (GBR) WR 533/17yo/JR2 [Q8] v Gaia Maduzzi (ITA) WR687 [Q]

Hannah is up first facing a fellow qualifier. She has dropped the first set 5-7

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

She lost the first 3 games
Won the next 4
Very close at the end of the set
A few UEs, and wrong shot choices - her opponent is not amazing but obviously likes clay

the addict · Tennis legend

L16:- Hannah Klugman (GBR) WR 533/17yo/JR2 [Q8] lost to Gaia Maduzzi (ITA) WR687 [Q] 5-7 4-6

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

A poor result from Hannah but a bit of a clay lesson there

HarryGem · County player

Hannah loses 7-5, 6-4.

The last game pretty much summed up the whole match really. Lost the final point to a double fault!

I guess the overall match quality was what you might expect at that level but really it was pretty average to poor from both players.

Inconsistency, which is what you would expect from Hannah at this stage of her career. But, there is a lot to work on. Maybe it was quite windy but a lot of unforced errors. I also though her movement was quite poor really. When her 1st serve went in she tended to win the point but not enough of them were made.

Not sure what Hannah and her team would expect from this match or what their goals for the season are but her opponent today was nothing special and even though Hannah got it back on serve in the final set, twice, I never felt she would go on to win the match.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

HarryGem wrote:
Hannah loses 7-5, 6-4.

The last game pretty much summed up the whole match really. Lost the final point to a double fault!

I guess the overall match quality was what you might expect at that level but really it was pretty average to poor from both players.

Inconsistency, which is what you would expect from Hannah at this stage of her career. But, there is a lot to work on. Maybe it was quite windy but a lot of unforced errors. I also though her movement was quite poor really. When her 1st serve went in she tended to win the point but not enough of them were made.

Not sure what Hannah and her team would expect from this match or what their goals for the season are but her opponent today was nothing special and even though Hannah got it back on serve in the final set, twice, I never felt she would go on to win the match.

Yes, it wasn't the DFs - her second serve is an aggressive serve - she won quite a lot of direct points off of it, as well as hitting DFs, and you have to look at it as a total

But the UEs, and the movement, as you say, were far more of a problem.

And her return of serve (especially the second serve)

She got her head in a mess today - couldn't decide whether to go for variety, whether to dropshot, come in, or go for consistency - and just got herself in a tailspin. The wind means you have to be really rigorous with your placement on clay - the trajectories are higher, the bounce is higher, you have to adjust right to the end as the ball is constantly at the mercy of the wind, even micro style - and she doesn't/didn't/not enough

As you say, the Italian player was nothing special - but she had her gameplan on clay very much ingrained, she knew what she was doing, and stuck with it.