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L16:- Katie Swan (GBR) WR208 [9] def Valentina Steiner (GER) WR399 [Q8] 6-1 6-0 

Very dominant from Katie - she lost her serve early in the match ! Next match will be very tough.

QF:- Katie Swan (GBR) WR208 [9] v Mia Pohankova (SVK) WR212=CH/17yo/JR161 - JCH=2 in January

Mia hasn't played juniors since last October. She won Wimbledon Juniors in 2025 and lost to Mika in the QF at the USO. She was ranked 462 at the end of the year and has been climbing steadily since June.

Naiktha and partner missed three or four set points in the opening tiebreak, then led *5-0 in the second. So they took the long route for sure! Em and Mana will be frustrated to have got back to *5-5 40-30 only to lose the next two points and kill their own momentum. 

-- Edited by PaulM on Thursday 24th of September 2026 05:53:30 PM

Katie wins 3 games on the bounce to take the first set 6-3. Quite some temper being shown by the youngster Pohankova as the set finished.

Katie got the crucial break in the eighth game, but failed to serve it out - and Pohankova took the set 7-5

SF:- Naiktha Bains (GBR) / Sahaja Yamalapalli (IND) CR733 (384+349) lost to Ariana Arseneault (CAN) / Raphaelle Lacasse (CAN) CR381 (182+199) 3-6 7-6(4) 6-10

foobarbaz wrote:

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Swan played exceptional tennis for those first two sets, it was a high class encounter and she was just a whisker away from winning the match. These are the matches that Swan is playing tennis for, imho, to play at a high level, and enjoy the competition. The 3rd set wasn't a true reflection of the match.

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Well done to Katie on that first 2 sets level. But they do of course play 3 sets if the first 2 are level and that 3rd set is rather integral, and winning just 1 of the last 11 games a disappointment.

I so hope she can stay fit for the rest of this year, have a good off season, and have a really decent chance to explore her limits, with consistent high level tennis through a match and from match to match.

-- Edited by indiana on Saturday 26th of September 2026 08:08:34 PM