Desperately hoping we get a Hannah vs Alicia final, they met in the quarters or semis (can't remember which) at a Nottingham ITF in July with Alicia winning but that was the first week I really noticed Hannah's growing maturity and consistency in her play and she's only gotten better since
Yes I'd expect Hannah to win, but Alicia's very crafty and a bit of an unorthodox game style in some ways. She dealt with Mika very handily not that long ago
Great match. Hannah is now so great to watch. In that 7th game of the second set, which Brockmann played very well, Hannah would just not let go. Fighting for everything, she was like a caged animal waiting for the serve, sticking in with every point, and eventually winning the game. She's relishing every point and it shows.
I think we shall have to call her two set Hannah! Would she win if it went to three sets? Cant see us finding that out in this tournament, me thinks this young lady needs a bit tougher competition moving forward.
Hannah didn't look particularly full of vim and vigour today - obviously skinning her hand didn't help ! Very sore.
But she really buckled down and made sure to get the job done
Brockmann helped by playing particularly poorly at certain key moments (the opposite of Hannah, in fact)
But the result wasn't really in doubt
It's the professional business-like manner of her performances that has been so eye catching, she rarely seems to be trying too hard now and it's mightily impressive for someone so young
Think Hannah is probably playing at top 100 level right now. Long may it continue. It will be interesting when she regularly starts to play people ranked in the top 100.