Junior Girls in the News
14-year-old wild card Michelle Larcher de Brito defeated Meghann Shaughnessy in first round action Wednesday at the Sony Ericsson tournament. It took a third set tiebreak, but after seeing Larcher de Brito in her pro debut last month (my account is here), I'm not surprised. Next up for the Portuguese prodigy is Daniela Hantuchova, who just captured the Pacific Life Open title.
I mentioned Monday Naomi Cavaday's win at last week's $25K Pro Circuit event in Orange, California. A Brit's victory anywhere in the world is not going to slip past the Fleet Street crowd, and Neil Harman tracks Cavaday's new coaching arrangement with the former LTA Performance Director David Felgate in this story.
Today, Cavaday lost to 16-year-old American Madison Brengle in three sets in the first round of the Redding, California Pro Circuit $25K event.
Redding.com is covering the tournament in depth, and although I don't think Alexa Glatch is from Austin, Texas, this article does have a thorough account of several matches, including 17-year-old Maria Sanchez's upset of Vilmarie Castellvi. Since there is no photo of Sanchez with the article, I'm providing one, although I admit it's almost a year old.
2 comments:
Does anyone know what style of play Larcher De Britto plays? I am assuming big forehand, tries to take everything early? Bolletteri influence.
Larcher de Britto has pace, depth and precision on her groundstrokes. Her serve is not a weapon. Her mental toughness is.
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