After helping GB to victory in the European Summer Cup a couple of weeks ago, 14 year old Jazzi has won two ITF grade 4 titles in a row. Today's title was the Flower Bulb tournament.
Jazzi currently has a 20-2 record in her last 22 ITF junior singles matches.
She should be well inside the top 300 in tomorrow's ITF rankings.
Very impressive stuff from Jazzi recently. She's been a bit overshadowed by Maia Lumsden and Gabriella Taylor but from what I hear, here game is more attacking than theirs so should hopefully translate to success in the WTA tour.
Jazzi is seeded 4 at a grade 3 event in Brazil this week and is through to the quarterfinal. While there are no standout players in the draw, Jazzi could face compatriot Lana Rush in the final if they both continue winning.
Jazzi wins the SF in two, but there is no dream final as Lana loses to Carolina Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (BRA). These Brazilian tennis players could learn a thing or two about names from the footballers.
Jazzi won the title (according to Google translate):
O título feminino da categoria 18 anos ficou com a britânica Jazzi Plews, que superou a brasileira Carolina Meligeni Alves em três sets, com parciais de 6/4, 1/6 e 6/2.
Jazzi is through to the final of the follow-up G3 in Itajaí. She hasn't dropped more than 3 games in a set yet. Same opponent in the final. She's already won the doubles with Lana.
As of today she's 111 in the world. So good to see her progressing so well. Even if she doesn't play for the rest of the year, she'll be top 100 once the 1994 players are taken off the ranking list.
I've been following Jazzi's results these past few months. You guys are lucky, she really does seem like she could be good! I noticed that at the G4 Flower Bulb Tournament in July she comfortably beat Lizette Cabrera and Priscilla Hon who are two of Australia's three best youngsters of the same age group.
I've done some research to find out more about her. She's been living in Barcelona since September 2010, where she trains at the famous Sanchez-Casal Tennis Academy. She's clearly trying to take the same route as Andy Murray, and so far it's working! I guess that also explains why all her ITF tournaments have been on clay. It's definitely unusual for a British player. Here's a video interview with her earlier in the year at the Sanchez-Casal Tennis Academy.
I know it's still early days but to have such a great winning record in juniors initially is a great sign, especially seeing as generally the scorelines are very convincing. It'll be interesting to see how she goes at some higher level junior events in 2013 and maybe she can even play some $10K pro events. :yeah:
Jazzi is currently playing the Eddie Herr International and has won her first round against Chiara Grimm 26 61 64. She faces Sutjiadi of Indonesia in the second round. Keep it up Jazzi!