Hello! I finally remembered the name of this player I saw in the Orange Bowl last year :lol: :spit:
Her name is Lesley Kerkhove. I was pretty impressed from what I saw. Big groundstrokes and a big serve. Needs a bit of consistency. I don't really know what potential she has but didn't see a cheering thread for her so here it is!
I play at the same club as Lesley does. And I have the same coach as Lesley.
In Holland she really is a big upcoming talent and I wish her all the goods!
Lesley, if you see this...good luck! (again) and I'll soon visit one of your matches.
She was watching Rus' first round match at AO juniors. I really thought she was older than 16 already - I've seen her name around a bit. Nice to see she's doing well though - god knows, NL need some up and coming players (on both sides of tennis).
Lesley has the same ITF ranking as Arantxa had this time last year and Lesley is one year younger. Hope she can progress this year like Arantxa did last year.
Last time I saw Lesley play was in 2005, at age 13. She was a smart player then. But what I understand from the match reports in Australia she has developed her game and is now quite a big hitter. Smart and big hitter sounds promising. She's one of the few Dutch junior players who gives 100% for tennis.
She is a big hitter She hits the ball very nicely. I think the day I saw her, the forehand was more solid but she still hit the backhand very well. Can tell she was raw talent.
Just checked her site and it celebrates Arantxa's win
Lesley doet deze week mee in Geldrop met een Henk Timmer toernooi:
1e r. L. Kerkhove (7) - J. Schoelink (Q) 6-2, 6-1
2e r. L. Kerkhove (7) - P. Burgmans (LL) 6-3, 6-0
kwart L. Kerkhove (7) - K. Bertens (3) 6-3, 6-4
halve L. Kerkhove (7) - L. van Riet (6) 6-3, 6-3 (van Riet versloeg Danielle Harmsen in de kwartfinale)
De finale wordt vanmiddag gespeeld tegen Quirine Lemoine (5)
Lesley verliest in de 2e ronde (na in de 1e ronde een bey te hebben gehad) van het G1 Toernooi "Beaulieu Sur Mer" met 3-6, 6-2, 3-6 van Mariya Malkhasyan (UKR). De Oekraïnse is de nummer 90 bij de junioren...