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Junior Spring Nationals play host to the top 14/u and 12/u players in the country.

12/u
Quarter Final
Jeanette Lin SA [1] d Selina Turulja SA [8] 6-3 6-4
Daniela Kovacevic QLD [3] d Renee Mcbryde NSW [6] 3-6 6-4 10-3
Violet Apisah NSW [9] d Kyra Yap QLD [9] 6-4 7-5
Gabriela Ruffels VIC [2] d Valentina Ivanov NSW 6-2 6-2

Semi Final
Jeanette Lin SA [1] d Daniela Kovacevic QLD [3] 3-6 6-2 7-6(10)
Gabriela Ruffels VIC [2] d Violet Apisah NSW [9] 7-6(6) 6-4

14/u
Quarter Final
Maddison Inglis WA [1] d Jessica Brzozowska VIC [6] 6-4 7-6(0)
Destanee Aiava VIC [4] d Sasha Bollweg WA [9] 6-1 7-5
Seone Mendez NSW [7] d Kaylah Mcphee QLD [14] 6-3 6-4
Kimberly Birrell QLD [2] d Linda Huang [10] 6-3 6-4

Semi Final
Destanee Aiava VIC [4] d Maddison Inglis WA [1] 6-4 6-3
Kimberly Birrell QLD [2] d Seone Mendez NSW [7] 6-2 6-4

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U/12s Final
Gabriela Ruffels VIC [2] d Jeanette Lin SA [1] 5-7 6-0 6-2

U/14s Final
Kimberly Birrell QLD [2] d Destanee Aiava VIC [4] 6-3 6-3

[Dani12]

Destanee obviously playing way above her age level, she could have played 12s But a good effort from Kimberly...she's certainly been a quiet achiever behind Tomic and Hon as far as 98' girls go.

Ruffels looks to be talented too, obviously with some good tennis heritage in her family.

[jack21]

Nice win for Birrell, I thought the final would be much closer. We seem to have some very good depth in our 96 to 2000 age bracket. The next few years should be very interesting.

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ITF G5 Semis-
Birrell d. Wagland 6-1 6-1
Boyanov d. Andrinopoulos 6-4 6-4

Kimberly is on fire lately. Good young final here. Boyanov having a good year on the junior circuit too.

[jack21]

Final

Kimberly Birrell def. Pamela Boyanov 6-4 2-6 6-4

Great result for both of these 14 year olds. Another ITF in Sydney coming up this week, a G4 this time.

[jack21]

Its a big week for our junior girls and they have made a great start.

Japan GA - R1

(WC)Priscilla Hon def. Tachibana 6-2 6-4
Naiktha Bains def. (14)Tsuji 6-4 4-6 6-4 *Tsuji has a world ranking of 945
(10)Geogiana Ruhrig def. Higashi 6-3 6-1
Isabelle Wallace def. Okamura 6-7(7) 7-5 6-4
Zoe Hives def. (9)Adachi 6-1 7-5
Wagland leads 3-1 in the third set of her match to be finished tomorrow.

Thailand G2 - R1

(3)Lizette Cabrera def. Chutragoon-ngam 6-0 6-0
Olivia Tjandramulia def. Permpanich 6-0 6-1
(15)Sara Tomic def. Swangkaew 6-2 6-2

Good wins all round but particularly impressive from Bains, nice to see her finding some form again.

[Dani12]

Yeah exactly, except the girls in Thailand really need to win one more match to actually make it count though. No points for roundof 32 in G2s unfortunately.

[ozfan44]

A little suprised by the fact Cabrera is in Thailand and not Japan given she is probably better than the girls that are??

Anyway great to see all of them winning...

[Dani12]

She would have gotten a seeding at the GA too. Perhaps she didn't realise it'd be so weak in Japan.

[Allez-y]

Some nice wins. Particularly nice to see Bains gaining some form again (whatever has changed is working!), and for Tjandramulia (often overlooked). Also nice to see Ruhrig having a go, from memory likes to hit the ball and a bit older, probably unrefined raw talent overlooked along the way like Tredoux and other like athletes. Saw them battle it out in a great 3 setter match last year, much more entertaining than the pushers or grinders. What they could do or be with the proper support to develop their games. Yep Cabrera should have played the GA.

[jack21]

Japan GA - R2

(12)De Vroom def. (WC)Priscilla Hon 2-6 6-0 6-2
Naiktha Bains def. Ottomano 6-1 4-6 6-3
Hayashi def. (10)Geogiana Ruhrig 6-3 4-6 6-3
(11)Okuno def. Isabelle Wallace 6-3 2-6 6-1
Zoe Hives def. Dart 1-6 7-6(3) 6-2 *Dart has a world ranking of 929
Miyazaki def. Danielle Wagland 5-7 6-4 6-3

Mixed results for the girls today, nice wins for Zoe and Naiktha and solid efforts from the rest. Would have been nice to see Wallace, Wagland or Ruhrig scrape out a win. Good effort for Hon to grab a set off De Vroom.

Thailand G2 - R2

(3)Lizette Cabrera def. Skidanova 6-2 6-1
Olivia Tjandramulia def. (7)Jeong 6-2 6-2
(15)Sara Tomic def. Ikeda 6-0 6-1

Another solid day for the girls in Thailand, very nice win for Olivia in particular.

[Dani12]

Didn'texpect Wallace or Hon to win, but expected more from Ruhrig. Danielle had to finish off her first match in the same day so may have been tired.

Great win for Olivia, Jeong has had a fair bit of sucess on the junior tour...so the scoreline is especially surprising!

[Allez-y]

Talk about 3 setters! Some nice wins, good to see Tjandramulia on a bit of a roll, Bains coming back into form. Pity Ruhrig couldn't get through which always helps to get noticed. Hon and Wallace typically are confidence players.

[jack21]

Japan GA - R3

(3)Mertens def. Naiktha Bains 6-2 4-6 6-1
(8)Liebens def. Zoe Hives 2-6 6-4 6-2

Respectable results for both girls and a good week overall.

Thailand G2 - R3

(3)Lizette Cabrera def. (14)Kobayashi 1-6 6-3 7-5
Olivia Tjandramulia def. Momkoonthod 7-5 6-1
(15)Sara Tomic def. (2)Bhosale 7-5 3-6 6-4 *Bhosale has a WTA ranking of 706

Great win for Sara, probably one of the best of her career so far.