I think that as a Top 10 junior player and one of the most promising Spanish youngsters she deserves her own thread now.
She's just 17 (born Nov 15, 1997 in NYC), currently #10 but with a CHR of 9 in juniors, and #422 at the WTA (CHR of 366).
She's an IMG girl, her listed residence is Begur in Spain, listed coaches are Pancho Alvariño & Sergio Gallego and apparentky she trains at the Tenisval base.
She's won 2 tournaments so far this year: G1 Mediterranee Avenir in Marocco as a qualifier (beat (2)Sandra Samir 4 & 4 in the final) & G1 Trofeo Juan Carlos Ferrero in Spain (she was seed 14 and beat (3)Ioana Rosca 4 & 4 in the final). :yeah:
She also has 2 junior finals this year: at G2 Torneo Junior ITF Benicarlo in Spain (she was unseed and lost to top seed Ioana Rosca in the final, 6-0 1-6 3-6 ) and at G1 European Junior Championships (she was seed 5 and lost to unseeded Sara Sorribes Tormo in the final, 4 & 1).
She's had mixed success at junior Slams: didn't play AO, reached QF at RG & Wimbledon (she was unseeded at RG, and lost to (10)Françoise Abanda, 7-5 5-7 3-6 in QF; at Wimbly she was unseeded as well and lost 3 & 2 to (12)Marketa Vondrousova in QF) and R1 at the USO (she was seed 8 at lost to (Q)Tereza Mihalikova, 4-6 6-3 1-6 in R1 ).
Since the USO, she's been playing only pro tournaments with the following results: qualified at 25K Shrewsbury but lost in R1 (to (Q)Amy Bowtell, 2 & 1), lost in 50K Monterrey qualies, qualified for 50K Tampico and reached R2 :yeah: (beat Catalina Pella 1 & 4 in R1 and lost to (6)Julia Glushko 4 & 2 in R2), final at 25K Victoria (she beat Emma Flood 1 & 3 in R1, (5)Patricia Tig 7-5 6-2 in R2, (3)Alexandra Cadantu 6-4 1-6 6-1 in QF, (2)Heidi El Tabakh 7-5 6-3 in SF before losing to (6)Diana Marcinkevica 7-6(2) 3-6 1-6 in the final ), and then she qualified for 25K Sharm el Sheikh but lost in R1 (to (2)Laura Siegemund, 1-6 6-2 4-6).
Dunno what her next plans are, probably Eddie Herr and/or Orange Bowl soon. Anyways, GL to her!
She's just 17 (born Nov 15, 1997 in NYC), currently #10 but with a CHR of 9 in juniors, and #422 at the WTA (CHR of 366).
She's an IMG girl, her listed residence is Begur in Spain, listed coaches are Pancho Alvariño & Sergio Gallego and apparentky she trains at the Tenisval base.
She's won 2 tournaments so far this year: G1 Mediterranee Avenir in Marocco as a qualifier (beat (2)Sandra Samir 4 & 4 in the final) & G1 Trofeo Juan Carlos Ferrero in Spain (she was seed 14 and beat (3)Ioana Rosca 4 & 4 in the final). :yeah:
She also has 2 junior finals this year: at G2 Torneo Junior ITF Benicarlo in Spain (she was unseed and lost to top seed Ioana Rosca in the final, 6-0 1-6 3-6 ) and at G1 European Junior Championships (she was seed 5 and lost to unseeded Sara Sorribes Tormo in the final, 4 & 1).
She's had mixed success at junior Slams: didn't play AO, reached QF at RG & Wimbledon (she was unseeded at RG, and lost to (10)Françoise Abanda, 7-5 5-7 3-6 in QF; at Wimbly she was unseeded as well and lost 3 & 2 to (12)Marketa Vondrousova in QF) and R1 at the USO (she was seed 8 at lost to (Q)Tereza Mihalikova, 4-6 6-3 1-6 in R1 ).
Since the USO, she's been playing only pro tournaments with the following results: qualified at 25K Shrewsbury but lost in R1 (to (Q)Amy Bowtell, 2 & 1), lost in 50K Monterrey qualies, qualified for 50K Tampico and reached R2 :yeah: (beat Catalina Pella 1 & 4 in R1 and lost to (6)Julia Glushko 4 & 2 in R2), final at 25K Victoria (she beat Emma Flood 1 & 3 in R1, (5)Patricia Tig 7-5 6-2 in R2, (3)Alexandra Cadantu 6-4 1-6 6-1 in QF, (2)Heidi El Tabakh 7-5 6-3 in SF before losing to (6)Diana Marcinkevica 7-6(2) 3-6 1-6 in the final ), and then she qualified for 25K Sharm el Sheikh but lost in R1 (to (2)Laura Siegemund, 1-6 6-2 4-6).
Dunno what her next plans are, probably Eddie Herr and/or Orange Bowl soon. Anyways, GL to her!