National Girls Singles 12 and under girls finals

Thursday, March 31, 2016
National Girls Singles 12 and under girls finals

Millie-Mae reached the Grade 1 National Girls 12 and under Singles finals at the National Tennis Centre at Roehampton.

In the 1st round she beat Jhonayah Fletchman 7-5 6-3 and followed this up by winning  6-4 4-6 10-6 over Jessica Dawson 6-4 4-6 10-6 whom Millie has never beaten before.  In semi-final she beat the No1 seed Sally Pethybridge 6-3 6-3.

This took Millie Mae to the final where she played against Hannah Smith, a GB player.   Millie took the 1st set 7-5,  lead the 2nd set 4-3 but just ran short losing 7-5 4-6 0-6 despite a valiant effort and many deuces.     It was a great effort with over 7 hours of top quality tennis over 3 days .

Following the national finals, Millie attended a 12 and Under National camp.

 
 

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