Hannah Klugman makes it through to the quarter-finals of W100 Shrewsbury
Teenager Hannah Klugman continued her remarkable performance in the W100 Shrewsbury by beating British number 5 Lily Miyazaki to reach the quarter-finals.
Klugman continued her excellent form to beat world number 163 Miyazaki 7-6 (9-7) 4-6 6-2 to leave the local spectators stunned.
She will now face world number 46 Oceane Dodin for a place in the women’s singles semi-finals.
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Highlights of Hannah Klugman vs. Sayaka Ishii in the US Open junior tournament
Klugman, who became the youngest player to qualify for a W100 tournament on the ITF Tour in Shrewsbury, bettered the record set by reigning US Open women’s singles champion Coco Gauff, the previous youngest player to qualify for a W100 tournament.
Klugman is now guaranteed to match Gauff, who reached the quarter-finals in the W100 Charleston in 2019 at the age of just 15.
Coached by Ben Haran from Reed’s School, his base in Cobham, the 14-year-old schoolgirl saved three break points in the third game before settling into the match.
Lily Miyazaki reached the second round of this year’s US Open before losing to Belinda Bencic
Japanese-born Briton Miyazaki, who has represented her club and her county of Surrey since she was a teenager, had to fight for every point as they headed to a tiebreak.
Miyazaki saved four set points, but she could not prevent Klugman from ultimately taking the set after delivering a pin-point first serve wide.
Klugman remained the aggressor and she maintained her high level to break Miyazaki’s resistance early in the second set before consolidating for a 3-1 lead, but Miyazaki kept her composure to break back in the sixth game before winning and sending it. the match to a decider.
A gritty final set saw Klugman take a 3-1 lead, but this time she continued her approach to break serve for the third time in the match before scoring the biggest win of her career and advancing to the last eight .
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Klugman, 14, on her experience at the US Open
Klugman said at the US Open earlier this year: “I still go to Wimbledon High School, I want to stay there as long as I can, it’s nice to have friends outside of tennis.
“It’s getting quite tough now, but I’ll try to stay as long as possible. I’ll take my computer with me and stay in touch with my teachers.
“I definitely want to graduate from school, but that’s still a long way off. I don’t really want to go to university, but we’ll see how it goes, for now I want to turn pro.”
Fran Jones joined compatriot Amarni Banks in the next round, but Harriet Dart and Katie Swan both left
In Thursday’s other matches, British number 3 Harriet Dart surprisingly lost 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 against compatriot Amarni Bankswhile Frans Jones came through a grueling encounter to beat Estonia’s Elena Malogina 3-6 6-1 7-6 (7-3), but Katie Swan lost 7-5 6-2 to the Dutch player Susan Lamens.