Surrey's Hannah Klugman is relishing the opportunity to go one step further in the 16U LTA Junior National Tennis Championships after reaching the Final for a second successive year.
On a rain-affected day at the prestigious tournament being played at the LTA's National Tennis Centre in Roehampton, Klugman's beat Northamptonshire's Tegan Bush 6-0 6-0.
Ad Klugman, 14, is ranked just outside the top 100 of the ITF Junior rankings and is benefitting from LTA support by training at the National Tennis Centre, as well as working with Ben Haran and his team at Reeds Academy.
TennisBonding and Gusic Wan to face off in LTA's Junior National Tennis Championships2 HOURS AGO «After making the final last year, I'd really love to win it this time,» said Klugman, who lost to Mimi Xu in last year's 16U Final. «There is pressure there, but you have to accept it and use it the right way to push me to play better. »Winning this week will not change my career dramatically and you have to accept that and take some of the pressure off. «Obviously, I would love to win the Junior Nationals and I feel like the last year has been a real year of progress for me. »I have won a J200 ITF event, got my ranking up and I'm looking forward to playing the Junior Grand Slams this year and developing my game more." Klugman will take on Middlesex's Mika Stojsavljevic in the 16U Final on Friday, after the 14-year-old came through a thrilling match against Kent's Lois Newbury 4-6 6-2 6-2. «In the first set I wasn't putting my game on the court and that changed in the second and third sets,» said Stojsavljevic, who trains at the LTA's National Academy in Loughborough. «There is pressure on all of us this week as it is such a prestigious tournament, but this is.