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Coup Droit


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It seems to me that Millie should have the ultimate honour of an Individual Player Thread smile

Millie was a promising junior, but not an out-an-out star

Now age 21, and having been in the US college system, she has developed really well her best points, the strength and power of her game. She's also improving the bits to work on, the defence and movement. 

In the final womens singles D1 2023 College Rankings, she was:

17- Rajecki

Her result sheet so far this summer 2023 has been pretty amazing.

This is a player who was ranked outside the top-1000 and she has beaten:

MUHAMMAD, Asia (USA) WTA 291 and Parnaby (AUS) WTA 434 



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I was curious as to why she received the wild card in Notts, her 1st round win more than justified it :)

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 Its really not as bad as they say :)
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For anyone wanting to know more about her, there's plenty of background in episode 11 of the Tennis in the UK podcast where she talks about how she got into tennis, journey through juniors, coaching and a lesson in how to pronounce her name.

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19th June 2023

WTA 828 (+171) (CH) - with just 4 counters

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I've just noticed that Millie won the World Tennis Number Player of the Month for women's NCAA Div 1 in September.

Amelia Rajecki | Senior | NC State | WTN 6.8

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NC State senior Amelia Rajecki, ranked #10 in the ITA/Tennis-Point preseason singles rankings, won the A1 singles draw in the College Fall Ranked Spotlight. Rajecki recorded five ranked wins at the event, including #2 Mary Stoiana of Texas A&M and #16 Irina Cantos Siemers of Ohio State in the finals. This was the second consecutive year Rajecki took home first place having won the A2 singles draw in the 2022 ranked spotlight event.

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Abi Wild chats to Millie about life in college, culture shocks, spending her freshman semester in quarantine, how she's developed (lots of comparisons with her freshman and sophomore years to now), the pressures of playing at 1 and her spotify playlist among other things in the first episode of this great podcast with ITA student-athletes. It was an interesting and enjoyable listen I'd thoroughly recommend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdQ2RVANf5U.

As for her future, she says she is considering doing a Masters and is talking to universities in the UK with Bath or Loughborough possibles, but will definitely give going pro a go.

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Millie has finished a very successful career in US College tennis at North Carolina State, achieving numerous awards and accomplishments.

In her final year she finished as the No 2 ranked woman and for the second consecutive year a NCAA Semi-Finalist. She has the third highest number of singles wins for NC State women with 109 wins and is only the third woman for NC State to achieve over 100 wins in both singles and doubles. This included the most number of wins in a season (40) during her junior (3rd) year.

She was the first in NC State history to reach the NCAA championships semi-finals, which she achieved in back to back years.

Her honours include ITA All-American in singles (2023, 2024) and doubles (2023).

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As reported in the college thread Millie has been awarded ITA Senior player of the year.

This write up and the quote from the head coach provides a much better summary of her college career than I provided
https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/GIkySbKl0hex5

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Amelia's amazing result yesterday needs highlighting here:

Birmingham WTA 250

QR1: (qWC) Amelia Rajecki WR 794 def (q6) Yafan Wang (CHN) WR 72 by 7-6(5) 7-6(6)

A top-100 win, in two sets, in style



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I saw a bit of her at Surbiton and she was looking good. Pleased to see she's continuing that form. Very encouraging for her.

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And she followed it up today by beating WR77 Katie Volynets to qualify - coming from a double break down in the final set to win 6-3 6-7(5) 6-4. Excellent result.

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Millie has a new CH

WTA WR 658 (+28)

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