Congratulations go to Mirjam Bjorklund, the winner of this year’s Ilkley Tennis Tournament.
I chose to visit this year when the rainclouds were forecasted to be elsewhere, however this meant a day of bright harsh sunlight – not ideal for photography – too many harsh shadows. Nevertheless there were many opportunities to capture the action across several courts during the day.

There seemed to be mainly ladies games in play so most of the images are of these female players and I certainly don’t mind this as they offer quite photogenic shots whereas the men often rely on power and shorter rallies thereby making things a little less predictable for us shooters. It was good to meet up with a few other photographers on the day too.