Next year the seniors

British 15-year-old Jade Curtis has just played her first junior Grand Slam at Wimbledon.

In her latest tennis diary for BBC Sport Academy, Jade wants to come back to Wimbledon next year in the senior tournament.

Jade Curtis British No.1 ranked girl

My first junior Wimbledon has given me a real taste of where I want to be in the future. This is the kind of thing I have my sights set on.

JADE'S WIMBLEDON RESULTS Singles: Lost 4-6 3-6 to Olivia Lukaszewicz Doubles: With S Lisicki Lost 1-6 4-6 to F Molinero & I Pavolovic

Unfortunately, the whole experience this year was over a bit too quickly for my liking.

My singles match against Australian world number 36, Olivia Lukaszewicz, went really well but I didn't take my chances.

I was 2-1 up in the first set and had three or four break points but she was just a bit more consistent than me.

Obviously I was disappointed to lose but I didn't perform badly and the nerves didn't get to me, so it was good I went out there and was aggressive.

I was more upset about my doubles match than my singles. I was angry and didn't feel like doing an interview afterwards. I was more up for going to the changing rooms and smashing rackets!

Hopefully next year I can come back and play senior Wimbledon. But if I play junior Wimbledon I'll be in on my own ranking.

Star treatment

I love the atmosphere here, it's great to have English fans cheering you on. There were a few cries of, "C'mon Jade" and there's been a few interviews with newspapers and with BBC TV.

It's rare that I get asked for an autograph but I've been collared a few times this week and posed for a few photos.

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It's nice to see people taking an interest in me but I'm not sure how Tim Henman has coped with it all for the past 10 years.

Even though it feels like you get the star treatment, junior Wimbledon is a world away from the senior tournament.

I've been staying in a hotel in Wimbledon for the past three weeks and have had to wrestle with the cleaners to use the only lift that works.

The juniors don't get to venture into the All England Club either, we're based out the back at Aorangi Park.

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There's one TV in the changing rooms so most people are hunched around trying to find out when they're playing.

Food-wise we get an allowance of £16 per day so with Wimbledon prices that usually stretches to three pots of strawberries and cream or some pasta for the match. It might be less glamorous but the pasta usually wins!

Now things are winding down it's time to move onto the next tournament. That might be on grass next week in Felixstowe.

In the meantime I'm going to practise against Elena Baltacha for the first time which should be interesting.

It will be good to see where I need to be to be the British number one women's player. Hopefully I can get to that level in a couple of years' time.

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Jade will be writing regular diary entries as the season progresses.