As explained near the end of the 2008 thread (and as promised to DJ ages ago!), this year's titles and new career highs in singles and doubles are going to be put directly onto a web page in the stats section of the s...
Emily Webley-Smith should be in the main draw, hoping to avoid Alicia Molik. In qualifying Jocelyn Rae and Danielle Brown receive first round byes. Danielle is seeded to meet Ellen Barry in final qualifying, who was ranked as high as 253 last year, b...
This is being played on the week commencing February 1st, and the venue has been announced as Cruz Quebrada, Portugal and it will be played on indoor hard. ... ... Competing nations (Fed Cup rankings in brackets): ... ... Israel (17) ... Switzerlan...
Following some solid play in the recent British 10Ks, Jade Curtis has returned to playing at 25K level, and faces an opponent who has not won a main draw match since September, so might be low on confidence.
Is Yasmin Clarke semi-retired or something? She turns up here as the 2nd seed (Naomi Cavaday is the top seed). ... ... It was rumoured she was taking the LTA to court for racial discrimination, is that the reason for her lack of activity? ... ... h...
Hey guys ... Done interview with the lovely Bally. All chatty about her great year and feel very happy for her... it's at ... http://alexkayblog.dailymail.co.uk ... hope u enjoy...
Just thought that the latest update from Naomi's website about her current injury confirms there is still no love lost with the LTA . When is this all going to stop? Is all this bad blood having a negative impact on her tennis development ?...
Yet another Brit gets a top seed in R1 ... ... L32: Mel South WR 160 v (1) Stefanie Vögele (SUI) WR 72 ... L32: (4) Katie O'Brien WR 90 v Nikola Hofmanova (AUT) WR 195...
Qualifying sections with British players in: ... ... (3)Betina Jozami (ARG) v BYE ... Sarah Gronert (GER) v Anna Smith (GBR) ... ... Olivia Sanchez (FRA) v Julia Kushnereva (RUS) ... (7)Anais Laurendon (FRA) v Laura Robson (GBR)...
Laura Robson has sneaked in as an alternate here and is now on live scores against Zuzana Ondraskova (CZE) WR 180 in the first round. ... ... Weird she got a main draw wild card here last year and didn't even get a qualifying one this year!...
I know it's a bit of early to start talking about this but anyway. ... Bally and O'Brien have withdrawn from this tournament already but there is still plenty of interest with the focus being on the juniors this time. ... Five of the world's top juni...