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Draw's out. Got a tough quarter.... Volandri, 1st rd Acasuso/Q - R2 Robredo - R3 Likely to Davydenko in QF Murray got a tough match against Volandri. Being a slow clay, i think andy might beat him. -- Edited by Drew at 17:57, 2007-05-14

Bloomers in main draw! And what a chance to win a match on clay! First Round (1)(WC)Fabrice Santoro (FRA) vs Marc Lopez (ESP) David Guez (FRA) vs George Bastl (SUI) Nathan Healey (AUS) vs (WC)Francesco Aldi (ITA) (7)Alessio di Mauro (ITA) vs (q) (4)Stefano Galvani (ITA) vs Lukas Lacko (SVK) Benjamin...

Tournament Key : M-FU-CZE-02A-2007 Dates : 14 May to 20 May 2007 Venue : Most, Czech Republic Surface : Clay MD List : 16 Slabinsky, Alex GBR 821 Alts List : 23 Seator, Ed GBR 1037

From the Times Online: The Times March 09, 2006 Rising star Evans has friends in high placesBy Neil Harman, Tennis Correspondent WHAT do Roger Federer, Gaël Monfils, Richard Gasquet and Dan Evans have in common? All have won the junior title a...

in the latsest british tennis magazine there is a piccy if webely, o brien and stoop modeiling sports bras. the one in the middle seems fairly well endowed for a tennis player.

i have seen an announcemnt on the btz board that says alan has retired. anyone have any other info on this?

http://www.lta.org.uk/Newsroom/Interviews/070515Evans.htm?BSMGuid=e1d59174-c691-4337-bf53-717bfcd20812

Tournament Key : M-FU-MEX-04A-2007 Dates : 14 May to 20 May 2007 Venue : Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Surface : Clay MD Lists : 12. Connolly, Ross GBR 995 18. Fulford-Jones, Amadeus GBR 1138

Neil Pauffley is seeded 1 in qualies but there are two SE spaces on the acceptance list. Her's hoping they are not used and he makes the main draw!

Andy Murray has hinted that he might make himself unavailable for Great Britain's Davis Cup play-off against Croatia in September. The Scot, 20 on Tuesday, believes constantly switching surfaces has contributed to recent injuries. He said: "I might have to consider my Davis Cup commitment...

http://www.mclink.it/personal/MM5269/risultati_tornei/07_PRATO_ENTRY_BOYS.pdf

Emily Webley-Smith has been given a tough draw for this week's 10K in Mazatlan (Mexico). She faces 17 year old Mexican 8th seed Valeria Pulido-Velasco in rd1 who has a women's ranking of 631 and is inside the world's top 30 in the juniors. Like Emily, she made the semis of Obregon two weeks ago before los...

THE wild cards are interesting here!!!! some of the wc last week didnt make the best use of them. main draw julia bone olivia scarfi lucy warburton liz thomas WC naomi broady WC deb armstrong WC sophie proctor qualifying mel berry maddie brooks(official name on itf now) jade curtis tasha hillyer mel p...

Qualifying - Anna Smith, seeded 2. Romina Sceats in qualifying though not sure if she's particpating.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6650567.stm Not sure how much to read into this given it comes after Fed loses again but perhaps an attempt to blame something for that lose?

Andy will be featured and interviewed on BBC1's Inside Sport on Monday night at 11.05pm

Tournament Key : M-FU-POL-01A-2007 Dates : 14 May to 20 May 2007 Venue : Katowice, Poland Surface : Clay MD : 1. Goodall, Joshua GBR 216 Alts : 29. Seator, Ed GBR 1037 40. Kalaitzis, Kon GBR 1204

Hey Guys, it's that time again! Timetable of events: 11am (BST) Saturday 5th May draw made. Sometime that afternoon draw sheet will be available for download. (Stephen will post when and where this is as usual). Sunday afternoon, qualifiers will be added to the draw. 9pm Sunday 6th May entries must...

Live rankings now updated here (at Britishtennis.net) Jamie starts the week no change at WR42, but biggest threats Friedl and Pala drop further behind as a result of defending points from last year. Aucks starts the week up 1 place to WR59 as Oli Rochus loses points.

Despite SF place last week, no SE for Bally, so she is in qualies Q1 (10)Elena Baltacha (GBR) v Jae-Hee Lyoo (KOR) 62 60 Q2 Elena BALTACHA (GBR) (10) defeated In-Young HWANG (KOR) 61 61 QR vs Jin-A LEE (KOR) (5) Sarah B is in MD, providing her back is better I guess. -- Edited by Drew at 21:42, 2007-05-07

The New Table is posted here (on britishtennis.net) Gonzalez and Ancic drop behind Robredo and Ferrer respectively, defending quarter- final places from last year. Everyone on the table except Ancic is in action this week.

The New table is posted here (on britishtennis.net) Alex starts the week by climbing one place to 116 as Greul defends 50 points from 2006. Martin, Galvani, Giraldo and Vicente also drop places.

The New table is posted here (on britishtennis.net) Richard starts the week by climbing two places as Mertinak and Vik defend points from week 19 2006. Gremelmayr, Labadze and Bastl also drop places.

The New table is posted here (on britishtennis.net) Josh kicks off the week up 3 places. Despite defending 4 points himself: he drops behind Zeballos, but Dorsch, Fognini, Tourte and Vik drop behind him. Jamie climbs one place as Vemic defends points from 2006. Jonny goes up three. Vagnozzi, Niema...

(1) FEDERER, Roger SUI v BYE ALMAGRO, Nicolas ESP v HENMAN, Tim GBR (WC) VOLANDRI, Filippo ITA v QUALIFIER VERDASCO, Fernando ESP v (13) GASQUET, Richard FRA (12) BERDYCH, Tomas CZE v NIEMINEN, Jarkko FIN WAWRINKA, Stanislas SUI v QUALIFIER ACASUSO, Jose ARG v VERKERK, Martin NED BYE v (8) LJUBICIC,...