For some reason Alan Wright has again moved up to Challenger qualies here. In round 1 he plays Adriano Biasella (Ita). A win in round 1 would see Alan play the 5th seed who received a bye.
Full Qualifying Draw
Chris Hartfield in QD :
QD1 - bt Arthur Albert (Gha) 7-6(4) 5-4 retired. (The name is no joke!) QD2 - lost to Pelach Torres (Esp) 3rd seed 6-4 6-3 -------------
MD : Myles Blake, Fulford-Jones & Ross Connolly.
Robert Dee was on the alts list but did not appear in the QD.
A good day in Q1 for British women...
(1) Anna Smith GBR d. Anna-Viktoria Lind SWE 7-5, 6-4 Zaruhi Harutyunyan ARM d. Natalie Handler ISR 6-0, 6-0 (2) Olivia Scarfi GBR d. Naomi Broady GBR 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-2 Lisa Sutton GBR d. Emma Tomlinson GBR 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 Margot Carter GBR d. (3, 1225) Edita M...
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) Photo by AP
Birthdate:
July 23, 1981
Birthplace:
Masku, Finland
Residence:
Masku, Finland
Height:
6'1'' (185 cm)
Weight:
172 lbs (78 kg)
Plays:
&nbs...
Entry list:
1 Federer, Roger SUI 1
2 Nadal, Rafael ESP 2
3 Nalbandian, David ARG 3
4 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 4
5 Roddick, Andy USA 5
6 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 6
7 Safin, Marat RUS @6
8 Blake, James USA 7
9 Robredo, Tommy ESP 8
10 Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 9
11 Ancic, Mario CRO 10
12 Gonzalez, F...
Anyone interested in tracing their family tree ?
Started my tree a month ago.....now got 103 names in my tree....just found out the names of my Great Great Great Grandparents.....one of them was a railway labourer in India (Born in Glasgow) and died in 1886 !!!!!
Great websites if you want to star...
ok another new game.. Pick a winner. Simple rules. Pick someone before a touny begins that you think will win it. 100AM's for winner 50 for finalist 20 for semi finalist it costs 20AM's to enter the game or i will set odds on people because its kinda unfair with federer..... and you will have to place your...
Here's the table for our second tier of players. All 18th/ 19th/ and defending points are straight from tennisfacts.
unning|----------Start of week---------| Running So 18th Def 19th Rank rank&nbs...
So Andy has a chance at Federer.... if he can get that far! Oooooooooo.......
That a possibility of beating World Ranking #13, #14, #15 ??
Can this run of success last? We can dream that it will ! Go for it! Andy!!!!
:biggri...
2.5-Gasquet v Berdych-1.65 1.35-Gonzo v Acasuso-3.75 1.42-Murray v Nieminen-3.1 1.04-Federer v Malisse-10.5 Predict the score (pick one) Gasquet v Berdych Gonzo v Acauso Murray v Neiminen
Go to:
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and register to become a member which is free.
Then, 2. log in on www.TennisLiveOnline.com
3. click on the link that flashes, "Special Promotion, One Day Free Pass, Click Here", that appears...
According to the OOP, this should start at "not before" 1pm local time, so 6pm here, unless the first match takes more than two hours. -- Edited by mkkreuk at 12:30, 2006-08-10
Halfway through the championships and Team GB have 4 medals....Silver from Greg Rutherford, aged 19(i think) in the long jump and 3 gusty bronzes today from Rhys Williams in the 400m hurdles....Becky Lynne in the 800m and a nerve racking effort from Marlon Devonish in the 200m. So well done so...
1.7-Benneteau v Acasuso-1.7 1.04-Federer v Tursunov -17.5 1.3-Gasquet v Verdasco-2.5 2-Johansson v Malisse-1.57 1.48-Ljubicic v Gonzalez-2.28 2.2-Moya v Murray-1.37 Predict score Ljubicic v Gonalez Johansson v Malisse Moya v Murray
Grandstand Court 8.30pm BST (?) Good Luck to a UK player! (safe on that one!! *LOL*)
Could the Poll expert do their Magic? -- Edited by mkkreuk at 09:41, 2006-08-09
2.88-benneteau v hrbaty-1.53 1.42-berdych v Youzhny-3.15 1.51-Blake v Gasquet-2.8 My betting odds site only has these 3 odds posted...i donno why. They seem to be getting lazy lately. So i guess u can just pickf rom these threePredict a score A. Murray vs T. Henman I. Ljubicic vs A. Clement D. T...
A chance for Andy to gain revenge over David Ferrer for his rd2 defeat in ATP Barcelona this year to the Spaniard. The scoreline was 4-6, 7-6, 6-1 with Andy missing several chances in set 2, actually serving for the match at one stage, before being hampered by leg cramps in the 3rd set. That was on Ferrer'...
This match will follow the Rusedski match on grandstand and probably start at around 7pm BST
Björkman leads the head to head 5-4 but henman has had the two most recent victories.
2003, Vienna (Hard) - Henman won 6-1 6-4 2002, Davis Cup (Carpet) - Henman won 6-4 7-5 4-6 7-5 2002, Australian Op...
Geraint Jones has been dropped for Chris Read. I like jones, but his keeping is suspect (although it has improved) and he's supposedly in the team for his batting but at the moment i think that Read is better in BOTH departments so im glad to see this change happen!!!!
bad news and good newsbad: my bet site where i get the odds is down today and i cant be botherd to find any other site...so no odds today. good: im deciding to start a new game which u can read about in the predict a score match. And remember there will be a prize of 50 Am's rewarded to the winner....eve...
ok everyone new game. Im going to pick 3 of the better matches/closer match up's every day...well untill the semi's and finals. And all you have to do is pick on of any of the posted matchs and guess the score. there has to be atleast 2 people playing per-day or the results dont count. You are scored...
That eagerly awaited tournament-the day has arrived.
Q1:
Chris Harfield (GBR) d. (WC)Yannick Languina (SEN) 6-1 6-2
Omar Laalej (MAR) d. Alexander Johnston (GBR) 6-4 7-5
Final Q:
Chris Harfield (GBR) d. Sylvain Ruest (CAN) 6-1 6-0 This appears to be Chris's first main draw appearance t...
They play second on Grandstand, after a singles match which will start at 4pm (BST) so probably at about 5.45 BST. The head2head is tied at 1 all.
2006, Miami (Hard) - Rusedski won 6-3 6-1 2004, St. Petersburg (Carpet) - Youzhny won 3-6 6-3 6-4 -- Edited by mkkreuk at 10:03, 2006-08-07
Zaruhi Harutyunyan ARM d. Natalie Handler ISR 6-0, 6-0 (2) Olivia Scarfi GBR d. Naomi Broady GBR 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-2 Lisa Sutton GBR d. Emma Tomlinson GBR 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 Margot Carter GBR d. (3, 1225) Edita M...
Predict a score A. Murray vs T. Henman I. Ljubicic vs A. Clement D. T...