J100 South Africa Brooke Black, seeded 4, is through to the QFs Rosie Cho came through qualis but lost 1 & 2 to a 14 year-old wildcard in R1 Last week's finalist, Sophie Bekker, lost to the 6th seed in three sets Elizabeth Evans lost to a qualifier Ophelia Korpanec Davies came through qualis but also...
QR1: (q3) Thijmen Loof (NED) WR 993 (CH = 991 last week) vs Felix Mischker WR 2005 (CH = 1747 last December) Jay Clarke should be in the main draw & I assume Max Basing will join him courtesy of an SE. -- Edited by Stircrazy on Tuesday 3rd of September 2024 02:18:14 PM
Mark Ceban is seeded 2 here, hoping to take advantage of a relatively weak J200 in a grand slam week Boys R1 (L48) Maxwell Castle v (LL) Jakub Vrtilka (CZE) (2) Mark Ceban bye Girls R1 (L48) Georgiana Mititelu v (Q) Sofie Maresova (CZE)
QR1: (q2) Lucas Poullain (FRA) WR 364 (CH = 244 in February) vs Patrick Brady WR 789 (CH = 728 in February) QR1: (q5) Kyle Edmund WR 452 (CH = 14 in October 2018) vs (qWC) Pierre Antoine Tailleu (FRA) WR 1505 (CH = 1457 in August 2022)
(Almost) the usual suspects are here again next week. QR1: (qWC) Bence Kutasi (HUN) UNR vs (q13) Joe Leather UNR QR1: (qWC) Botond Kisantal (HUN) UNR vs (q14) Joe Tyler UNR (CH = 1339 in August 2022) QR1: (q7) Rafael Kis Balazs (HUN) WR 1592 (CH = 1576 two weeks ago) vs Stefan Cooper UNR Hamish Stewart...
I often see people refer to "The LTA" as an organisation and want to know actually who it is at the LTA responsible for certain decisions. When board members post things like "The LTA scrapped most of the futures events" or "The LTA scrapped the bonus scheme" etc it must be a decision from either the Chie...
Sad to hear of the passing at just 59 years old of Peter Lundgren. Former coach of Federer, worked at the LTA for a good while and did a great job before being let go. I cant recall exactly, was there some issue with drinking and id heard it may have blighted his career and life. by all accounts, a well liked...
I give up! Apparently, the IOC threatened us with the loss of the right to host qualifying events for new Olympic sports unless we gave in. As Matthew Syed puts it in the article, "That's right: for the sake of hosting a breakdancing event in Stratford"!!! ...
As CD is being distracted by Marilyns and Munros (see Chat section) here is a round-up of other junior ITFs. The first 7 events still have British involvement.J100 Johannesburg (South Africa)15 year old Sophie Bekker has reached the final beating the top seed today (ranked 159) . Ophelia Korpanec...
Doubles Draw 64 draw. Rankings are at 26/08/2024 (released a day early !) Whilst all winners could face seeds in the second round, only one pair could face a pair seeded in the top 8. R1:- Harriet Dart (GBR) / Diane Parry (FRA) CR222 (68+154) v Linda Noskova (CZE) / Diana Shnaider (***) CR118 (60+58) Pos...
