Always a bit random with the youngsters as to whose individual player page will still be up in the mix in five years time, and whose will have sunk without trace, but... Mark Ceban is born 2009, tall and willowy, has just won the U14 Bolton event, and has come on leaps and bounds in the last 12 months, reall...
This delightful interview with Matthew Syed took me back to my schooldays & brought back some lovely memories. Sadly, Roger, now 83, is not in the best of health, but, with true Yorkshire grit, seems to be making light of it.
QR1: (q1) Hugo Coquelin WR 1246 (CH = 1225 last October) vs George Day UNR QR1: Joel Gibson UNR vs Kyvan Rietkerk (NED) UNR QR1: Andrés Medus (ARG) UNR vs Maximilian Relic UNR QR1: Zach Stephens UNR (CH = 1270 in November 2023) vs (q15) Nicolas Recoura (FRA) UNR QR1: (q7) Cian Maguire (IRL) WR 2...
We had a thread last year which largely allowed us to keep tabs on the progress of Anna McBride and other players in the Para tennis world, so felt a new one for 2025 would be useful. If Anna's Dad reads this, I guess Anna and our other players are down in Australia now for the Aussie Open event? I can't see a d...
Jack Draper will be the only GB flag-carrier by right on the men's side & conceivably the third seed. Given his recent heroics on the red stuff, could Jake Fearnley, currently likely to be the top seed in qualies, but in the list of...
Draw not visible at the moment but the WTA has the order of play for Qualifying Round 1 QR1:- Jodie Burrage (GBR) WR162 [QWC] v Anca Todoni (ROU) WR87 [Q11] QR1:- Heather Watson (GBR) WR164 [QWC] v Leolia Jeanjean (FRA) WR92 [Q12] QR1:- Mika Stojsavljevic (GBR) WR936 [QWC] v Suzan Lamens (NED) WR72 [...
Everyone knows about Billy and his 'Billy-van'. And Bob's famous laundry service. But there was an interesting article about his recently in the French press (about Billy, that is, not Bob ) and the Isle of Man tennis club site put up a translation: Harris, the Atypical Englishman :Having left Engl...
Scott Watson's exploits in Tennis Europe events last year, finishing as the top ranked boy, have helped him secure a Junior Regional Reserved place here. It will be a tough challenge, as he is drawn against a clay-courter ranked just outside the top 100 R1 (L32) Scott Watson (ITF) v (6) Emilio Camach...
Not somewhere to be playing tennis this week - the temperature is touching 40C in Cordoba this week. Night need that fan. QR1:- Summer Yardley (GBR) WR1414 v Fanny Norrin (SWE) WR1331 [Q15]
QR1: (qWC) Andrei Crabel (USA) UNR vs (q14) Joe Leather WR 1565 (CH = 1556 in February) QR1: Rahul Dhokia WR 2032 (CH = 1550 in August 2022) vs (q13) Dillon Beckles (USA) WR 1476 (CH = 1471 last month)
I've been so impressed with Olivia Nicholls this Spring. Winning 4 doubles titles is so impressive and she's forming an exciting partnership with Sarah Beth Grey. Would you give the pair wild cards to the WTA British events? Or would you give it to established singles players (Hev, JoKo)? Arguably,...
The 26-year-old Londoner's results in ITF events have been hit & miss, to say the least: he's tended to focus on those in eastern Europe &, more often th...
On the grounds that occasionally someone does something quite extraordinary that seems to merit attention but doesn't fit into any other thread, would the mods be all right with this as a thread? If so, may I nominate Gilles Simon as a worthy opener? A few days ago, he was on crutches and the assumption...
Emma isn't playing as she is still having problems with her back, which means that there will be 6 qualifiers plus a lucky loser in the main draw. Doubles L16:- Tereza Mihalokova (SVK) / Olivia Nichols (GBR) CR60 (31+29) v Xinyu Jiang (CHN) / Fang Hsien-Wu (TPE) CR55 (27+28) -- Edited by the addict on Sa...
I'm assuming that there'll be a fair few Brits in the doubles event (none competing in Halle), so feel that it warrants a separate thread. This being an ATP 500, there is, of course a qualies stage: QR1: (q1) Sander Arends (NED) & Luke Johnson CR 63 (30+33) vs (qWC) Daniel Evans & Henry Searle...
