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Mimi Xu is (with Hep) the other extremely promising prospect we have amongst our young female players. She also is born 2007. Comes from Swansea. And has been a top LTA prospect for several years. I was very impressed when I saw her in the U18 nationals. The thing that stands out is her physique - she is...
QR1:- Emily Appleton (GBR) WR382 (CH=347 in October) [Q11] v Rada Zolotareva (***) WR526/17yo/JR61QR1:- Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) UNR (CH=240 in 2011) [QWC] v Sara Saito (JPN) WR259 (CH=150 Dec 2024) [Q3]QR1:- Mika Stojsavljevic (GBR) WR341=CH/16yo [Q8] v Gina Feistel (POL) WR729 (CH=296 in De...
Just Hollie Smart as a British representative in the final J300 of the year. She takes on a qualifier with the 3rd seed already through to play the winner in round 2 - the 15th seed, who reached the semis in Merida is in the same section R1 (L64) (Q) Armira Kockinis (USA) v Hollie Smart
QR1: BYE vs (q9) Rahul Dhokia UNR (CH = 1550 in August 2022) QR1: BYE vs (q11) Louis Allen UNR (CH = 1789 in November 2020) QR1: Takahiro Kubo (JPN) UNR vs Oscar Brown UNR QR1: Luca Stopforth UNR vs (qWC) Alberto Arancón (ESP) UNR QR1: Ruben Hartig (GER) UNR (CH = 1638 in July last year) vs (q12) Willia...
The last PoM process of 2025 is now started. Weeks 48-52, meaning we close on Sunday 28th December. December is a strange month in relative terms. Maybe the bar for entry shifts a little - that is down to nominators to decide initially. My only guidance is that, as always, nominate who you wish and for a...
Time to start scratching your heads and come up with your predictions for 2025. We had just 29 entries last year, so I hope more will take part this time around. he closing date for entries is midnight on Friday Dec 27th as I will be out of the country for the following week. So you have 2 weeks to get your ent...
I've a feeling that Hollie Smart's name is going to be a frequent one on this forum in years to come. So it's about time she had her own thread. Hollie was born in June 2009. She's a tall, slender girl. Plays quite a defensive game. After Hannah Klugman, she is pretty much the LTA's top pick for her age (alth...
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...
Deservedly a Middlesbrough legend. Everyone must know Driving home for Christmas... Interesting story behind the writing of it. The big names in the entertainment world seem to be dropping like flies at the moment.
QR1: Furqan Lawal UNR vs Evan Galea (MLT) UNR QR1: Ron Roopesh UNR vs Claudio Cataldi (ITA) UNR QR1: Duarte Melo (POR) UNR vs Jude Dixon UNR Three new Brit names there. Roopesh is 18, Lawal 22 & Dixon 23, while Cataldi, according to the ITF, is 65!
Announced commitments (either official or reliable unofficial sources) 2025/26 Charlie Swain - South Carolina Ferran Redza - UC Santa Clara Matt Upton - Montana Daniel Franco-Key - UNC Asheville Zechariah Hamrouni - Old Dominion Harry Abel - UNC Wilmington Ryan Parkins - Bellarmine Nicholas Fi...
QR1: Facundo Grasso (ARG) UNR vs (q12) Luke Hooper WR 1508 (CH = 1476 in September) QR1: Barney Fitzpatrick UNR vs (q10) Arthur Bellegy (FRA) WR 1469 (CH = 1432 in September) QR1: Maxwell Castle UNR vs (q13) Mihai Alexandru Coman (ROU) WR 1514 (CH = 1273 in July last year) QR1: Casper Nicolle UNR v...
Time to start scratching your heads and come up with your predictions for 2025. We had 38 entries last year, almost the same as the previous year. It would be great to see a few more taking part this year, especially from some of the more recent and more active members. The closing date for entries is midn...
64 Qualifying drawQR1:- Krystyna Pochtovyk (UKR) WR1034 [Q1] v Melissa Boyden (GBR) WR1473QR1:- Meritxell Teixido Garcia (ESP) WR1417 v Annabelle Lammas (GBR) UN|R/2242(In the same section, so would meet in the final round)QR1:- Anastasiia Pliushcheva (***) UN|R/456 v Athina Schlepphorst...
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...
