A tough assignment today for Ophelia Korpanec Davies against the second seed, who has won at least 2 matches in every tournament she has played since the Milan J500 last May R1 (L32) Ophelia Korpanec Davies v (2) Welles Newman (USA)
GIRLS Firstly, I note that Alisha Ndukwu has changed tennis flags and is now playing for Poland (I believe her mother is Polish, so that's the connection, and I assume the LTA haven't offered her the desired level of support - she's very promising in terms of her ranking, but it's true that it has almost...
Much to my surprise, a draw has been posted, I guess because the players in question were already there & are stuck there for the foreseeable future! L32: (WC) Zach Stephens WR 998 (CH = 994 last month) vs Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) WR 283 (CH = 78 in November 2019) L32: Felix Gill WR 300 (= CH) vs (ALT)...
QR1: Lucius Gutteridge UNR vs (q14) Sven Corbinais (FRA) WR 2197 (CH = 1405 in April 2024) QR1: (q5) Andrea Bacaloni (ITA) WR 1428 (CH = 807 in November 2023) vs (qWC) Charles Dossetter UNR QR1: Adam Knis (SUI) UNR vs Angel Angelov UNR QR1: (q7) James Connel WR 1443 (CH = 1124 in November 2023) vs Y...
Congratulations to Matt Weston on becoming the first individual GB male Gold medallist since Robin Cousins, 40 years ago. (I'm crowning him gold medallist with one run to go as he is so far ahead) The rest of the team have probably under achieved, with medal hopefuls finishing fourth. PS how bad is GB w...
Given that the last update has come in, and I have a window now before my first work meeting, then let's get this show underway. 12 players nominated. Usual process, vote for who you think is the player of the month. Given it is still Monday morning, I am going to go for a Tuesday night finish and let's see i...
No singles entries, and just the one pair in doubles L16:- Alicia Barnett (GBR) / Elixane Lechemia (FRA) CR232 (116+116) v Dalila Jakupovic (SLO) / Nika Radisic (SLO) CR237 (123+114)
Doubles draw - the GB doubles camp converges on Ostrava this week All in different quarters for a change L16:- Dalma Galfi (HUN) / Martyna Kubka (POL) CR1291 (1126+165) v Madeleine Brooks (GBR) / Shuo Feng (CHN) CR243 (133+110) L16:- Emiliana Arango (COL) / Panna Udvardy (HUN) CR1312 (1110+202) v Al...
Sofia Tatu lost in qualifying, so unless a lucky loser slot opens up Billy Moxon will be the only Brit in the singles main draws. Boys R1 (L32) Szymon Karpinski (POL) v William Moxon
J60 Bosnia & H Bella Relton lost in R1 J60 Kenya Murray Watters has 2 wins and is into R3 J60 Denmark Sam Zlotnik and Niall P-Barua both win in R1 before losing their respective R2 matches In the girls, Annabel Wong is the top seed and has made the QFs As has Grace Watson Alice Haddad lost in R1 thoug...
QR1: Mattias Southcombe UNR (CH = 1337 in November 2023) vs Ryoma Cogan (JPN) UNR Mattias seems to have been around forever, but he's still only 22! Ploughing a lone furrow here, as ever.
This months nominations period ends Sunday 1st March, making it a 4 week period: Players name and a reason for the nomination below please, just add to the latest version of the list Nominations: 1 2 3 etc
