There's a J100 (formerly J3) event in Sweden this week with a few young Brits involved. Boys: Dilhan Wasantha made it all the way through qualies to make the MD, meaning Brits have a quartet of Swedish opponents in R1. Albert Widell (SWE) vs [5] Henry Jefferson [3] Charlie Robertson vs Emil Kindhult (S...
QR1: Asler Civera (ESP) UNR vs Harry Hines UNR QR1: Alexander Carlos Parker UNR vs (qWC) Per Jürgens (GER) UNR QR1: (q8) Stijn Pel (NED) WR 1728 (CH = 1550 last August) vs Casper Nicolle UNR
L32: (5) Arthur Féry WR 473 (CH = 465 last November) vs Lucas Renard (SWE) WR 1021 (CH = 672 in March 2013) -- Edited by Stircrazy on Tuesday 3rd of January 2023 09:46:44 AM
QR1: Matija Zugic (SRB) UNR (CH = 1817 last August) vs (qWC) Ersel Kalfaoglu UNR With a name like that, the young man (he's only 16) has to be of Turkish extraction himself.
L32: Qualifier vs Jack Draper WR 42 (CH = 41 last month) L32: (6) Jannik Sinner (ITA) WR 15 (CH = 9 last month) vs (PR) Kyle Edmund WR 582 (CH = 14 in October 2018) L32: Andy Murray WR 49 (CH = 1 in November 2016) vs Sebastian Korda WR 33 (CH = 30 in May)
Rex Bellamy I have just purchased the ATP Media Guide for 2023 and I note that the Times Tennis correspondent from 1967 to 1989 Rex Bellamy passed away on 17th November 2022. He also wrote 11 books , 3 of which were on tennis. I can recall seeing him at Eastbourne WTA tennis during the 1980's. I
Tony Trabert, the American multiple Grand Slam winner of the 1950's passed away on 3rd February aged 90. He won 5 major singles titles between 1953 and 1955 , being 2 French , 1 Wimbledon (1955) and 2 US. When he won the French in 1955 ,it would be another 34 years in 1989 before an American man wo...
L16: (1) Rajeev Ram (USA) & Joe Salisbury CR 7 (3+4) vs Sebastián Báez & Luis David Martínez (ARG/VEN) UNR L16: Julian Cash & Henry Patten CR 139 (70+69) vs Diego Hidalgo & Emil Ruusuvuori (ECU/FIN) CR 916 (80+836)
R1: RADUCANU, Emma (GBR) 78 (CH=10 2022) v FRUHVIRTOVA, L inda (CZE) 79 (CH=74 2022) {17yo JCH=2} Not the easiest matches for R1 but could be worse. -- Edited by Peter too on Sunday 1st of January 2023 10:13:10 AM
QR1: Nicolas Philibert UNR vs Patrick Toman (USA) UNR QR1: Mohamed el Hafedh Said (MTN) UNR vs (q13) Ying Hou UNR QR1: Gabriele Camini (ITA) UNR vs John Horoz Garner UNR
L24: Alicia Barnett & Olivia Nicholls CR 120 (60+60) vs Cristina Bucsa & Makoto Ninomiya (ESP/JPN) CR 128 (89+39) Should be on at a watchable time tomorrow morning.
Thought I'd start a new thread for the Pro League for 2022. Their website has been updated with a calendar. Although I'd imagine there is a chance it will change during the year. Currently 7 qualifying weeks and a finals week. Down from 9 and the finals in 2021. 2020 had 5 and the classic week. Week 1 16-...
Ok, so this probably counts as pretty low on most people's radar BUT - the Top Tier U12 event has been taking place this week in France. In Boulogne-Billancourt Along with the Open Auray Super 12, it's one I always follow. And the Facebook site has had some live coverage Congrats to Liv Zingg (born...
The ITF have been running a poll on their front page for a while asking...
"Whats your favourite Grand Slam Tournament" - http://www.itftennis.com/mens/
So far....
1. French Open 40% 2. Wimbledon 31% 3. Us Open 15% 3. Aussie Open 15% (952 votes).
Lets see what you lot th...