We cover a lot of doping, match-fixing etc in tennis But it's also interesting to see what problems other sports have Certain drug problems (in cycling, East European athletics etc) are well-known But this took me by surprise: the Norwegians (the Norwegians - our bastion of peace talks, and nobel pr...
Jasmine Asghar, Eden Richardson, Holly Hutchinson and Georgie Axon are among those competing for the under 18 title in Nottingham this week. Eden and Holly look as if they are in for a busy week, as they are also the top seeds in the under 16s. All 8 seeds won their opening matches in the under 14s - France...
J100 South Africa Leticia Romanova has won her R1 and plays R2 today Ophelia K Davies has won both R1 and R2 already and is into the QFs Both girls are through to the QFs in doubles (not together) J100 USA Athina Schlepphorst has won two matches and is into R3 (and in QFs in dubs) J30 Estonia Alex Winder w...
QR1: Joe Tyler UNR (CH = 1339 in August 2022) vs (q11) Jonas Pelle Hartenstein (GER) WR 1516 (CH = 1321 in September 2023) Ali Gray & Ben Jones should be in the main draw.
A series of high tariff junior events in Spain this month starts here. Max Carrier faces a familiar opponent, in the Lebanese/French boy who was a rival to Mark Ceban in under 14 events. Three Brits, including Sofia Tatu lost in qualifying Boys R1 (L32) Daniel Jade (FRA) v Maximilian Carrier (WC) Pau...
L32: (1) Borna Coric (CRO) WR 143 (CH = 12 in November 2018) vs Paul Jubb WR 217 (CH = 180 last October) L32: (8) Jan Choinski WR 195 (CH = 126 in August 2023) vs Qualifier
QR1: (q8) Alberto Odiseo Alvarado (PER) WR 1452 (CH = 1210 in September 2023) vs Stefan Cooper WR 2024 (CH = 1862 last December) Aidan McHugh should be in the main draw & seeded.
Boys A full draw in qualis The top seeds are: Dorokhov (***), Ollie Knight, Simon Hegarty, Harrison Cooper (the q2 seed seems to have dropped out, these are 1,3,4 and 5) Wildcards went to: Armus, de Mariveles, Solari Hernandez, Murphy, Sallu and Green -- Edited by Coup Droit on Saturday 1st of March 2...
From CD Her dad is Wayne Black; Cara Black is obviosuly then her aunt - and dad is married to Caras former doubles partner, Kazakhstan-born Irina Selyutina, who is Brooke's mumIt's a huge tennis family background And young Brooke has been trained to be a top tennis player, it's the clearly state goa...
9vicman's request is my command... Hope I've got the week right! GBR, seeded 10th, is away to Japan (unseeded), which, as the host, has the choice of venue & opted for the Bourbon Beans ( ) Dome in Miki (273 miles, as the crow flies, SW of Tokyo). The tie will be played from 31st January to 1st Febru...
QR1: (q1) Ruslan Tiukaev (***) WR 1223 (CH = 1158 last September) vs (qWC) Danny Flynn UNR QR1: (qWC) Enes Irgare (CYP) UNR vs (q14) Luke Hooper WR 2065 (CH = 2062 last month) Ewen Lumsden & Toby Martin should be in the main draw.
L32: (WC) Daniel Evans WR 167 (CH = 21 in August 2023) vs Karen Khachanov (***) WR 21 (CH = 8 in July 2019) L32: (7) Jack Draper WR 16 (CH = 15 last October) vs Qualifier
Fred Stolle former Grand Slam champion, coach and commentator passed away on 5th March. -- Edited by GAMEOVER on Thursday 6th of March 2025 10:26:40 AM
QR1: Liam Krall (USA) UNR vs (q9) Peter Alam WR 1751 (CH = 1534 last June) QR1: Gray Voelzke (USA) UNR vs (q10) Max Benaim WR 1753 (CH = 1676 last July) QR1: Henry Lieberman (USA) UNR vs (q14) Daniel Vishnick WR 2127 (CH = 1999 last May)
Here we go, an interesting and, dare I say, slightly less big name field than many months, and intriguing as a consequence. Poll will close Tuesday night at 9pm, if you vote please tell us and why, as it keeps it interesting for others! 1. Emily Webley-Smith for winning the W35 in Switzerland - her 27t...
