Only 19 players in a 32 draw qualifying (and only 5 seeds) FQR:- Anjali Kotecha (GBR) UNR/1956/19yo [Q5] v Allegravan der Walt (RSA) UNR/UNR/16yo FQR:- Marelie Raath (GBR) UNR/UNR/18yo v Srivally Varma Medishetty (IND) UNR/UNR/19yo
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...
There's a junior exhibition (I'm guessing) going on at Queen's Club during the tournament and so a quick shoutout to Arthur who beat the JWR 9 today. What a good few months the kid has had.
Draws are up for main draw but in qualies, Athina Schlepphorst won through to the FQR, beating the second seeded Jamaican, James, to do so and quite a big beating as well, of 3 and 1. Sadly, she lost in FQR. In main draw, Allegda K-D and Flora Johnson are in the girls, Oli B (seeded 4) and Viktor F go in the bo...
I was shocked & saddened by the news yesterday that Charlotte Dujardin had withdrawn from the British dressage team for the Paris Olympics following the emergence of a four-year-old video which showed her, as she terms it, "making an error of judgement". My shock & sadness turned to horr...
QR1: Kornel Halmos (HUN) UNR vs Fabio Nestola WR 2084 (CH = 1870 in May) QR1: Karim Ibrahim (EGY) WR 1564 (CH = 1428 in September) vs Michael Shaw WR 2132 (CH = 1143 in last November) QR1: Mattias Southcombe UNR (CH = 1337) vs Kyle Rae UNR Stuart Parker should be in the main draw.
R1: Isabella Wong def. (5) Yushan Shao (CHN) 6-4 4-6 6-3 R2: Isabella Wong LOST to Mutsumi Uemura (JPN) 7-5 6-2 Shame Isabella couldn't capitalise on the excellent R1 win Still got doubles to come For those interested, the 2010-born winner of Les Petits As this year (Mariia Makarova) is also play...
Vote will close at 9.55 pm Tuesday 3rd December - our list is below: please say who you vote for and why! It helps, it does, honestly! And remember, all PoM winners and runners up qualify for Player of the Season in around one month. Only December POM to come and then player its player of the season: 1 - Luk...
Sadly the Wimbledon singles champion of 1960 Australia's Neale Fraser passed away on 2nd December 2024 aged 91. He won the US singles Championships of 1959 and 1960. In the 1959 US Championships he also won the doubles and mixed and is the last man to win all 3 titles at the same Grand Slam. He won...
QR1: Raffaello Papajcik UNR vs (q11) Nicolás Rafael Goldberg (ESP) WR 1629 (CH = 1606 last December) QR1: Thomas Drayton UNR vs (q13) Rafael Giotis (ESP) WR 1663 (CH = 1216 in August 2022)
A sizeable British contingent here, including many from last week's successful J100 in Stavanger. Unluckily Brits have drawn the top two seeds in the girls event, though that wasn't a barrier to Sophie Bekker last week. Conor Brady is drawn against last week's boys winner, and former Les Petits A...
QR1: Alessio Demichelis (ITA) UNR (CH = 1684 in September last year) vs (q14) Thomas Drayton UNR QR1: Jason Janis (GER) UNR vs (q13) Felix Mischker WR 2046 (CH = 1747 last December) Ewen Lumsden should again be in the main draw.
As per the sensible request on the other page, (and as it concerns some of our best players), here is a thread exclusively for our GB players (men and women) who take part in the European club tennis leagues. (NB I don't follow the German leagues so if someone else does, please add it as this isn't meant to...
So here we are, onto November - nominations thread. Month will run for 4 weeks through to Sunday December 1st Anyone can nominate, just add a name below to the latest list and a reason and repost! Nominations List 1 2 3 4 5 6
