This is an Oracle Pro-Series event. Tara was top of the q list so should be in the MD together with Fran Jones. It's good to see Emily Arb playing here too. A good first round q draw as well, but unfortunately if she wins here the FQR draw is not good as she is like to face the q1 seed, Pamela Montez WR 495. QR1:E...
Luka Petrovic continues his Latin American run, opening against a qualifier, who is on a 15 match winning streak, albeit at Grade 5 mainly R1 (L48) (Q) Francisco Lamas Villarroel (VEN) v Luka Petrovic
24 teams, divided into six groups of four for the opening round robin opening stage, will contest this inaugural event. Great Britain has been drawn in Group C in Sydney for the round robin, along with Belgium, Bulgaria & Moldova, & is ranked 17th overall, the N° 1 team being Serbia (NoDjo, L...
THIS OPENING POST IS FOR THE 2019 EVENT - SEE PAGE 4 (ONWARDS) FOR THE 2020 VERSION Australian Open quallies could look considerably different to that of the US Open a couple of months ago, some for positive reasons, others less so. We had 7 representatives in the New York qualifiers, but it could be as...
QR1: Sizya Kivanda UNR (CH = 1600 in October last year) vs (q11) Sean Hodkin WR 1264 (CH = 1182 last June) QR1: (q2) Billy Harris WR 909 (CH = 609 last October) vs Kuzey Çekirge (TUR) WR 1405 (= CH) QR1: Tom Hands WR 1664 (= CH) vs Pol Amoros (ESP) WR 1330 (= CH) QR1: Leopold Zima (GER) WR 1573 (CH = 1421 last...
Two q rounds here too. Looks tough for Katie this stage of her come back, but glad to see her back on the court again after her withdrawal last week. QR1: Katie BOULTER (GBR) 318 vs Bernada PERA (USA) [q3] 65 (CH:63 July 19)
One of our absolute top youngsters is taking part in the J4 in UAE this week. Sophya Devas is born 2006, just turned 14, and very highly thought of. She's other there with Imogen Haddad who is also age 14 and a very promising player. UAE, G4: R1: Sophya Devas def. (8) Leena Bennetto (CAN) 6-3 6-3 Imogen H...
Jasmine Conway is in India for a Grade 3 followed by a couple of Grade 2s and is seeded 4 this week. If you want to know more about her she has a website R1 (L32) (4) Jasmine Conway v Vaishnavi Adkar (IND)
As flamingowings notes in the entries section, lousy q draws for both Brit women, especially Harriet, who is defending points here. Last year she reached the R16. QR1: Harriet DART (GBR) 142 vs Yulia PUTINTSEVA (KAZ) [q1] 34 QR1: Heather WATSON (GBR) 103 vs Fiona FERRO (FRA) [q6] 63
I thought it would be good to have a record of where and when players get their first ATP World Ranking Point. Congrats to Max: Week 1 - ITF M15 - Manacor, Mallorca (hard)L32: (WC) Max Basing UNR defeated (Q) Benjamin Piétri (FRA) WR 1002 by 2 & 3
L48: Lloyd Glasspool WR 403 (CH = 282 in July 2016) vs (WC) John McNally (USA) WR 642 (CH = 470 last July) He'll play the 16th seed, Thomaz Bellucci, in the last 32 if he wins that one!
The year's first Grade 1 event is the Coffee Bowl in Costa Rica where Luka Petrovic is a direct acceptance. He has been joined by Alexander de Sousa, who qualified by beating an American who he now plays again (as a lucky loser) in round 1 R1 (L64) (LL) Maxim Groysman (USA) v (Q) Alexander De Sousa Edson A...
Seems amazing to see Katie B, Katie S and Sam all in qualifying for just a W25 event!! Katie B is not even seeded, to show how far done her ranking is now. QR1: Katie BOULTER (GBR) 319 vs Laura ASHLEY (AUS) 1028 (CH:1022 Nov19) 18yrs QR1: Samantha MURRAY SHARAN (GBR) [q3] 221 vs BYE QR1: Katie SWAN (GBR)...
This tournament was moved from Canberra due to the bush fires. Looks like challenger doubles draws will now come out on Saturdays now. L16: (1) Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) & Jonny O'Mara vs Marcus Giron & Bradley Klahn (USA/USA) Liam Broady will be signing into qualifying, though I doubt he will...
An early start to the season for some of our juniors, with this the highest grade event. The January events in Sweden have often provided British success, including Harry Wendelken here last January Boys R1 (L32) (4) Mans Dahlberg (SWE) v Peter Alam (Q) Giacomo Revelli v (3) Aleksandr Myagkov (RUS)...
