Put this in the general section as not GB related. The teams for the DC ties in April are being announced : Italy v France Italy - Fognini, Lorenzi, Seppi, Berrettini, Bolelli - Berrettini is the new one for me? France - Pouille, Mannarino, Herbert, Chardy, Mahut - so none of the big 4 of Tsonga, Monfil...
The top ITF junior event this week sees three Brits take part in a mainly American field. Holly Fischer was a late withdrawal. Rahul Dhokia has a tough round 1 against someone who reached the semis of the regional G1 last week. Live scores should be available this afternoon via http://scores.tennist...
Girls R1: Erin RICHARDSON (GBR) [2] 6-1 6-1 Riva HONDIASHVILI (ISR) BoysR1: Joseph WHITE (GBR) 6-0 6-4 Bar MESHEL (ISR) Jack PINNINGTON JONES (GBR) 4-6 6-3 6-3 Noam COHEN (ISR) Alexander GAPONENKO (ISR) [5] 6-0 6-1 Benjamin HEYNOLD (GBR) Samer AL TORI (ISR) 6-3 6-...
We see a lot of our LTA funded men being asked to go and play clay court matches to improve their game, but I don't seem to see that being promoted within the women's game. In fact i'm struggling to think of anyone other that Hev, Joko, Amanda and Eleanor who has played clay on the senior tour this year. The...
QR1: Emma RADUCANU (GBR) UNR 15yrs (JCH:49 Feb 18) vsYunqi HE (CHN) UNR 18yrs (JCH:418 Oct 16) -- Edited by Michael D on Friday 30th of March 2018 02:34:54 PM
QR1: James Allemby UNR (CH = 2052 in September 2015) vs Aria Harajchi (SUI) WR 1979 (CH = 917 in December 2016) Ryan Storrie should have crept into the main draw.
It's probably inappropriate to post this in the Mens discussion section, because it also affects women and Junior game, but the MDS tends to be the one that I go on and has most contributors on. This evening I'll be at a roundtable discussion with incoming LTA CEO Scott Lloyd. Will be able to ask him abou...
QR1: (q3) Samm Butler WR 1514 (CH = 1318 in November 2014) vs BYE QR1: Mikar Fisher UNR vs Charles Bertimon (FRA) UNR Luke Johnson should be in the main draw.
L32: Pedja Krstin (SRB) WR 208 (CH = 159 in May 2016) vs Jay Clarke WR 265 (CH = 219 last December) And if Jay gets through that one, he'll almsot certainly face the top seed, Dusan Lajovic, in the last 16...
I noticed on live rankings, they have a new list called the ITF ranking which is appearing only on their WTA section https://live-tennis.eu/en/itf-women-live-ranking Any idea what this is? Jodie Burrage is ranked at 39, Emily Appleton at 135. Does it lead to some ITF year end finals that hasnt bee...
Scott ploughing a lone furrow in Spain this week alongside his Dutch partner & it's a rotten draw: L16: Scott Clayton & David Pel (NED) CR 275 (127+148) vs (2) André Begemann & Divij Sharan (GER/IND) CR 125 (81+44) -- Edited by Stircrazy on Wednesday 4th of April 2018 11:50:15 AM
2018 has the potential to be one of the most random seasons ever. This is was I am thinking: AO- Zverev FO- Nadal Wim- Wawrinka (completes career grand slam/ Murray fans in ruins) USO-Federer,(last grand slam) Thoughts?
L32: Alex Ward WR 290 (CH = 242 in June 2016) vs (8) Bradley Klahn (USA) WR 163 (CH = 63 in March 2016) L32: (ALT) Lloyd Glasspool WR 425 (CH = 282 in July 2016) vs Filip Peliwo (CAN) WR 186 (CH = 182 last month)
Isabelle's first outing of the year; the 56th Brit woman to face competition. 3 rounds in qualifying QR1: Isabelle HEARNSHAW (GBR) UNR v. Bye QR2: Isabelle HEARNSHAW (GBR) UNR v. Natalija KOSTIC (SRB) [q9] 445 (CH 398, Sep. 2012) Manisha the only Brit to face Kostic last year: she lost in 3 in Hammamet...
In Malta, g5, young Natalya Ogunwale (sister of Jacquelyn), born 2003, came through quails and won a match but then lost out. Our star 2003-er, however, Matilda M, is going strong: Girls R1 (L48) Natalya OGUNWALE (GBR) 7-6(5) 6-3 Carlotta MENCAGLIA (ITA) Victoria SUBEV (GBR) [15] BYE M...