We all know how difficult it is for tennis players to make it big, but what about coaches too?! Especially in this country, where we don't always get the weather and facilities.. I know I've shared stuff on my blog in the past, but I've had a really good response from you all so far so massive thanks :) I hav...
L32: (4) Ed Corrie WR 358 (CH = 215 in April 2014) vs Mikael Torpegaard (DEN) WR 734 (CH = 310 in July) L32: Qualifier vs (5) Alex Ward WR 376 (CH = 242 in June last year) L32: (8) Luke Bambridge WR 566 (CH = 481 in May last year) vs Qualifier
Strange thing is... I can see Laura making the semi-finals. R32: Naomi BROADY (GBR) [5] 122 v. Bibiane SCHOOFS (NED) 204 (CH 142, Jun. 2012) R32: Laura ROBSON (GBR) v. Yanina WICKMAYER (BEL) [3] 113 (CH 12, Apr. 2010) H2H 0-2 2014 Hobart - WTA International - Hard - R32 - Wickmayer 6-4 2-0 RET 2010 Birmin...
Q1: WILLIAM, Tiffany (GBR) 4 1105 v Bye Summer Yardley was down for the qualifying tournament but may have asked for a Wild Card to join Gabby, Jodie and Freya in the MD.
The British contingent has been in Mexico has been strengthened this week, with the addition of Aidan McHugh, George Loffhagen, Jack Draper and Gemma Heath. The girls top seed Maria Lourdes Carle is currently on the live stream ( http://copayucatan.com.mx/partidos-en-vivo/ ) and Emile Hudd's m...
Young Luka (age 14 and unranked) is bombing along, having taken out the second seed, ranked 681. Russell (just turned 16) is keeping him good company. And the two together are cutting a swathe through the doubles too. R1 (L48): Russell HENDERSON (GBR) [5] BYE Luka PETROVIC (GBR) 6-0 6-1 ...
The last of the GB junior tournaments is upon us and it is back on the Wirral again. This tournament has brought to prominence some high profile juniors who have won this event - Jodie Burrage, Emma Raducanu, Aidan McHugh etc TE has just finished this week and was dominated by foreigners, but the best Br...
ITF Men Indonesia 25k - Klein USA 25k -Corrie, A Ward, Bambridge (Gray, Butler, Pudney) Czech - Farquharson, Willis Dom Rep - (Flavell, Kenward) Egypt - Bass (Stoute) Israel - (Canter, Binding, Murphy, Harwood, Smith) Mexico - (Hammond) South Africa - (Martin, Colautti, Thornton-Brown) Thailan...
L32: Marek Gengel (CZE) WR 648 (CH = 627 last month) vs (WC) William Flavell UNR L32: Yanais Laurent (FRA) WR 670 (CH = 503 in August 2015) vs (2) Marcus Willis WR 507 (CH = 322 in June 2014) No sign of Tom, so I guess the injury last week that caused him to give Möller a walkover was a but more than minor. -- E...
QR1: Oluwatobi Alli-Fullania UNR vs (qWC) Patrick Keane UNR The winner will face the q1 in QR2. QR1: (q4) Joel Cannell WR 1161 (CH = 822 last December) vs BYE QR1: James Allemby UNR (CH = 2052 in September 2015) vs Mohsen Hossein Zade (IRI) UNR (CH = 1277 in July 2011) QR1: Preston Connor (IRL) UNR v...
Unless i'm mistaken. Neither has played any junior event since Wimbledon and I'm not sure if they've played any senior events. Any news about where they are?
During the quiet period, it may be time to look at how you expect the 2017 rankings to pan out. Lots of things to think about Will Cam Norrie quit college and go pro? Who is going to call it a day? How quickly will Marcus Willis or Jay Clarke climb the rankings(assuming they do)? Who will transition from jun...
During the quiet period, it may be time to look at how you expect the 2017 rankings to pan out. Lots of things to think about Which juniors are at college or about to go to college? Who is going to call it a day? Which of our large number of 250-450 players will break through the difficult ranking barrier and...
Second week in Israel for Tad Maclean, who is up first tomorrow. Hopefully his opponent isn't as fast out of the blocks as his name would suggest. R1 (L32) Gianmarco Ferrari (ITA) v Tad Maclean
A friend of mine is a teacher in London (Enfield/Braintree area) and he has a new pupil who is 14 and a national age group champion in Romania. The family are wondering what opportunities there are in the area. I asked delicately how much money the family has, and it seems that they have some, but not unli...
QR1: (q1) Alex Ward WR 403 (CH = 242 in June last year) vs BYE QR1: Hunter Callahan (USA) WR 699 (CH = 696 last month) vs (q7) Neil Pauffley WR 598 (CH = 406 in August 2013)
