R32: Heather WATSON (GBR) 72 v. Beatríz HADDAD MAIA (BRA) 58 (=CH) Haddad Maia went 2-0 against GBR in 2017; as well as the defeat of Laura at Wimbledon, she also beat Freya in the Aussie series. The Brazilian hasn't played much in 2018, and on tour, has only beaten one player so far: Lizette Cabrera - she...
QR1: Alicia ROBINSON (GBR) UNR v. Jenny KLITCH (USA) UNR Mrs. Klitch has a CH of 147 in 1987. (Although in an interview, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtmsSDqycKo, she claims it was 'as high as 50'; rankings data I could find does not corroborate this) She played in Daytona Beach in January this...
QR1: (q3) Cameron Norrie WR 115 (CH 110) vs Filip Peliwo (CAN) WR 182 (at CH) The winner of that will play (q8) Denis Kudla (USA) or Brayden Schnur (CAN) in the FQR. Cam's match is 3rd up on court 'Cancha 4' with play beginning at 4 pm local, 10 pm GMT, so will be due in the middle of the night UK time but at a more...
Jacob Fearnley stays in Russia for a G3 event with many of the same players as in the Kazan G1 (the French lads who Jacob beat in the semis and final are two of the top seeds here). If you think Britain is cold at the moment try going here - -19C at present and falling. R1 (L32) David Georgadze (RUS) v (8) Jacob...
After making a G4 final earlier this month Victoria Allen is second seed in this South African G3 R1 (L32) M.J.Changwereza v Alta Brink (RSA) (WC) Maretha Burger (RSA) v (2) Victoria Allen
Congratulations to 13 year old Mila Burek who has qualified for an ITF main draw for the first time - and a GA to boot. She joins Destinee Martins, who takes on the approprately named American who dumped Emily Appleton out of the US Open. Holly Fischer unfortunately withdrew. There is a live stream at...
QR1: Naomi BROADY (GBR) [q2] 127 v. (WC) Lauren MARKER (USA) 878 (CH 875, Feb. 2018) Marker is a recent NCAA player, with a decent record at Arizona; she graduated last year.
QR1: Luke Bambridge WR 592 (CH = 481 in May 2016) vs (q7) Marinko Matosevic (AUS) WR 334 (CH = 39 in February 2013) Only 16 men in the draw! Should Luke manage to overcome the 32-year-old Bosnia & Herzegovina-born Aussie, he'll play Christian Harrison (q1) in the FQR.
Born Dec. 2003, Ananya is our 3rd youngest ITF ranked player. And she clocked up a nice R1 win today in a G4. Norway, G4: R1 (L32): Ananya VARTAK (GBR) 6-3 6-2 Sina Thon SKJELSTAD (NOR) Also born 2003, Kylie is our 10th youngest ITF ranked player, and also got a R1 win today, although in a G5: Eston...
QR1: BYE vs Scott Duncan WR 1937 (CH = 1644 last June) QR1: Adam Jones UNR vs Joseph Gray (USA) UNR QR1: BYE vs Edward Harwood UNR QR1: BYE vs (q13) Samm Butler WR 1746 (CH = 1318 in October 2014) QR1: Jonathan Binding UNR (CH = 1756 in December 2016) vs Patric Prinoth (ITA) UNR ***** QR2: Scott Duncan...
QR1: Aydan Gómez (CUW) UNR vs Curtis Clarke UNR (CH = 1518 in September 2015) First time I've seen a play from Curaçao at one of these events! Jay should be in the main draw & seeded first in front of bloody Ilhan.
L32: (PR) Evan Hoyt WR 1001 (CH = 542 in June 2016) vs (WC) Omar Elkadi (EGY) UNR If Evan cleans up against the local wild card, he'll almost certainly face the top seed, Aldin Sektic.
Anyone see the snowboard slopeski yesterday. Apparently the BBC had over 300 complaints about the commentators. I though the commentary was hilarious, not quite what the BBC were known for. The best bit was when the Austrian girl fell of the top and tried to get back up the ledge(tried being the ope...
