In El Salvador, there's a G4 this week. And Blu Baker, ranked about 800, got sweet revenge on the lad ranked about 300 who beat him last week: R1 (L32) : Blu BAKER (GBR) JWR 801 7-6(5) 6-1 Boruch SKIERKIER (ARG) [4] JWR 307 Looking forward to watching his progress, this week and in general.......
Just Emily Appleton and Francesca Jones have made the main draw here. Barnaby Smith is in qualifying and needs to win two matches, starting with a French wildcard. The other seed in his section is the Italian who edged him out in the Florence G2 semis recently Boys QR1 (8) Barnaby Smith v (WC) Emmanuel C...
L64: André Begemann & Philipp Oswald (GER/AUT) CR 135 (67+68) vs Kyle Edmund & Dan Evans UNR (0 [but a CH of 713 in November 2014] +197) L64: (5) Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares (BRA) CR 17 (8+9) vs Janko Tipsarevic & Viktor Troicki (SRB/SRB) CR 630 (569+61) L64: Treat Huey & Denis I...
The main draw gets underway here tomorrow with Barnaby Smith the one player who could win a Special Exempt into the French Open with a good performance here. He should be joined in the main draw by Anton Matusevich and Ali Collins. Qualifying has started with round 1 wins for Lilian Mould and Victoria...
Hi guys, I know I rarely post these days, but still monitor the forum regularly. This month marks 12 years, since I started this website. Back then in June 2005, a young 18 year old called Andy Murray ranked 300ish in the world had just made the third round of Queens before cramping against Thomas Johans...
New interview in which he says he may switch back, as he wishes to play in the Olympics. Also he spends much more time in Slovenia and his pop star girlfriend wants him to move back. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/40083299 WHAT A PR DISASTER. If he really was British and was a chance of funding...
In Moldova, G5: R1: Pietro MARINO (ITA) 6-4 6-4 Toby SAMUEL (GBR) (born 2002) R1 Dubs: Bogdan BOCLINCA (MDA) / Toby SAMUEL (GBR) 7-5 2-6 [10-5] Thomas George BRUN (SUI) / Andrei BUTNARU (MDA) In Albania, G5: R1: Ying HOU (GBR) [1] 6-3 5-7 7-6(3) Andrea BRIGNACCA (ITA) Gjorgj...
For completeness, we had a player here in qualifying: Alicia Robinson played her first match for five years, and she managed a win, too; just the second of her pro career! QR1: Alicia ROBINSON (GBR) UNR defeated Giulia SPICACCI (BRA) UNR 6-0 6-2 FQR: Alicia ROBINSON (GBR) UNR lost to Anna Maria PROCAC...
L32: (5) Finn Tearney (NZL) WR 403 (CH = 356 last October) vs Rhett Purcell WR 1130 (CH = 1098 in February) I see Rhett was born in Gisborne, NZ, & is actually resident in the Land of the Long White Cloud.
Presenting, once more, a ladies doubles match of the Round of 16: Miss Soumeya Anane & Miss Natasha Hillyer (GBR/GBR) 2352 (1176 + 1176) versus Miss Jesicka Maleckova & Miss Tereza Smitkova (CZE/CZE) 1134 (504 + 630)
