Hey all! A while back a few of you mentioned that you'd like to read articles from players from small nations so I thought I'd share an interview I've just complete with Abigail Tere-Apisah. She's 25 and Papua New Guinea's number one player on the WTA tour. Inside the top 350, she was one match away from w...
Fantastic opportunity earned for Anna, further ensuring a sound financial footing. Orchid Group Anna SMITH/Alicja ROSOLSKA (POL/GBR) ZHANG Shuai/LU Jing-Jing (CHN/CHN) TANG Qianhui/JIANG Xinyu (CHN/CHN)
QR1: Katie BOULTER (GBR) 200 v. (qWC) Sacha JONES (AUS) UNR (CH 150, Oct. 2012) Since September 2013, Jones' only pro matches of any description, anywhere, have been in this Auckland event (she was born in Auckland). In the last 4 years, she has played a total of 4 matches here, three of them in the doubl...
Late start due to new year - Qualifying starts tomorrow. I know Mel South has gone out with Millie and Morgan. Esther, Erin, Maria Budin and Holly Staff are also entered in the girls. Harry Wendelken, Rahul Dhokia, Peter Alam and Ying Hou entered in the boys.
L32: Tomas Papik (CZE) WR 523 (CH = 447 last October) vs Luke Bambridge WR 575 (CH = 481 in May 2016) L32: Qualifier vs (2) Alex Ward WR 289 (CH = 242 in June 2016)
L32: Denis Shapovalov (CAN) WR 51 (CH = 49 in October) vs Kyle Edmund WR 50 (CH = 40 in October) Head-to-head is 2-1 in the Canuck's favour, Kyle winning the first encounter (that infamous match in the firsst round of the Davis Cup earlier this year), DS the next two (3-6 6-3 6-3 1-0 retired in the last 32...
QR1: Liam Broady WR 170 (CH = 158 in August 2015) vs (q7) Matteo Berrettini (ITA) WR 135 (CH = 120 in October) -- Edited by Stircrazy on Friday 29th of December 2017 04:02:50 PM
QR1: (q3) Heather Watson WR 75 (CH 38 in January 2015) vs Danielle Lao (USA) WR 217 (CH 193 in September) 3 qualifying rounds. The other seed in Heather's bracket is just a 2017 US Open QFist ( 6th slam singles QF ) and former WR 15 - Kaia Kanepi. The new season - it's nearly here
L32: Stefano Napolitano (ITA) WR 211 (CH = 152 in June) vs (3) Cam Norrie WR 114 (CH = 110 in October) There is no head-to-head. The top seed is Julien Benneteau & the wily old Stéphane Robert (now 37) is lurking in the other half of the draw. -- Edited by Stircrazy on Saturday 30th of December 2017 10...
With lots of good players down under for AO qualifying next week, this is a very strong $25K; Laura's opponent is inside the top 200, and isn't even seeded. R32: Laura ROBSON (GBR) 228 v. Ipek SOYLU (TUR) 198 (CH 151, Oct. 2016)
L16: Hsieh Cheng-Peng & Yang Tsung-Hua (TPE/TPE) CR 538 (115+423) vs (2) James Cerretani (USA) & Joe Salisbury CR 196 (89+107) A decent playing partner for Joe. I hope they can click.
I notice Eleanor Dean is down for the 1st event of the 2017 cycle in Sheffield which takes place between Christmas and New Year. Given her history with injuries always so pleased to see her name appear after any time away from the court.
The big Premier event takes place this week in Lougborough. The top 8 seeds, all ATP ranked, are: Ed Corrie Liam Broady Joel Cannell Luke Oakley Jonathan Gray Oliver Hudson Nicolas Rosenzweig Jonathan Binding Prize money (before any additional event top-up) goes: £1,000 winner, £600 runner-up,...
QR1: (q2) Luke Johnson WR 908 (WR = 907 last week) vs BYE QR1: (q4) Ryan Peniston WR 943 (= CH) vs BYE QR1: Jarryd Bant UNR (CH = 1553 in November 2012) vs Iznaur Akhmaev (RUS) WR 1793 (CH = 1654 in February) QR1: BYE vs (q9) Andrew Watson WR 1022 (CH = 1000 last week) ***** QR2: (q2) Luke Johnson WR 908 vs S...
I hope they can click.