Does Clarke deserve a Wimbledon WC? If not, what does he have to do in next few months to deserve one? He surely is more deserving than Ward? He looks like our only future hope right now 1)Glasspool- gone backwards this year, far more interested in social media 2)Norrie. great prospect but has college i...
QR1: Alastair Gray WR 1057 vs (q3) Josef Kovalik (SVK) WR 118 (CH 109 in January ) QR1: Luke Bambridge WR 618 vs (q7) Alexander Bublik (KAZ) WR 138 (CH 137 in February ), age 19 JCH 19 Err, that's qualifying seeds. Wait to see the main draw.
From the Telegraph:
Mark Petchey, who resigned from his high-level position at the Lawn Tennis Association last summer to become Andy Murray's coach, yesterday attacked the LTA for the building of their £40 million national tennis centre.
Petchey, formerly the head of men's national tr...
QR1: Naomi BROADY (GBR) [q17] 123 v. Tereza MARTINCOVA (CZE) 165 (CH 157, Oct. 2016) Pretty good draw; winner to play Minella [q5]/(QWC) Hantuchova for a place in the MD.
A massive 128-man draw with a sprinkling of Brits: QR1: Aitor Sanz (ESP) WR 1379 (CH = 1372 last November) vs Samuel Roberts UNR QR1: (qWC) Michael Pinhorn (???) UNR vs Chisei Tomita (JPN) UNR QR1: Mikayel Khachatryan (ARM) UNR vs Roberto Preka UNR
Lovely to see some of the 'old' names crop up again (Matt Short, Nikki Roenn). And some 'new' names too (or new to me, at least). QR1: Tom FARQUHARSON (GBR) [11] BYE Billy HARRIS (GBR) [8] BYE Jacob ESKELAND (NOR) 4-6 7-6(2) 6-2 Nikki ROENN (GBR) Santiago PLAZA (ESP) 6-3 6-3 Geo...
Another of those massive 128-man draws! QR1: Jack Caso UNR vs Fabian Gruber (AUT) UNR QR1: (qWC) Nemanja Kralj (???) UNR vs Sebastian Kurzmann (AUT) UNR
L128: (1) Andy Murray WR 1 vs BYE Would you Adam & Eve it: L128: Dustin Brown (GER) WR 82 (CH = 64 last October) vs Dan Evans WR 41 (= CH) L128: Kyle Edmund WR 46 (CH = 40 last October) vs Gastão Elias (POR) WR 95 (CH = 57 last October) Kyle's reward for winning that one would be a last 64 match against the s...
When Serbian Damir Dokic threatened during this year's Australian Open to drop a nuclear bomb on Sydney and kill an Australian citizen in retaliation for his daughter Jelena's decision to play as an Australian again, it wasn't difficult to see why tennis dads are often considered the most notoriou...
QR1: Dominique COVINGTON (GBR) UNR v. Simona IONESCU (ROU) UNR (CH 525, Aug. 2015) QR1: Alicia BARNETT (GBR) [q9] 1101 v. Bye QR1: Sofie WOON (GBR) UNR v. Emma LIOI (ITA) UNR (=CH) QR1: Chelsea May SAMWAYS (GBR) UNR v. Valentina LIA (ITA) UNR (=CH) QR1: Lauren MCMINN (GBR) UNR v. Aleksandra DRAGANOVA (...
Victoria Allen was top seed in qualifying but failed to progress, leaving Anna Loughlan as the sole Brit in the main draw. R1 (L32) Anna Loughlan v Dariya Detkovskaya (KAZ)
Katie S, Jodie Anna & Suzy all down for MD. I have no idea about Dominique, her Pro Circuit profile is not yet created, and no junior record. The winner of that match plays Laura in QR2. Laura could do with some succour herself. QR1: Laura DEIGMAN (GBR) [q8] 965 v. Bye QR1: Dominique MCLEAN (GBR) UNR v...
QR1: Suzy LARKIN (GBR) [q3] v. Bye QR1: Manisha FOSTER (GBR) [q14] v. Bye Ms. Swan is due to stay on for another week, and to be joined by Ms. Burrage (using a JE, wonderful JE's ) in the MD.
QR1: Bogdan Djurdjevic (GER) UNR (CH = 1048 last June - he's 30) vs (q13) Luke Johnson WR 1563 (= CH) QR1: (q3) Josh Paris WR 967 (CH = 961 last December) vs BYE QR1: (q5) Keelan Oakley WR 965 (CH = 934 last July) vs BYE QR1: Alex Jhun UNR (CH = 1034 in February last year) vs Lazar Bokov (BUL) UNR QR1: Arvid...
) in the MD.