Jo is listed, whether she'll play or not, time will tell. Despite the ninja's 2017 form & ranking, Johanna might still have hoped for a different opener than a rematch of last years final. R32: Johanna KONTA (GBR) [4] 9 v. Agnieszka RADWANSKA (POL) 28 (CH 2, Jul 2012) >H2H: 1-2 >2017 Sydney,...
Naomi is 7th seed and plays Von Deichmann in 1st Round (with Rus the other seed in her section) Katie plays Kayla Day in R1 with Han and Kato the seeds in her section
Although several of the Brits have gone home after week 1, Harry Wendelken is among those who have stayed, looking to open the year with two titles. The girls' draw is not up yet, so the matches are from the oop and not in draw order Boys R1 (L48) (1) Harry Wendelken bye Toby Samuel v (WC) Hannes Tylehed (SW...
One thing I find fascinating is looking at the history of the tennis tours and some of the events that are now defunct. I hadn't realised that back in the early days of Open tennis, there was a UK based tour within the main Grand prix tour, called Dewar Cup. The Dewar Cup appeared to comprise of 6 events ar...
L32: Katie SWAN (GBR) [6] 300 vs Qualifier Katie is also playing with Alya Aksu (TUR) in the doubles but unfortunately they have drawn the #1 seeds Chang and Mueller (USA/USA) in the first round. Katie is likely to play both her first round singles and doubles matches on Wednesday.
Two Brits compete in the traditional first high grade European event Boys R1 (L48) Q/LL v Rahul Dhokia Girls R1 (L32) Victoria Allen v Nina Olyanovskaya (RUS)
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...
