Second week in Israel for Tad Maclean, who is up first tomorrow. Hopefully his opponent isn't as fast out of the blocks as his name would suggest. R1 (L32) Gianmarco Ferrari (ITA) v Tad Maclean
A friend of mine is a teacher in London (Enfield/Braintree area) and he has a new pupil who is 14 and a national age group champion in Romania. The family are wondering what opportunities there are in the area. I asked delicately how much money the family has, and it seems that they have some, but not unli...
QR1: (q1) Alex Ward WR 403 (CH = 242 in June last year) vs BYE QR1: Hunter Callahan (USA) WR 699 (CH = 696 last month) vs (q7) Neil Pauffley WR 598 (CH = 406 in August 2013)
Does Goffin reaching the Final of the WTF confirm this era is the weakest it has been for many years. Goffin: Has won 4 titles ( 1x 500, 3 X 250) Never reached a Masters 1000 Final Never gone past the QF of a Grandslam (reached 2 x QF). He makes Davydenko and Nalbandian look amazing. Compare when Davydenk...
L32: Brydan Klein WR 293 (CH = 169 in September 2015) vs Pedro Martínez (ESP) WR 256 (CH = 249 in September) L32: Mario Vilella (ESP) WR 393 (CH = 329 in May) vs Jay Clarke WR 285 (CH = 280 in September)
L32: Katy Dunne WR 283 v (4) Georgia Brescia (ITA) WR 206 (CH 184 in Oct) L32: Laura Robson WR 241 v (WC) Yuuki Tanaka (JPN) WR 390 (CH 308 in Sep) The winners will play each other in R2. Katy has played Brescia once before, in R2 in Imola in 2014 on her way to her first 15K singles title, winning in 3 sets.
QR1: Ren Nakamura (JPN) UNR (CH = 1484 in December 2014) vs Zyaan Ahmed UNR QR1: Alex Jhun WR 2018 (CH = 1034 in February last year) vs Rishi Reddy (IND) UNR QR1: Matthew Beecher UNR vs Mark-Flavius Andres (GER) UNR (CH = 1501 in September last year) Ryan Storrie should be in the main draw.
QR1: (q1) Ryan Peniston WR 955 (= CH) vs BYE QR1: Brandon Murphy UNR vs Simon Porro (GER) UNR QR1: Michael Shaw UNR vs Athanasios Bilis (GRE) UNR QR1: George Davies UNR (CH = 1600 in May last year) vs Maxim Krapivin (RUS) UNR QR1: Matthew Hingley UNR vs Edvin Gustafsson (SWE) UNR QR1: Chrisovalant...
QR1: Beatrice Kight UNR - bye QR2: Beatrice Kight UNR vs Valeria Nikolaev (ISR) UNR (CH 1032 in September ) There is no list on the ITF site but Alice Gillan was here last week and is listed for next week so may be here and sneaked into the main draw.
Tad Maclean is on a winning streak in juniors, having won his last tournament in Dundalk during the summer (and picked up his first ATP point since then), and has come through qualifying here. R1 (Q) Tad Maclean v (WC) Alexander Gaponenko (ISR)
