Having vented my spleen against Dan Evans for terninal stupidity I feel it only fair to highlight Scott Baldwin for idiot of the week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWx1Vo5k5H4
QR1: (q2) Jay Clarke WR 280 (= CH) vs BYE He'll face one of two American qWCs, Tom Fawcett or Sebastian Korda, in QR2. QR1: Curtis Clarke UNR (CH = 1518 in September 2015) vs Freddie Nielsen (DEN) WR 561 (CH = 190 in August 2011 - he's now 34!) Greg Jones or the q6, Alejandro González, in QR2. -- Edited by p...
Q1: WILLIAM, Tiffany (GBR) UNR v ByeQ2: WILLIAM, Tiffany (GBR) UNR v KRUGER, Zoe (RSA) 4 1100 CH=1093 25/9/17 15yo JCH=130 That draw could have been easier.
ATP Masters Shanghai - Edmund, Bedene Fairfield challenger - Klein,Norrie (Broady, A Ward, Bambridge) WTA Linz - (Broady) WTA Hong Kong - Konta, Watson ITF Men Australia 25k - (Purcell) Italy 25k - (Martin) Nigeria 25k +H - Paris (Watson, Kivanda) USA 25k - Glasspool, Bambridge (A Gray, Bass) Egyp...
The Tennis Europe circuit always finishes with a Masters event in October. Not all the top players have agreed to take part, but Jack Pinnington Jones is one of the 8 taking part in the under 14 boys and is seeded 3 (ranked 6). Joel Pierleoni just missed out on an invite. The under 14 boys is the only one of...
In New Zealand, G5: R1 (L48): Kiana MOKHTARI (GBR) 6-3 5-7 6-0 Jade OTWAY (NZL) In Montenegro, G5, Aleksandra Topalovic is seeded four. In Dominican Republic, G5, two lads came through qualis: FQR: Barney FITZPATRICK (GBR) [q2] 7-6(3) 6-3 Sven MOSER (SUI) FQR: Daniel WEBB (GBR) ...
R1: DEIGMAN, Laura (GBR) 998 v QualifierR1: APPLETON, Emily (GBR) 874 v SUKKANHA, Priyachanok (THA) WC UNR 17yo JCH=771 Tara is listed in the acceptance list but doesn't appear in the draw.
L32: Qualifier vs Aljaz Bedene WR 50 (CH = 45 in November 2015) L32: Kyle Edmund WR 45 (CH =40 last October) vs (2) Alexander Zverev (GER) WR 4 (= CH) Rafa's the top seed. Edit: Just to add the missing 2nd 'i' in Beijing -- Edited by steven on Monday 2nd of October 2017 03:40:03 PM
I've been wondering for a little while what's gone wrong with Australian tennis ?
Men : No 1 = Lleyton Hewitt ( world ranked 14 ), No 2 = Peter Luczak ( 120 )
Women : No 1 = Samantha Stosur ( 55 ), No 2 = Nicole Pratt ( 133 )
I can remember the d...
Cam seeded, while Alex gets a special exempt place and draws someone using their protected ranking this time. Brydan was 1st Alt in the end but doesn't seem to have got in and isn't in qualifying either. L32: (8) Cam Norrie WR 164 v Elias Ymer (SWE) WR 200 (CH 118 in 2016) H2H 1-0, 2 & 1, Canadian Open ju...
I notice that three players have been given byes to the last 32 in the WTA China Open. They are Ashleigh Barty, Caroline Garcia and Jelena Ostapenko. They are far from being the top 3 seeds-in fact, Ashleigh is not even a seed! The obvious explanation is that they reached the semis in the previous week an...
Big congrats to Mimi on getting her first ranking points, and still going: coming through qualis, winning the first round in three tight sets, and then taking out the fifth seed in style: Girls: R1 (L32): (q) Mimi BLAND (GBR) 4-6 6-2 6-4 Elena KRALEVA (BUL) R1 (L32): Mirela SHKUMBOVA (BUL) ...
