Although the draw isn't on ITF at present this Grade 1 tournament starts tomorrow with Jay Clarke and Ryan Storrie expected amongst the top 8 seeds. The tournament may have more significance for Alexis Canter though, as a good run in singles or doubles could earn him a Special Exempt for Roland Garros...
The G5 in Georgia has its own thread just because there are three players there (it's slightly random). But for the other events going on this week: In Sweden, G4, Harry Wendelken (born 2001, age 14) is in the main draw. In Malaysia, G4, Liu Hui Retallick (born 2001, age 15) is also in the main draw. And in...
We have 4 players in the main draw here so far, with Jeremy Gschwendtner a set up in final qualifying before play was ended for the day. Trofeo Bonfiglio finalist Kaja Juvan (as a qualifier) is the very strong top seed in the girls event. Previously Kaja had reached two consecutive G2 finals, losing to F...
A whole series of Brits here in qualifying - well three - and all three have been given byes into the main draw! So: FQR: Francesca Stephenson (q2) 771 BYE FQR: Jazzamay Drew (q3) 870 BYE FQR: Suzy Larkin UNR BYE They will join Maia Lumsden in the main draw. -- Edited by Michael D on Saturday 21st of May 2...
The draw's not out yet but Tuesday's OoP reveals an intriguing R2 match between two players born in 1997: L32: (8) Freya Christie WR 352 v Olivia Tjandramulia AUS WR 396 (=CH) H2H 1-1, both in juniors in 2014 - Olivia won in 3 sets on hard in Thailand then Freya won in 3 sets in Roland Garros qualifying.
Francesca is back in qualifying here, after her 1 pt last week, and run to the finals in doubles. FQR: Francesca JONES (GBR) UNR 15 yrs vs Kristina KOSTIC (SRB) UNR 19 yrs -- Edited by Michael D on Sunday 22nd of May 2016 09:04:47 AM
QR1: (q6) Hendrik Jebens (GER) WR 1527 (CH = 1522 at the start of this month) vs Marco Wright UNR No sign of Billy Harris. Has he sneaked into the main draw, I wonder...
The qualies are chock-full of young Brits. QR1: BYE vs Ewen Lumsden UNR vs BYE QR1: (q2) Imran Aswat WR 1390 (CH = 1038 last June) vs BYE QR1: Fernando Yamacita (BRA) UNR vs Michael Morphy UNR QR1: BYE vs Jamie Asanee Praditngam UNR QR1: Scott Duncan UNR (CH = 1739 in August 2013) vs Sanin Zukic (BIH)...
14 year old Chloe is a new name to me, having only played 4 Junior matches to date. But good luck in your pro debut! Her opponent has only played 3 pro matches, and the last was a year ago. Q1: Chloe COMPSON (GBR) UNR v. Bye Q2: Chloe COMPSON (GBR) UNR v. Joanna ZAWADZKA (POL) UNR - = to CH
What? My boring topic title didn't scare you away? I thought it would be interesting to see the global patterns of events that took place on the Pro Circuit for an entire year, by surface, level region, country, month, week etc. So, I did, and it turns out, for once, I was right! It was interesting! But, t...
Farris gets a special exempt place in Mexico and what looks like (famous last words ...) a gift of a draw: L32: (SE) Farris Fathi Gosea WR 1217 v (WC) Alejandro Treviño (MEX) UNR Treviño is 22, never ranked in juniors or seniors and has played three matches on the ITF pro circuit before: 2008 - lost 1 &...
QR1: (q4) George Davies WR 1610 (CH = 1600 at the start of this month) vs Ofek Amoyal (ISR) UNR Toby Martin should be in the main draw. -- Edited by Stircrazy on Saturday 21st of May 2016 10:53:14 PM
