I'm interested in people's views on the women's side of the game about plans for the grass court season. The reason I ask is that we have 3 girls who may get in directly or guarantee wildcards and then a whole host of girls who probably will not get entry into the 50K's, but are climbing the rankings and may...
Apparently, GB has 7 players for whom their total career prize money earned to date exceeds one million USD. The details surprised me, so here's some silly questions to ponder:Can you name the GB 'Magnificent Seven'? (reward 1 'tennis nerd' point)Can you name them in the correct order from most to le...
Hi all! Thought I'd add a little weekly feature to the forum, to link my new project, Britennis, with the forum and generate a little bit of discussion about players' achievements and who deserves the label of 'Brit of the Week'. Basically, every week for the past month we've been writing an article an...
Most of the boys in Copenhagen have decamped to Oslo for another G4 R1 (L32) (WC) Oscar Jahren (NOR) v (Q) Paul Jubb Ryan Gaskin v (6) Patrick Kristensen (DEN) (5) Jacob Eskeland (NOR) v Anton Matusevich Jack Draper v (WC) Herman H Jentoft (NOR) (7) Jeremy Gschwendtner v Markus Nordby (NOR)
Two Brits searching for points in a fairly weak field for a G2 (top seed ranked outside 100) R1 (L32) Jennifer Timotin (IRL) v (6) Jodie Anna Burrage Weronika Jasmina Forys (POL) v (3) Georgina Axon
A wryly self-deprecating, sanguine and grounded piece from self-described, "barely Top 100", Nicole Gibbs on the reality of being a Top 100 player on the WTA tour. Or, as she relays, the dizzy heights of being able to "[command] a crowd the size of an 8am college lecture".
QR1 (3) Kyle Edmund WR 84 v Radek Stepanek WR 165 QR1 (8) James Ward WR 163 v Franko Skugor WR 191 James & Kyle in same section of the draw. -- Edited by Madadman on Friday 19th of February 2016 08:07:37 PM
There's a G5 in South Africa this week: In the boys, we got two through to the FQR:George LOFFHAGEN (GBR) [3] 6-2 6-3 Charl MORGAN (RSA) [6]Grant MORTON (RSA) 7-5 6-3 Matthew BEECHER (GBR) Today, in R1: Jordan SAUER (RSA) 6-4 6-4 George LOFFHAGEN (GBR) In the girls, however: R1: O...
Zanevska has 5 top 100 scalps, the last in September, when she defeated a WR52 Dulgheru in straight sets in Biarritz. Two of those 5 were on Hard courts. QR1: Naomi BROADY (GBR) 96 [q6] vs. Maryna Zanevska (UKR) 147 (CH 107 09/2013) H2H 0-1 2012 Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands - $25K - Clay - NB[8] - R32, M...
Registration for new spring adventure has started! Sing up for Spring Season 2016 to play competitive tennis and win cash prize and trophy!-Create free profile at tennis league -Find closest league to you and sing up (Singles, Doubles and Mixed leagues offered)-Whe...
Ryan Storrie and Alexis Canter have made it to Kazan to tackle a field unsurprisingly dominated by Russian entries. Boys R1 (L64) (9) Ryan James Storrie bye (6) Alexis Canter bye
Q1: SUTAR, Crystal (GBR) UNR v KARAMOKO, Naima (SUI) UNR 18yo Q1: DISSANAYAKE, Tanysha (GBR) UNR v SANS VALLESPIR, Merce (ESP) UNR 18yo Tanysha is 14 years old
R1: Aljaz Bedene & Gilles Muller (LUX) v Wesley Koolhof & Matwe Middelkoop (NED/NED) R1: (WC) Jonathan Erlich (ISR) & Colin Fleming v Mate Pavic & Michael Venus (CRO/NZL) Slight feeling of déjà vu in Colin's match.
Our teams would meet in the SF if they both get that far. Doubles R1: Jocelyn RAE/Anna SMITH (GBR/GBR) 136 [4] vs. Anastasia RODIONOVA/Galina VOSKOBOEVA (AUS/KAZ) UNR (38+9999) R1: Johanna KONTA/Heather WATSON (GBR/GBR) 222 vs. Kiki BERTENS/Johanna LARSSON (NED/SWE) 103 [2]
Katy Dunne has made the main draw here, but Freya and Lisa are in qualifying in another 64 draw Q1: Freya Christie(q4) WR 403 v Nives Baric (AUS) WR 733 Q1: Lisa Whybourn WR 765 v Michaela Haet (AUS) UNR
