L32: Katy Dunne WR 287 v (WC) Maddison Inglis (AUS) WR 778 (CH 768 in Feb) Inglis is a 17-year-old currently ranked 68 in juniors. Katy is a bit too close to Hozumi in the draw again, unfortunately - after losing to her in R1 in Toowoomba and R1 in Brisbane, she could meet her in R2 again here.
For anyone who has not seen Josh's website, there is a very good blog about his coaching with Harry and his new job. www.joshuagoodall.com Definitely worth a read for anyone who is not aware of Josh's coaching.
Dom's back in harness with Robert next week, but they could've done with a better draw: R1: (1) Ivan Dodig & Marcelo Melo (SRB/BRA) CR 9 (6+3) vs Dom Inglot & Robert Lindstedt (SWE) CR 47 (25+22) That said, they lead the head-to-head by 1-0, having beaten the top seeds in three sets in the first...
A few days ago there was a discussion about the Daily Mail on one of the threads, but I can't remember which one and I can't find it now. Anyway, the discussion started when there was a comment about their claims of a large circulation jump. I now know why! Both this week and last week, at least, they were of...
In the G5 in Austria, we have two wins out of two: R1: Adam JONES (GBR) [3] 6-3 6-0 Kilian MEDLOCK (USA) Matthew SUMMERS (GBR) 7-5 7-5 Andrea PECORELLA (ITA) Jeremy G lost in the Hungarian G4: R1: Vladislav MELNIC (ROU) 6-1 6-4 Jeremy GSCHWENDTNER (GBR) Brother and sister duo als...
QR1: Maniel Bains UNR vs Omar Abdo (KSA) UNR QR1: Luke Simkiss UNR vs Andre Ku Meza (PER) UNR (Andre came to the UK for three of the summer Grass futures and didn't win a game, going 0-3 against Brits in that period. Fingers crossed for 0-4...)
With James Ward and potentially Kyle Edmund about to start playing in South America I have to confess I have little or no understanding of how the South American season fits into the rest of the ATP tour. There are the 250s in Ecuador and Sao Paulo followed by a 500 in Rio and a 250 in BA all in February and t...
Darren has found himself yet another playing partner: R1: Mitchell Krueger (USA) & Darren Walsh CR 395 (213+182) vs Philip Bester & Hans Hach (CAN/MEX) CR 432 (191+241)
Another big week for the young Brits up in Finland: R1 Girls: Alice GILLAN (GBR) 6-3 6-2 Emilija GEDVILAITE (LTU) R1 Boys: Joe TYLER (GBR) 6-3 6-1 Stepan BERESNEV (RUS) Jack MOLLOY (GBR) [3] 4-6 6-4 6-4 Patrick Christopher STENFORS (FIN) Ben DRAPER (GBR) [4] 6-2 6-3 Henri N...
Not a straight-forward first round draw... R1: [3] Brydan Klein WR 187 v Omar Jasika (AUS) WR 285 (CH 256 a couple of months ago), age 18, ex JWR 6 Playing doubles with Dane P, as usual.
Nicole Petchey and Eliz Maloney are again the top 2 seeds. Nicole's younger sister Myah is a possible round 2 opponent for Eliz Boys R1 (L64) (Q) Jack Middleton v Thembo Makhanya (RSA) (WC) Bendert Smit (RSA) v (Q) Benjamin Heynold Hugh Morgan (RSA) v (Q) Remus Cope (WC) Freddie Grant v Christiaan Wors...
