An extra round of qualifying this week and Mirabelle will have to beat a former top 400 player just to reach the FQR: QR1: Mirabelle Njoze UNR v Eden d'Oliveira (RSA) WR 1209 (CH 1111 in 2008) QR2: winner to play (q11) Carolina Pillot (ITA) WR 1073 (CH 364 in 2012)
James couldn't have asked for much more than this: L28: James Ward WR 102 v (WC) Antonio Veic (CRO) WR 228 (CH 119 in 2012) H2H 2-1 - Veic won 6 & 1 in Santiago in 2013 but James won 4 & 2 in Sarasota and in 3 sets in Vienna ATP Q last year - the latter is part of Veic's ongoing 6-match losing streak. Edit:...
QR1: (q5) Andy Bettles WR 1013 v Gabriel Petit (FRA) WR 1970 (CH 1935 in Nov. 14) QR1: (q14) Evan Hoyt WR 1432 v (wc) Sankha Atukorale (SRI) UNR age 27
The draw is, I believe, scheduled to take place in just over two hours' time. In the meantime, here's a reasonable interview Andy gave Sport Magazine, the weekly free magazine handed out at Tube & mainline stations in Central London on Thursd...
A couple of different names, and second seed Jack Molloy, in action here: Two victories and a bye - a good first round :) R1: Karim NAJIA (GBR), age 14 6-4 7-6(5) Kobe VANDELANOTTE (BEL) R1: Bradley STONEHAM (GBR), age 16 6-4 5-7 6-4 Youcef RIHANE (ALG) R1: (2) Jack MOLLOY, age 15 - BYE
The draw for the Australian Open places Katie Swan in the same section as top seed Shilin Xu, but she has a decent draw in the opening round (Jade Lewis did scalp a top 50 player last week though). Maia Lumsden faces the tricky prospect of home hope Kimberly Birrell, a semi-finalist here last year and fin...
A decent 1st round draw for Kyle: R32: Kyle Edmund WR 192 v Radu Albot (MDA) WR 172 The two have never played. The winner will play either Ebden or (6) Sugita. In the same quarter as top seed Berankis.
Not the kindest draw, getting the top seed, and ex-top 300 player: QR1: Samuel Pointon UNR v (q1) Marc Fornell Mestres (ESP) WR 730 CH 236 (Nov. 07), age 33
Well, for a 10k, the qualies look interesting Wildcards being given to Dan Evans, Lewis Burton and Joe Salisbury ! Nice also to see Rob Carter back, as another WC, along with WCs for Adam TB and David Porter. Never seen so many, or so strong . . two rounds to be played today. Full draw: http://www.itftenn...
ATPMontpellier & Zagreb ATP 250(Hard) - J Ward in qualifying for both and 7th and 6th alt respectivelyCHALLENGERSBurnie $50K (Hard) - Edmund, KleinDallas $100K (Hard) - Broady (Willis)Glasgow 42.5K Euro (Hard) - Corrie (Smethurst, Cox, A Ward, Rice, Willis, Milton, Gabb, Ward-Hi...
A whole host of new names (to me) in qualifying. Some good old ones - like Adam Barratclough (CH In 2006!) - and some local players. Ryan Storrie has a WC into qualies but it looks like most the other youngsters must have got wildcards into the main draw. Full draw: http://www.itftennis.com/procircui...
L128: Heather Watson WR 49 v Tsvetana Pironkova BUL WR 67 (CH 31 in 2010) H2H 3-2 - Hev has never won the 1st set v Pironkova but has beaten her from a set down 3 times - in Eastbourne in 2010 & 2014 and in Fed Cup in 2013. She lost to the Bulgarian in Miami in 2010 and in Hobart in 2012. Not an easy R1 draw, but c...
Jonathan Gray would have had a shot at becoming our top ranked boy, but he was a late withdrawal, taking a wildcard into Sunderland Futures qualifying Boys R1 (L64) Gianluca Grison (ITA) v (Q) Lucas Taylor Daniel Little v Giovanni Oradini (ITA) Jack MacFarlane v (Q) Mateusz Smolicki (POL) Girls R1 (L...
QR1: Naomi Cavaday WR 455 v (q6) Reka-Luca Jani (HUN) WR 290 (CH 147 in 2012) QR1: (q7) Katy Dunne WR 295 v Elena Bogdan (ROU) WR 537 (CH 151 in 2011) QR1: (q8) Emily Webley-Smith WR 300 v Alina Silich (RUS) WR 755 (CH 725 in 2013; 18yo junior CH 35) Silich has beaten Brits in QR1 the last 2 weeks (Katie by ret....
