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We have some strong under 12s here but our top under 14s have opted not to take part Under 12 R1 (L128) Emily Callahan (USA) v (Q) Amarni Banks Tina Smith (SUI) v Holly Fischer Whitney Osuigwe (USA) v Emma Raducanu Sara Lanaia (DOM) v (9) Indianna Spink (Q) Holly Staff v (9) Sofiya Babych (CAN) Under 14 R1 (...
Any ideas when we will see a schedule for next year on ITF & challengers for GB tournaments? All I can see on the ITF website is two ITF tournaments for the ladies a 10K and a 25K in Jan/Feb I'm interested to see the split as we have funny groupings. Men - 10-15 challenger/15K 10 - 15k/10K ...
Nicole Peterson won the first event of the year, coming through a three setter against Grace Dixon in the semis before beating Eden Silva (who beat Fitzy by retirement) 6-3 6-3 in the final. A stronger field this week in Billesley which Lucy Brown and Amy Bowtell as the top two seeds. Lucy might face a to...
JWH (probably seeded) & Jonny O'Mara should be in the main draw here. QR1: George Davies UNR v Romain Berquand (FRA) UNR QR1: Christopher Reynolds UNR v Frederik Schoop (DEN) UNR FQR: (q3) Evan Hoyt WR 1590 v Hichem Yasri (ALG) UNR or Davide Guerra (ITA) UNR FQR: Davies or Berquand v (q5) Francesco...
A 15K+H in Togo looked like it could be well worth the trip but Joe has drawn one of the shortest straws ... L32: Joe Salisbury WR 1050 v (4) Jaime Pulgar García (ESP) WR 352 (CH 348 last month) Edit: rankings updated-- Edited by steven on Sunday 7th of December 2014 07:57:20 PM
George Morgan and Josh Sapwell are among the previous winners of the under 14 event starting today. Under 12 R1 (L128) (Q) Alejandro Moreno Latorre (USA) v Barney Fitzpatrick Arthur Cazaux (FRA) v (Q) Derrick Chen Michael Walser (GER) v (Q) George Carter Jovan Sihota (CAN) v Benjamin Heynold Arthur...
James Marsalek, Dave Rice, Dan S, Luke B, Toby Martin and Richard Gabb are in the main draw. Scott Clayton has either got a wildcard to the MD or has withdrawn (with the possible injury from last week) and it's not registered yet. R1: James Allemby UNR v (wc) Issa SHANAN AL HARRASI (QAT) UNR age 15 R1: Dav...
Oli Golding has after almost 200 years since the tolpuddle martyrs formed the first trade union suggested the idea of a GB tennis players union it's never too late ! Now let's hope Russell brand loves tennis and we can start the Revolution. !
Another tough R1 match for Joe as he draws the Nº4 seed for the 2nd week running. But we all know what happened last time L32: Joe Salisbury WR 1050 v (4) Ivo Klec (SVK) WR 357 (CH 184 in Aug 2006)
Just 5 tournaments in Christmas week, but we have some entries: WOMEN India $25K(Hard) - Dunne -- Edited by paulisi on Tuesday 9th of December 2014 10:20:04 PM-- Edited by paulisi on Thursday 18th of December 2014 02:58:50 PM
The draw for the main event, which starts tomorrow, should be out later this evening, with Alexis Canter, Katie Swan, Gabi Taylor, Maia Lumsden, Emily Arbuthnott, Anastasia Mikheeva and Emily Smith on the acceptance list - though there have been a few late withdrawals. The under 16s start today, bu...
Just 21 players in the main draw this week, so there are R1 byes for both Brits: L16: (1) Harriet Dart WR 478 v Anastasia Kharchenko (UKR) WR 1039 (CH 428 in 2012) or Magali Kempen (BEL) WR 985 (= CH; 17yo junior CH 189) L16: (5) Francesca Stephenson WR 802 v Riya Bhatia (IND) WR 1098 (CH 948 last month; 17yo j...
L32: Farris Gosea WR 593 v Luis Patino (MEX) WR 762 (CH 733 in Oct) Hopefully this means that whatever forced Farris to retire last week wasn't too serious.
Dan Smethurst & Dan Cox should be seeded in the main draw, Luke Bambridge & Richard Gabb are also DAs and there are 5 Brits in qualies QR1: (q4) James Marsalek WR 945 v Sumit Nagal (IND) UNR (CH 1668 in Jan; 17yo world junior no. 43) QR1: James Allemby UNR v (q5) Jelle Sels (NED) WR 955 (CH 952 last mo...
Neil Pauffley should be seeded in the main draw here. QR2: Shane Brown UNR v (q3) Jan Zielinski (POL) WR 1442 (= CH; 18yo junior WR 28) QR2: Philip Sikman UNR v (q4) Vincent van den Honert (NED) WR 1458 (CH 1429 in Oct)
What on earth is this all about ? In a word - MONEY http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/tennis/26388728 -- Edited by Madeline on Friday 5th of December 2014 09:08:03 PM
Nasty draw for Joe given that there are only 3 matches in qualifying in total (5 get byes through to the main draw) - he gets a former top 100 junior & former top 700 senior playing his first Futures match since 2010. FQR: Joe Cooper UNR v (wc) Duncan Mugabe (UGA) UNR (CH 659 in 2009)
