A change of personnel, in the girls at least, compared to last week's GA here. Anastasia Mikheeva's opponent won a G2 event in September. Live streaming is available at http://copayucatan.com.mx/partidos-en-vivo/ for the stadium court and live scores are promised. Nastya and Jodie should hav...
Four British seeds here for a G4 followed by a G3 Boys R1 (L32) (1) Jay Clarke v (Q) Raghav Jaysinghani (IND) Manav Pondkule (IND) v (4) Jack MacFarlane Girls R1 (L32) Nandini Sharma (IND) v (8) Georgia Lawson (Q) Soha Sadiq (IND) v (2) Georgina Axon
Katie Boulter should be seeded in the main draw here. QR1: (q6) Jessica Simpson WR 1131 v Nelise Verster (RSA) UNR FQR: (q2) Francesca Stephenson WR 855 v Emna Fahmia (TUN) UNR or Andrea Kulová (CZE) UNR
I'm not sure whether this is in the right place (or indeed whether there's another thread on Ms Whiley somewhere else) ... but just to say that there's a nice piece on wheelchair tennis generally, with references to Ms Whiley particularly, here: http://issues.tennistuesday.net/11-25-2014/p/2...
I've found it very interesting all the discussion in various threads regarding whether 2014 has been a good year or not. What does everyone think would constitute a good 2015? Would be good to review against everyone's thoughts in a years time. Edit: I'm referring to men's tennis here. -- Edit...
Ok so not one of my favourite tennis reporters, way too sycophantic for my tastes. But I haven't seen or heard anything of him since the downfall, just wondered what he was up to.
The Mexican GA has moved from Christmas to join the North American autumn circuit. Live scoring is promised at http://www.tennisticker.de/MEX/14MEX1101/sb.html with a live stream viewable via http://www.itftennis.com/news/191087.aspx Katie Swan is on the live stream and leads 6-0 4*-3 B...
I've been down to watch final qualifying today as it is only 5 mins down the road. The standard was higher than I expected in general. In the girls Georgie Walker was very impressive and probably the best mover on court, I've seen for a while. Nell Miller is only 14, but qualified comfortably and hit some...
James Marsalek should be in the main draw here. QR1: (q3) Bruce Strachan WR 1210 v Elliott Carnello (SWE) UNR QR1: (q13) Andrew Bettles WR 1682 v Marin Plisic (SUI) UNR QR1: (q4) Imran Aswat WR 1214 v Camillo Lucchese (ITA) UNR The winners of the first two matches above will meet in the FQR.
L32: (4) Amanda Carreras WR 449 v (Q) Seone Mendez (AUS) UNR (15yo junior WR 33) L32: Isabelle Wallace WR 701 v Diana Sumová (CZE) WR 647 (CH 490 in Sep) Mendez reached the QFs of her first ever ITF 10K last year but this is her first 10K since.
Manisha Foster should be seeded in the main draw here. QR1: Natalie Syme UNR v Claudia Chavarria Pérez (ESP) QR1: Mirabelle Njoze UNR v Petra Ivankovic (CRO) UNR FQR: Antonia Smallbone UNR v Chavarria Pérez or Syme FQR: Njoze or Ivankovic v Regina Husak (NED) UNR
Richard Gabb should be seeded in the main draw here. QR1: (q5) Keelan Oakley WR 1053 v Francesco Salviato (ITA) UNR QR1: (q7) Scott Clayton WR 1150 v Christos Gregoriou (CYP) UNR
Farris Gosea should be seeded in the main draw here. QR1: Calum McKinlay UNR v Walker Duncan (USA) UNR QR1: Shakeel Manji UNR v William Neuner (USA) UNR QR1: (q14) Ryan Peniston WR 2102 v Michael Atlesonn Staff (NOR) UNR QR2: (q2) Julian Cash WR 1227 v Grigory Trotsenko (RUS) UNR or Ansel Bivens (USA) UN...
L32: Francesca Stephenson WR 855 v (4) Sherazad Reix (FRA) WR 394 (CH 393 last week) L32: (8) Harriet Dart WR 479 v Marine Partaud (FRA) WR 953 (CH 613 in 2013) A very tough one for Fran - Reix has reached the singles finals of her last 4 tournaments, a 15K and 3 10Ks.
She would probably have preferred not to get her as early as R1, but Emily gets another crack at the player she upset 7-5 in the 3rd in the Mumbai QFs this week. L32: Emily Webley-Smith WR 344 v (1) Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) WR 107 (CH 70 in 2009) L32: Tara Moore WR 317 v Hsu Ching-Wen (TPE) WR 430 (= CH;...
Andy will be in Group B with Federer, Nishikori and Raonic. SUNDAY n/b 14.00 GMT: RR: (5) Andy Murray WR 6 v (4) Kei Nishikori (JPN) WR 5 (= CH) H2H 3-0 - all in straight sets - Shanghai 2011, Aus Open 2012 & Brisbane 2014