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
Dan (who is likely to drop outside the top 280 when his Champaign 2013 points come off tomorrow) starts his late bid for a place in Aus Open qualifying against a qualifier here: L32: (1) Dan Smethurst WR 254 v (Q) Nino Portales (FRA) UNR (17yo)
Morning all, and very nearly merry Christmas everyone. It's getting a bit close to the start of the season now and I am concerned that I haven't seen any 2014 ranking predictions yet!! I really couldn't care less about it being turned into a board competition, but I do really like seeing how the more...
http://bbc.in/18uFQEo "6-love-6 02 Jul" Sloane & John Inverdale talking about Fitzy from 30:11-30:37 A very short clip but she's very nice about him and her reaction when Inverdale asks if she knows he put himself up for sale on Ebay ... I mean, who wouldn't want to be described as...
L32: Matthew Short WR 1155 v Jean-Marc Werner (GER) WR 1035 (CH 566 in Mar) H2H 0-1 - Werner (who was out for 6 months between Mar & Sep this year, hence the drop in ranking) won 4 & 4 in Sevilla last year
QR1: Jack Oswald UNR v Stjepan Cagalj (CRO) UNR - winner to play (q16) Melik Feler (FRA) WR 1652 (CH 1647 earlier this month) QR1: Philip Sikman UNR v Stefano Reitano (ITA) UNR - winner to play (q9) Gregor Hutterer (AUT) WR 1419 (CH 1416 earlier this month) QR2: (q10) Aswin Lizen WR 1436 v Alan Gadjiev (UZ...
Liam and Ed should be in the main draw here. This is of course the Challenger where the Brits had lots of success last year, with Dan Smethurst qualifying and making the semi-finals, Dave Rice making the QFs and Josh Milton qualifying and making the QFs. Sadly, they all ended up trying to defend their po...
As freerider has started a male thread on rankings projections, I thought it only right to do something similar with the girls for rankings at the end of 2014: Here goes: 1. Laura Robson 38 2. Heather Watson 70 3. Jo Konta 105 4. Tara Moore 143 5. Sam Murray 179 6. Naomi Broady 196 7. Jade Windley 352 8. Lis...
Darren tries yet another partner: R1: (WC) Walter Trusendi & Matteo Volante (ITA/ITA) CR 642 (351+291) vs Nikola Mektic (CRO) & Darren Walsh CR 488 (250+238)
Another huge qualifying draw but at least the seeded players get QR1 byes this time: QR1: Stuart Kenyon UNR v Robin Maden (SWE) UNR QR1: Brad Marriott UNR v Tao Jun Nan (CHN) WR 2012 QR1: Calum McKinlay UNR v David Hall (USA) UNR QR2: (q3) Alex Sendegeya WR 1399 v Lance Cohen (RSA) UNR or Kumara P Saradhi Ad...