L32: (2) Amanda Carreras WR 395 v (WC) Irini Papageorgiou (GRE) WR 1250 (= CH) Papageorgiou was the player who lost 3 & 1 to Jessica Simpson in R1 last week.
Izzy Wallace and Emily Arbuthnott are top 8 seeds here, but to reach the quarters will have to overcome the two players who defeated Izzy in the two Spanish G2s. Izzy faces the daunting prospect of a rematch with Paula Badosa Gibert, who is ranked inside the top 500 WTA with a very good win percentage R1 (...
No British direct acceptances this time. QR1: Shane Brown UNR v Lenny Hampel (AUT) UNR QR2: (q4) George Morgan WR 1099 v Orel Ovil (ISR) WR 1661 or Christian Braun (GER) UNR QR2: Brown or Hampel v (q8) Ervin Eleskovic (SWE) WR 1296
A tough prospect for Aswin Lizen to continue last week's encouraging run. First up is a strong top 100 local player with the winner taking on the second seed, ranked just outside 500 ATP R1 (L64) Dmitry Mnushkin (RUS) v Youssef Hassan (GBR) (Q) Gonzalo Morell Raschiatore (AUS) v Christopher Reynolds...
The main draw is not yet out, but Ken & Neal Skupski are on the entry list. Jamie Murray & John Peers would have been the defending champions here (they were unseeded, yet beat the Bryans in three in last year's final), but it looks as though they've opted to go to Casablanca instead.
R1: Mariana Duque-Marino & Teliana Pereira (COL/BRA) v Nicole Melichar (USA) & Nicola Slater Match is today, 3rd match after 4.30 BST, and should be streamed.
QR1: Jack Oswald UNR v (q6) Arkadiusz Kocyla (POL) WR 928 (CH 774 in Sep) QR1: Ross Tiree-Wilson UNR v (q8) Sebastian Rivera (ECU) WR 988 (CH 705 in 2009)
Dan Cox, Ashley Hewitt & Liam Broady should all be seeded in the main draw, with James Marsalek, Luke Bambridge and Josh Ward-Hibbert (2nd Alt but presumably scraped in since the 4th Alt is the top seed in qualifying) also direct acceptances. QR1: (q5) Matthew Short WR 854 v (wc) Hamad Abbas Janah...
Second G2 for Izzy, but she is in a tough quarter, featuring last week's conqueror Seone Mendez. First up is another strong 14 year old Boys R1 (L32) Christopher Reynolds (GBR) v Sam Taylor (SWE) Aswin Lizen (GBR) v Mateusz Terczynski (POL) Girls R1 (L32) Sofya Zhuk (RUS) v (2) Isabelle Wallace (GBR)
As usual at this time of year there is a large party of Brits in malta R1 (L64) Piers Foley (GBR) v Christos Antonopoulos (GRE) (10) Matteo Tinelli (ITA) v (Q) Luke Hammond (GBR) Giovanni Fonio (ITA) v (8) Jack MacFarlane (GBR) (WC) Mark Schranz (MLT) v (15) Jonathan Gray (GBR) Valentin Vanta (ROU) v Jos...
Alexis Canter is the only player left in but a lot of GB representation: Boys: R1: Mason RECCI (GBR) [1] 6-0 6-2 Syrry Can KORKMAZ (TUR) Cem HIZLIALP (TUR) 6-2 6-2 Mohamed ABDEL-AZIZ (GBR) Louis WESSELS (GER) [9] 6-3 6-1 Will DAVIES (GBR) Alexis CANTER (GBR) [4] 7-6(6) 6-2 ...
Tom Farquharson should be seeded in the main draw here. No James this time (he is off to Doha instead) but Tom should be joined by George Coupland and Jack Carpenter. QR1: (q4) Jathan Malik WR 1007 v Semen Gribenyuk (RUS) UNR QR1: (q8) Miles Bugby WR 1383 v Jakob Johansson-Holm (SWE) UNR -- Edited by stev...
Anna Brogan finishes her run of Central American tournaments on clay as top seed R1 (L32) (1) Anna Brogan (GBR) v Amanda Meyer (USA) (8) Emily Appleton (GBR) v (SE) Alexia Coutino Castillo (MEX)
Shamael Chaudhry didn't have much joy in Uzbekistan (a G3 last week as well as the G2 we covered) but he is doing better in Kazakhstan R1 (L32) (2) Shamael Chaudhry (GBR) d. (WC) Gleb Karbolin (KAZ) 6-3 6-3 R2 (2) Shamael Chaudhry (GBR) d. Saida'lo Saidkarimov (UZB) 6-2 7-5 QF (2) Shamael Chaudhry (GBR)...
Jodie Burrage is top seeded here R1 (L64) (1) Jodie Anna Burrage (GBR) v (WC) Katrina Sammut (MLT) (10) Eliza Omirou (CYP) v Megan Davies (GBR) (3) Dorien Cuypers (BEL) v Mariella Blackwell (GBR) (Q) Camille Verden Anderson (GBR) v (14) Sean Lodzki (ISR) Holly Thompson (GBR) v Shaline-Doreen Pipa (G...
Katie Swan is here, guided by Rob Smith who blogs at http://itc-tennis.com/category/blog Katie plays later today against a girl who took a set off Anna Brogan in the semifinal of the Costa Rican G3 earlier in the month R1 (L64) (11) Katie Swan (GBR) v Jenna Friedel (USA) -- Edited by DavidC on Tuesday...
Just when we thought there were going to be no Brits in the women's event next week, Amanda pops up in qualifying as a late entrant, coming back after hip surgery a bit earlier than expected FQR: (q1) Amanda Carreras WR 400 v Kim Jana Hausler (SUI) UNR
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FQR: (q1) Amanda Carreras WR 400 v Kim Jana Hausler (SUI) UNR 