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....
I know January has almost finished but would anyone like to say what they like about January/look forward to? for me, just looked out of my window and saw a lamb skipping across the field - the first of the year - so lovely. also lots of crocus the other day appearing out of the earth. Love nature.
This may well prove a short thread, as the one Brit prepared to travel out to the Ukraine has ended up with the top seed R1 (L32) (1) Vitalii Shcherba (UKR) v Piers Foley
QR1: Maximillian Phillips v Samuel Blackburn (USA) UNR QR1: (q9) Matt Short WR 1233 - BYE -- Edited by steven on Friday 23rd of January 2015 02:05:44 PM
Just wanted to say "get well Michael". In all honesty, he was a driver I respected more than liked, but I wouldn't wish this on anyone. Here's hoping he makes a swift and complete recovery.
Haven't seen Josh Paris around for a while . . . QR1: James Allemby WR 2124 v (q12) Adria Mas Mascolo (ESP) WR 1230 CH 1111 (09/13) QR1: Josh Paris v Francesc Rull Valls (ESP) UNR age 16
