Alex and Josh in the main draw, presumably: However, Youssef gets the wildcard from hell: QR1: Youssef Hassan v (q1) (wc) Takanyi Garanganga (ZIM) WR 381 (CH 288 in sept.)
Could anyone help me with a definition for what amateur tennis means in terms of UK competition? For instance I work full time in a non-tennis job, but I could still enter a minor tournament and win some money - so the definition can not solely be about earning money. Take a top50 uk player who competes...
Yet another new partner for Sean, but at least he's persevering at Challenger level: R1: Mohamed Safwat (EGY) & Sean Thornley CR 462 (289+173) vs Mirza Basic & Dino Marcan (BIH/CRO) CR 847 (606+241) On paper, at least, they would appear to be in with a chance of making the quarters, where th...
Bit of a turn-up for the books: R1: Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) & Jonny Marray CR 648 (572+76) vs (WC) Sriram Balaji & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND/IND) CR 482 (221+261)
R1: Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) CR 84 (42+42) defeated (1) Jean-Julien Rojer & Horia Tecau (NED/ROU) CR 32 (16+16) by 3 & 4 I see "Booty" is seeded fourth here with Sam Groth, while his erstwhile (?) partner, Raven Klaasen, is the top seed in Chennai with Leander Paes......
In the boys, second seed Charlie Broom came through easily and James David put up a good fight against the top seed: Boys: R1 Charles BROOM (GBR) [2] 6-2 6-2 Carl Johan PRIOSET (SWE) Karl FRIBERG (SWE) [1] 3-6 6-3 6-3 James DAVIS (GBR) In the girls, no trouble for Emily A: Girls: R1: Emily...
Emily Arbuthnott squeaked through her opening match here today, but Georgia Lawson had a tough time against the 4th seed. Ryan Storrie and Jay Clarke look to have good first round draws. Boys R1 (L64) William Kirkman (DOM) v Ryan James Storrie (8/WC) Jay Clarke v Agustin Cattoretti (BOL) Girls R1 (L6...
Both Brits are seeded but both have drawn very tough unseeded opponents in R1: L32: (7) Josh Milton WR 382 v Stefan Kozlov (USA) WR 466 (CH 441 last Oct; 16yo junior WR 3) L32: (5) Alex Ward WR 348 v Mitchell Frank (USA) WR 584 (CH 503 last Oct; former top 5 junior)
How formal is the Hopman cup? For example if Hev beats Radwanska does it count as a career best win? Do the single results count in W/L for the year, or is it treated as an exhibition?
Georgina Axon returns to India, after playing a couple of events here a month ago, and is joined by Alexis Canter for a G3 followed by G2 Boys R1 (L32) (WC) Mayukh Rawat (IND) v (2) Alexis Canter Girls R1 (L32) (5) Georgina Axon v Isha Budwal (IND)
Joel Cannell is seeded here but looks to have a tough draw against a Russian with good results recently, including a straight sets win over Joel R1 (L64) Ewan Moore d. (WC) Martin Fekiac (SVK) 7-6(3) 3-6 6-1 R2 Artem Dubrivnyy (RUS) v (7) Joel Cannell Ewan Moore v (9) Sam Taylor (SWE)
After a recent streak of being pretty much invincible in challengers and torturing Liam, Kile and Wardy in the process the has Milkman just acquitted himself quite impressively by taking Federer to 3 sets in Brisbane! One to keep an eye out for sure. -- Edited by bartman2099 on Thursday 8th of Janua...
QR1: Kyle Edmund WR 194 v (q2) Blaz Kavcic (SLO) WR 105 (CH 68 in 2012) H2H 1-0 - Kyle won 3 & 4 in Astana last year QR1: (q3) James Ward WR 107 v Jesse Huta Galung (NED) WR 194 (CH 91 last Feb) H2H 0-2 - JHG won 6 & 3 here in 2012 and 4 & 1 in Aachen in 2006 This means James wouldn't have scraped into the Ch...
Somehow managed to miss this when I was catching up with things on my return to civilisation (home in London+Internet access ) yesterday evening : R1: Dom Inglot & Florin Mergea (ROU) CR 71 (47+24) vs Denis Istomin & Mikhail Youzhny (UZB+RUS) CR 119 (48+71) -- Edited by Stircraz...
Brydan Klein is the 7th seed in qualifying and has a bye in the opening round and will play either Hobart or Ratiwatana in rnd 2 with the Italian top seed the likely opponent in the final qualifier. Liam Broady is a direct entry into the main draw.