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Another tough R1 match for Joe as he draws the Nº4 seed for the 2nd week running. But we all know what happened last time L32: Joe Salisbury WR 1050 v (4) Ivo Klec (SVK) WR 357 (CH 184 in Aug 2006)

Just 5 tournaments in Christmas week, but we have some entries: WOMEN India $25K(Hard) - Dunne -- Edited by paulisi on Tuesday 9th of December 2014 10:20:04 PM -- Edited by paulisi on Thursday 18th of December 2014 02:58:50 PM

Joe drew the shortest straw in qualifying: FQR: Joe Cooper UNR lost to (q1) Romain Sichez (FRA) WR 1564 (CH 690 in 2013) by 1 & 2

The draw for the main event, which starts tomorrow, should be out later this evening, with Alexis Canter, Katie Swan, Gabi Taylor, Maia Lumsden, Emily Arbuthnott, Anastasia Mikheeva and Emily Smith on the acceptance list - though there have been a few late withdrawals. The under 16s start today, bu...

FUTURES Mexico $15K (Hard) - Gosea Senegal $15K (Hard) - (Cooper) Togo $15K+H (Hard) - Salisbury, Tutu Egypt $10K (Hard) - Pauffley (Short, Ridout, Sikman, Power, Phillips, Brown) Qatar $10K (Hard) - Smethurst, Cox, Bambridge, Gabb (Marsalek, Clayton, Skalsky) Tunisia $10K (Hard) - Ward-H...

Just 21 players in the main draw this week, so there are R1 byes for both Brits: L16: (1) Harriet Dart WR 478 v Anastasia Kharchenko (UKR) WR 1039 (CH 428 in 2012) or Magali Kempen (BEL) WR 985 (= CH; 17yo junior CH 189) L16: (5) Francesca Stephenson WR 802 v Riya Bhatia (IND) WR 1098 (CH 948 last month; 17yo j...

L32: Farris Gosea WR 593 v Luis Patino (MEX) WR 762 (CH 733 in Oct) Hopefully this means that whatever forced Farris to retire last week wasn't too serious.

Q1: MOORE, Tara (GBR) 3 305 v IVAKHNENKO, Valentyna (RUS) 436 (CH=217 2013)

L32: Jazzamay Drew WR 1016 v (Q) Francesca Brancato (ITA) UNR (17yo junior CH 491) L32: (8) Eden Silva WR 697 v Nina Stadler (SUI) WR 1064 (CH 782 in Aug) L32: Danielle Konotoptseva WR 842 v (Q) Julia Wachaczyk (GER) WR 802 (CH 601 in Jun) L32: (3) Naomi Cavaday WR 495 v (WC) Andressa Cristina Vaz Osorio de S...

Dan Smethurst & Dan Cox should be seeded in the main draw, Luke Bambridge & Richard Gabb are also DAs and there are 5 Brits in qualies QR1: (q4) James Marsalek WR 945 v Sumit Nagal (IND) UNR (CH 1668 in Jan; 17yo world junior no. 43) QR1: James Allemby UNR v (q5) Jelle Sels (NED) WR 955 (CH 952 last mo...

R1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 4 308 v QualifierR1: DUNNE, Katy (GBR) 3 302 v QualifierR1: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 363 v Qualifier

FUTURES Senegal $15K (Hard) - (Cooper) Togo $15K +H (Hard) - Salisbury Qatar $10K (Hard) - Smethurst, Rice, Bambridge, Gabb, Martin, Marsalek (Clayton, Skalsky, Allemby, Parry) Turkey $10K (Hard) - (Hoyt) WTA Turkey $50K (Hard) - (Moore) India $25K (Hard) - Dunne, Webley-Smith, Boulter ...

Neil Pauffley should be seeded in the main draw here. QR2: Shane Brown UNR v (q3) Jan Zielinski (POL) WR 1442 (= CH; 18yo junior WR 28) QR2: Philip Sikman UNR v (q4) Vincent van den Honert (NED) WR 1458 (CH 1429 in Oct)

Q1: NJOZE, Mirabelle (GBR) UNR v Bye Q2: NJOZE, Mirabelle (GBR) UNR v TSYBYSHEVA, Augusta (RUS) 3 1228 (CH=423 2010)

What on earth is this all about ? In a word - MONEY http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/tennis/26388728 -- Edited by Madeline on Friday 5th of December 2014 09:08:03 PM

Nasty draw for Joe given that there are only 3 matches in qualifying in total (5 get byes through to the main draw) - he gets a former top 100 junior & former top 700 senior playing his first Futures match since 2010. FQR: Joe Cooper UNR v (wc) Duncan Mugabe (UGA) UNR (CH 659 in 2009)

Dan Smethurst and Dan Cox should be among the top seeds in the main draw, with Luke Bambridge, Richard Gabb & Toby Martin all DAs as well. QR1: (q1) Scott Clayton WR 1119 v Rayane Alami (QAT) UNR (1st Futures) QR1: Paul Monczakowski UNR v Martim Vilela (POR) UNR (both 16yos) QR1: James Allemby UNR v K...

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ITV4 is now showing Watson/Hingis v Clijsters/Lisicki

A quick 'shout out' for the GB Masters Uni World Champs team: Jess Ren, Alex Walker and Anna Fitzpatrick Nick Eeckalaers, Darren Walsh and Mark Whitehouse Good luck !!! (Britain won the bronze medal last year, beating France, behind Russia in silver and USA in gold)

I was slightly surprised last week when Anna Brogan was only entered for one week and guess what. She has stayed on and has taken a wildcard; R32: Anna Brogan WR 975 v Danna Valentina Galeano(Q) (COL) UNR - aged 16

Ewan Moore, who won a couple of G5s in the summer, has progressed to his first G4 final Boys R1 (L32) (6) Ewan Moore d. Boy Schweiger Muzar (SLO) 5-7 6-1 6-2 R2 (6) Ewan Moore d. (WC) Zvonimir Oreskovic (CRO) 7-5 6-3 QF (6) Ewan Moore d. Alen Rogic Hadzalic (CRO) 3-6 6-1 6-2 SF (6) Ewan Moore d. (Q) Roko Glasno...

Second week of Indian junior events with the grade rising from 4 to 3 Boys R1 (L64) (1) Jay Clarke bye (4) Jack MacFarlane bye Girls R1 (L64) Chelsea May Samways v (Q) Dakshata GirishKumar Patel (IND) (13) Georgia Lawson bye (5) Georgina Axon bye

Josh Ward-Hibbert and James Marsalek should be in the main draw here. QR1: Christopher Reynolds UNR v (wc) Levar Harper-Griffith (USA) UNR (33yo CH 224 (!) in 2001) QR1: George Davies UNR v (q3) Francesco Vilardo (ITA) WR 1174 (CH 798 in 2012) QR1: (q10) Evan Hoyt WR 1581 v Antoine Leduc (CAN) UNR QR1: (...

R1: DART, Harriet (GBR) 1 479 v ByeR1: DEIGMAN, Laura (GBR) 7 985 v ByeR1: SMALLBONE, Antonia (GBR) UNR v Bye R2: SMALLBONE, Antonia (GBR) UNR v KEMPEN, Magali (BEL) 8 989 (=CH, 17yo JCH=189)