Not the easiest R1/potential R2 draw for Hev L32: Heather Watson WR 77 v Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) WR 63 (CH 4 in 1995) L16: Watson or Date-Krumm v (2) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) WR 20 (CH 10 in Jun) or Qualifier -- Edited by steven on Saturday 14th of September 2013 08:38:36 AM
Last outdoor event of the year on British soil A whopping 18 Brits should be DAs here. They are Cox, Willis, Farquharson, Goodall, Marsalek, Burton, Bloomfield, Broady, Ward-Hibbert, Bambridge, O'Mara, Malik, Martin, Ireland, Carter, Orton, Hutt and Jhun. Thornton-Brown may have made it in thr...
Here are the 16 teams that will be in the World Group playoff draw this Wednesday - country, what the venue would be and their ranking points before this weekend, rounded to the nearest integer: World Group R1 losersCan only drop points since they did not play this weekend - potentially up to about 5300...
R1: (4) Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR 248 v (WC) Cedric Frenevello & Sacha Thoma (FRA/LUX) UNR Frenevello is a 36 year old whose only playing activity was at this event last year where he won one singles match in qualifying and lost first round in doubles. He is again in singles qualifying this y...
Byes (2) in the main draw here too ... L32: (6) Anna Fitzpatrick WR 870 v Angelina Gordienko (RUS) UNR L32: (7) Fran Stephenson WR 914 v Andressa Cristina Souza (BRA) UNR (CH 1140 in Apr) Souza was the player Anna double-bagelled last week.
Gabi Taylor looks to build on her title last week. R1 (L32) (Q) Angelika Shapovalova (RUS) v (6) Gabriella Taylor (GBR) (WC) Maria Stylianou (CYP) v Jasmine Amber Asghar (GBR) Emily Smith (GBR) v Gyulnara Nazarova (UKR) (Q) Emily Arbuthnott (GBR) v (Q) Anna Pribylova (RUS)
QR1: Sean Thornley WR 1382 v (WC) Efe Yurtacan (TUR) WR 2097 (CH 2030 in Jun) QR2: (q1) Brydan Klein WR 325 v (wc) Jordan Kerr (AUS) UNR (CH 356 in 2000) or Daniiar Duldaev (KGZ) WR 798 (CH 783 last month) QR2: (q6) Josh Milton WR 451 v Gilad Ben Zvi (ISR) WR 1233 (CH 600 in 2010) QR2: (q4) Dave Rice WR 380 v Thorn...
Here's a piece on the benefits of US college tennis I did for the Cambridge News which (hopefully) might be of interest. The Watts sisters went through Sarah Borwell's Tennis Smart organisation - the players in the second piece found their own way through the system but also offered some interesting...
QR1: Nikki Roenn UNR v (q6) Denis Zivkovic (USA) WR 648 The top seed in qualifying was a long way below Alex on the Alt list but Alex was 8 out at the last update so I doubt he is here.
Harriet Dart was top of the acceptance list but isn't here. However young Katie Swan has made it through qualifying R1 (L32) Jenna Friedel (USA) v (Q) Katie Swan (GBR)
The second week of G3s in Cyprus. Alexis Canter qualified after 2 tight 3 setters, but Piers Farhang was eliminated. R1 (L32) Anton Schepelev (RUS) v Jamie Malik (GBR) (3) Mirko Cutuli (ITA) v Aswin Lizen (GBR) Christopher Reynolds (GBR) v (7) Michail Pervolarakis (CYP) Christian Sigsgaard (DEN) v...
Just 22 players here, so 10 R1 byes in the main draw! L16: (7) Laura Deigman WR 873 v Angeliki Kairi (GRE) WR 1133 (CH 1090 in May) If they don't get the point for reaching R2 if they go out in R2 having not played in R1, having a bye could be a disadvantage, but I'll check that out if it turns out to be relevant. H...
R1: CARRERAS, Amanda (GBR) 346 v WACHACZYK, Julia (GER) Q 742 (CH=703 Aug 2013, 19 years old)-- Edited by Peter too on Monday 9th of September 2013 05:00:30 PM
L32: Heather Watson WR 77 v Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) WR 63 (CH 4 in 1995) L16: Watson or Date-Krumm v (2) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) WR 20 (CH 10 in Jun) or Qualifier -- Edited by steven on Saturday 14th of September 2013 08:38:36 AM