R2 Andy Murray v Nicolas Mahut Yet again Andy's first match is against grass specialist Nicolas Mahut, who dumped Andy out last year. . . I don't think it will happen again, as I'm sure Andy will be very wary this time. On the other hand he will not be match tight after his injury break, so it may not be easy...
ATP Eastbourne $500K (Grass) - James Ward. Kyle EdmundWimbledon Qualifying (Grass) - Alex Bogdanovic, Josh Goodall, Jamie Baker, Ed Corrie, Dan Evans, Josh Ward-Hibbert, David Rice, Lewis BurtonCHALLENGERSMilan $35K (Clay) - (Ward A, Golding)FUTURESBelgium F1 $10K (Clay) - Tom Farquha...
Just a word to say that Stefan Copper made the finals in the boys' doubles. Semifinal Stefan COOPER (GBR) / Shaquille Montel TAYLOR (BAH) won 6-2 6-2 against Alexey ALESHCHEV (RUS) / Santiago SALAZAR (COL) Unfortunately, the pair were 'defaulted' in the final. No idea why.
Silliness... My niece came over today, but the rain kept us indoors. So we invented a silly little time wasting game that amused us. Attempting to search for WTA players using Google's voice search... produced some interesting results... Number in brackets is attempts until intended search was re...
A couple of Brits making doubles finals here, including a maiden one for Katie Swan Boys R2 (L32) (10) Andrew Watson (GBR) d. (Q) Enrique Asmar (COL) 6-1 7-6(5) R3 (7) Peter Bertran (DOM) d. (10) Andrew Watson (GBR) 7-5 6-2 Doubles Final (1) Bertran/Gonzalez (DOM/GUA) v (2) Bernardo/Watson (BRA/GBR...
Gonna stick my neck out again & start a separate thread for the doubles: R1: (WC) Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) WR (combined) 128 (but 28th in the Race! ) vs Grigor Dimitrov & Frederik Nielsen (BUL/DEN) WR 110 - that's going to be an interesting encounter! R1: BYE vs (5) Colin Fleming...
I am shocked and appalled to report that a British player was in action last week and their efforts seemingly didn't warrant a thread on this forum. I have conducted a through investigation into this affair and have concluded that Steven is to blame. I was out last Friday evening so didn't post the thre...
Wildcards have been announced: Anne Keothavong Jo Konta Tara Moore I wonder which brits will be in qualifying Edit: title amended to the usual format-- Edited by steven on Friday 7th of June 2013 06:06:41 PM
Confirmation of Spectator's speculative question on the Nottingham 1 doubles thread: R1: (WC) Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski WR 616 vs Vasek Pospisil & Bobby Reynolds (CAN/USA) WR 493 R1: (WC) David Rice & Sean Thornley WR 396 vs Chris Guccione & Jordan Kerr (AUS/AUS) WR 225 R1: Ste...
Two weeks ago Adam Glynn walked away with both titles in Estonia and here he is top seed looking for a repeat. Top seeded in the girls event is Jazzi Plews, dropping down understandably after failing to win any matches in higher grade events this year. Boys R1 (L32) (1) Adam Glynn (GBR) v Bart Van Leijsen...
Unusual situation - Jathan was 1st Alt here but not only did he not end up in the main draw, he didn't even end up as the top seed in qualifying. FQR: (q3) Jathan Malik WR 1567 v Ferdun Shevkedov (BUL) UNR or (wc) Mete Buyuksahin (TUR) UNR Simon Ede will be in the main draw here - he still shows as GBR in the ATP r...
Bugger! I just spent three hours writing this and when submitted it disappeared!! ANY ADVICE? -- Edited by WD40 on Saturday 1st of June 2013 04:46:34 AM-- Edited by WD40 on Saturday 1st of June 2013 04:49:50 AM
George and Ashley are only separated by one more line in the draw than last week but it it enough to ensure that instead of playing each other in R1 this time, they are in opposite halves of the draw. L32: George Morgan WR 947 v (7) Sean Berman (USA) WR 552 - H2H 0-1, 3 & 4, Wimbledon juniors 2011 L32: (5) A...
So I didn't mishear him in his interview with Inverdale on ITV4: R1: (4) Treat Huey (PHI) & Dominic Inglot WR 62 (combined, but 32nd in the Race) vs Florian Mayer & Simon Stadler (GER/GER) WR 281
Just 2 rounds of qualies here: QR1: Oli Golding WR 584 v (q3) Gerard Granollers (ESP) WR 291 (CH 222 in 2012) - H2H 0-1, a very tight 3-setter in Badalona in March QR1: (q8) Alex Ward WR 439 v Constant Lestienne (FRA) WR 659 (= CH)
21 of the 32 players in qualifying are Brits but only two are seeded and the top seeds seem likely to mop up some of the best of the GB non-seeds in QR1 All GB and/or unranked unless otherwise stated: QR1: Dan Cox WR 516 v (q1) Dustin Brown (GER) WR 191 QR1: (wc) Samm Butler v (wc) Aaron Banasik QR1: Liam Br...
My copy of the above arrived from Amazon when I got home last night, and I have read the appendix chapters on doping and the LTA. I'll not give too much away as I suspect that many forum members will want to read it themselves in the coming weeks. Suffice it to say, Neil is both insufferable (name-dropping...
Darren sticks with his new Irish partner for a second week. They appear to have been a bit luckier with the draw, too, though they'll play the second seeds in the QF, if they win: R1: James Cluskey (IRL) & Darren Walsh WR 548 vs Andrei Ciumac & Ivan Sergeyev (MDA/UKR) WR 524 Edit: SC, it's rare...
What ever happened to her? She seemed like a decent prospect at one point! Anyone know whether she's gone to college? Or if she has just given up on tennis....
All GB and/or unranked unless otherwise stated: QR1: Dan Cox WR 516 v (q1) Dustin Brown (GER) WR 191 QR1: (wc) Samm Butler v (wc) Aaron Banasik QR1: Liam Br... 