L32: Heather Watson WR 112 v (2) Klára Koukalová (CZE) WR 31 (CH 20 in 2013) Not a great R1 draw for either of them, I'd say. I was surprised to see Klara listed under her maiden name - turns out she got divorced in January and reverted back from Zakopalová to Koukalová last month. -- Edited by steven on Mond...
Another of a mass of weak clay court Futures next week. Jack Carpenter is likely to be seeded in the main draw (only two players in the top 750 entered, though they are both top 400) and it looks like Tom Allen has made it in too. QR2: Nikki Roenn UNR v William Emanuel Birau (ROU) UNR
Dan Smethurst should be in the main draw here. QR1: Ed Corrie WR 366 v (q2) Jason Jung (USA) WR 304 (= CH) Jung's last singles match against a Brit was a loss to Richard Gabb, also in Korea, last October. -- Edited by Stircrazy on Friday 9th of May 2014 01:23:50 PM
Naomi, Samantha and possible Tara should be seeded in the main draw. Jade withdrew 4 days ago. QR1: (q3) Emily Webley-Smith WR 410 v (wc) Makoto Yamaguchi (JPN) UNR (17yo) QR1: Anna Smith WR 454 v (q7) Tori Kinard (USA) WR 425 (= CH) -- Edited by steven on Saturday 10th of May 2014 04:02:05 PM
L32: (7) Andy Murray WR 8 v Marcel Granollers ESP WR 31 (CH 19 in 2012) H2H 4-2 (including 1 Fut. & 1 Chall.) but 2-2 on clay and 0-1 here (a retirement at 1 set all last year)
Josh M should be in the main draw. Q1: Christopher Reynolds - BYE Q2: Christopher Reynolds v Jorge Martinez Moreno (ESP) UNR or Francisco Morais (POR) UNR
Lucy (seeded), Dasha, Jessica Simpson & Fran should be in the main draw. FQR: Antonia Smallbone UNR v (q2) Yekaterina Gubanova (KAZ) WR 1163 (= CH; top 250 junior earlier this year) FQR: Aimee Gibson UNR v (q5) Teodora Radosavljevic (SRB) WR 1212 (= CH; lost 1 & 1 to Katie today)
Looks like Harriet and Jazzy are playing here this week. Quite a small field with only a handful of ranked players. It looks as if Harriet may be seeded. -- Edited by steven on Monday 12th of May 2014 09:26:08 PM
Here's a novelty - a Brit playing in an American closed championship. The organisers have discretion to allow a national from another country under certain conditions (I think Katie will be debarred from the European championships, but we are only allowed two entries in each age bracket for those...
Jathan Malik and Alex Jhun (who is yet to play Turkey F15 R2 this week due to rain!) should be in the main draw and it looks like Miles Bugby has scraped in too. QR2: (q5) Bruce Strachan WR 1665 v (wc) Stanislav Nefedov (RUS) UNR QR2: Scott Lister UNR v (q9) Tinotenda Chanakira (ZIM) WR 2222 (CH 1456 in 2007)...
All three get a bye through to QR 2 (only Joe was on the acceptance list, but the others seem to have showed up!) QR2: Joe Cooper v Alberto Neto (ESP) UNR QR2: (1) Imran Aswat WR 1209 - to be determined QR2: (2) David Porter WR 2207 - to be determined
Dan Evans and James Ward are DAs here while Kyle reportedly has a wild card. QR1: Alex Ward WR 362 v Christian Hirschmüller (GER) WR 1166 (CH 901 last Nov) The German lost 3 & to Liam Broady in Manama a few weeks ago. The seeds in Alex's section are (q6) Egor Gerasimov (BEL) WR 273 and (q2) Andre Ghem (B...
All of us are desperate to see GB success at the top table of international tennis, and many rightly talk about taking the learnings from Spain and France, who produce great players in large volumes. But as Tony Blair might say, perhaps there is a "third way". We've all been aware of both Cro...
L32: Heather Watson WR 122 v (LL) Giulia Gatto-Monticone (ITA) WR 215 (CH 214 last month) L32: Johanna Konta WR 111 v (WC) Myrtille Georges (FRA) WR 288 (CH 245 last May) -- Edited by steven on Monday 5th of May 2014 06:15:03 PM
James M should be in the main draw. In a full 64-strong qualie draw, Enrique gets the top seed in round one, which is unfortunate! Q1: Enrique Vidal UNR v (1) Mark Vervoort (NED) WR 1115 CH 814 (May 2012) Q1: (WC) William Flavell v Eric Beci (ESP) UNR
