R1: (WC) Enzo Couacaud & Laurent Lokoli (FRA/FRA) CR 2387 (1055+1332) vs (2) Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR 143 (67+76) Surely they can get past the first round this time...
Mirabelle Njoze is the only Brit here, and she plays first (8am BST) on court 3, which should be streamed. Click the link from http://www.tcsantacroce.com/en/home_torneo.php R1 (L64) Mirabelle Njoze (GBR) v Qiu Yu Ye (CHN)
The main draw is out but the new WTA rankings still aren't - possibly waiting for the Indian Harbour Beach doubles final that was held over until today. Anyway, Brits make up a quarter of the main draw! L32: Eden Silva WR 1129 v Ekaterina Tsiklauri (RUS) WR 1052 (CH 985 last Jun) L32: (7) Danielle Konotop...
Q1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 412 v TANAKA, Yuuki (JPN) 475 (CH=397 Jun 2013)Anna Smith was on the list of qualifiers but doesn't appear in the draw.Naomi, Sam, Tara and Jade are due to appear in the MD
Here are two interviews with Lisa that have appeared in our paper today where she talks about the financial hardship of being on tour and also how she was advised to give up tennis shortly before she broke on to the main tour. She touches on quite a number of issues in both articles, I hope they're of inter...
A chance for our two leading '99 boys to shine Boys R1 (L32) (Q) Ahmed Amine Herress (MAR) v (7) Finn Bass (GBR) (Q) Oussama Aziz (MAR) v (4) Max Stewart (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) Alice McGinty (GBR) v Kristina Delyan (RUS) Lily Reynolds (GBR) v (2) Natsumi Okamoto (JPN) -- Edited by DavidC on Monday 5th of May 2...
A reduced contingent in Italy this week, with Maia Lumsden a late withdrawal Boys R1 (L64) (4) Rhett Purcell (GBR) bye Nicolo Turchetti (ITA0 v Aswin Lizen (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) Anna Brogan (GBR) v Lucrezia Stefanini (ITA)
Alex Jhun is a direct acceptance again here and it looks like Bruce Strachan may have scraped into the main draw as well - the top 2 qualifying seeds aren't on the entry list at all and the 3rd Q seed was a place behind Bruce. QR1: Scott William Lister UNR v Kento Tagashira (JPN) UNR
Dan Smethurst should be in the main draw here (Dan Cox was a late withdrawal, don't know why) QR1: Ed Corrie WR 352 v Kim Cheong-Eui (KOR) WR 576 (CH 530 last Aug) H2H 1-0 - Ed beat Kim 3 & 2 in London-Cumberland Futures in 2011
L32: (7) Andy Murray WR 8 v Nicolas Almagro (ESP) WR 24 (CH 9 in 2011) or a qualifier H2H v Almagro is 3-1 but 0-1 on clay, that 4 set win for the Spaniard at Roland Garros in 2008. The likely route to glory if he survives that R2 match is: R3: (11) Tsonga QF: (4) Federer SF: (1) Nadal FINAL: (2) Djokovic Good luc...
James Marsalek should be in the main draw here. QR1: Filipe Sharratt UNR v Jordi Mas de Ugarte (ESP) UNR QR1: Charlie Hughes UNR v Dylan Bednarczyk (CAN) UNR QR1: Ross-Tiree Wilson UNR v Álvaro Barranco Vilaltella (ESP) UNR QR1: Enrico Vidal UNR v (q14) Thibault Forget (FRA) WR 1718
Tennis is a wonderful sport but there is one ugly side of it which is getting kids to run after professional tennis players with their towels. It makes tennis players look like spoilt ego driven people. It's also demeaning for the ball boys and girls.One simple solution is for the ATP and WTA to ban tow...
The "bloody Poles" rear their ugly heads - again! R1: Mariusz Fyrstenberg & Marcin Matkowski (POL/POL) CR 50 (23+27) vs Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) CR 67 (33+34) Kubot & Lindstedt (7) in the second round, if they win. R1: Julien Benneteau & EdouardRoger-Vasselin...
Evo should be in the main draw too - not sure whether or not Kyle might have sneaked in too. QR1: Lewis Burton WR 807 v Gibril Diarra (AUT) WR 824 (CH 771 last Aug)
