Italy v Great Britain The venue is very hard to predict because Italy seem to do their best to avoid ever playing two home ties in the same place. However, it is virtually certain to be on red clay, though at least the timing isn't too bad - it will require a quick surface switch after Miami but won't requir...
Week 1 winner Jamie Malik is the top seed . All the top 8 seeds are British including Luke Simeone at 8, who takes on young Jack Molloy, who had an excellent run in week 1. The draw is on the ITF site but not the LTA site at present
Marcus, Brydan, Liam, Josh Milton & Luke should all be seeded in the main draw (barring any high-ranked WCs), with Rob Carter, Jack Carpenter, Toby Martin, Jonny O'Mara, Jathan Malik and 4 wild cards (based on the entry list, I'd guess Sam Hutt and Evan Hoyt will be 2 of them) also in the main draw. L...
L32: Eleanor Dean WR 922 v (Q) Anastasiya Prenko (TKM) UNR (CH 536 in 2010) Prenko has played Fed Cup for Turkmenistan the last couple of years but didn't play any ITF Pro Circuit matches between November 2012 and earlier this month.
QR1: (q4) Kyle Edmund WR 297 v (wc) Alberto Bagarello ITA UNR H2H 1-0 - Kyle (then aged 15) beat Bagarello in 3 sets in a junior G4 event in Porto in 2010
Q1: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 8 117 v DANIILIDOU, Eleni (GRE) 290 (CH=14 2003)Edit: just to remove the 2nd "clay"-- Edited by steven on Friday 18th of April 2014 10:11:37 PM
Katy should be seeded in the main draw, while Dasha and Sabrina have made it in too. FQR: Dominique Covington UNR v Ralina Kalimullina (RUS) UNR (world junior no. 405)
L32: (8) James Marsalek WR 612 v Pietro Licciardi (ITA) WR 730 (= CH) L32: (5) Ashley Hewitt WR 412 v Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 715 L32: (2) Oli Golding WR 352 v (Q) Michael Mmoh (USA) WR 1931 (= CH; 16yo world junior no. 9) The three seeded Brits are in different quarters. Oli beat Mmoh 3-6 6-0 6-3 in R1 last/this...
Q1: SILVA, Eden (GBR) 1 1126 v ByeEden's next opponent will be unranked, either Katarina Pavlovic (SRB) or Rio Kitagawa (JPN), Rio has a CH of 1103 in 2012.Sabrina Bamburac is also on the list but doesn't appear in the Q draw.In the main draw should be Katy Dunne Katie BoulterDanielle Konotoptsev...
Alex Ward, Neil Pauffley and Cam Norrie should be in the main draw, with the first two seeded. FQR: (q1) Harry Meehan WR 1066 v Ivan Avdeev (RUS) UNR or Sergey Dyakonov (RUS) UNR Edit: Thanks to CD for the quiet word about geography LOL and note to self not to start new threads when waking up in the middle of...
Neither week 1 finalist is present for a weaker second week of competition. Eden Richardson is top seeded followed by the Antonova twins. Draw is on the ITF site
L32: Dave Rice WR 288 v (4) Alex Bogomolov Jr (RUS) WR 116 (CH 33 in 2011) L32: James Ward WR 157 v Qualifier - winner likely to play 2nd seed Sock in R2
Have you ever done this? The No.1 on the day Andy Murray was born is Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship My number No.1's are: 'You're So Vain' by Carly Simon in the US 'Long Haired Lover From Liverpool' by Little Jimmy Osmond in the UK 'Ben' by Michael Jackson in Australia http://www.thisdayinmusi...
You may well have had this debate many times but I am one of these people that just hates the ballot in its current form? Unlike Wimbledon I don't think it is a fair way of distributing the tickets at all as I believe that many who follow the sport all year round and not just two weeks of the year, lose out. Wit...
There was no real luck in the singles here (although quite a few GB players) but congrats to Christopher Reynolds who won the doubles title with Turkish partner: FinalCan OZTUZUN (TUR) / Christopher REYNOLDS (GBR) [1] 6-1 6-1 Mohamed OUALHA (TUN) / Matteo TINELLI (ITA) [2]
ATPNo British EntrantsCHALLENGERSTallahassee $50K (Clay) - James Ward, David RiceAn-Ning $50K+H (Clay) - Dan Cox, Oli GoldingOstrava $100K+H (Clay) - Dan Evans (Edmund)FUTURESEdinburgh GB F10 $10K (Clay) - Marcus Willis, Brydan Klein, Ashley Hewitt, Liam Broady, Neil Pauffley, Luke Ba...
R1: (PR) Colin Fleming & Ross Hutchins v Martin Emmrich & Christopher Kas (GER/GER) R1: (4) Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) v Tomasz Bednarek & Mate Pavic (POL/CRO) R1: Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) & Jonathan Marray v Denis Istomin & Lukas Rosol (CZE/UZB)
Finn Bass is flying the flag out in Israel: R1: Finn BASS (GBR) 6-1 6-2 Tomer SHILO (ISR)R2: Finn BASS (GBR) 3-6 6-4 6-4 Edan BAKSHI (ISR) QF: Finn BASS (GBR) 6-3 7-5 Emil SAVELJEV (ISR) SF: Finn BASS (GBR) v Constantin BITTOUN KOUZMINE (FRA) [2]And Finn is into the doubles final...
Emily Arbuthnott has moved from Italy to Slovakia, and is seeded to meet top seed Kristina Schmiedlova in the quarters R1 (L64) (5) Emily Arbuthnott (GBR) bye
Rhett Purcell returns to action after his stunning G1 final last time whilst Maia Lumsden will look to continue her winning run, having taken a South African G2 title last tournament. Boys R1 (L64) (15) Rhett Purcell (GBR) bye Joel Cannell (GBR) v (Q) Jules Okala (FRA) Girls R1 (L64) Mirabelle Njoze (...
Samantha Murray should be in the main draw here. QR1: (q1) Jade Windley WR 282 v Susanne Celik (SWE) WR 447 (CH 444 in Mar) QR1: Anna Smith WR 449 v (wc) Song Ah (KOR) UNR (CH 1130 a year ago)
