R1: Iván Endara & Darian King (ECU/BAR) CR 1392 (762+630) vs (PR) Adham El-Effendi (USA) & Darren Walsh CR 1368 (1019+349) I think they may just have a sniff of a chance there, provided Adham's succeeded in removing some more of the rust from his game!
Would you Adam & Eve it? R1: (PR) Simone Bolelli & Fabio Fognini (ITA/ITA) CR 453 (385+68) vs Treat Huey (PHI) & Dominic Inglot CR (45 (25+20) The second seed, Peya & Soares, lie in wait in the next round, should Dom & TCH prevail.
It looks like Naomi is either the last DA here or has a WC and it looks like other wild cards have gone to Tara, Katy and Emily - at least, they are the only other players in the GB top 25 who were on the entry list but are not in qualifying. QR1: Sarah Beth Askew WR 1219 v (q12) Lisa Sabino (SUI) WR 541 (CH 315 in 20...
The good news - all 3 Brits play unranked qualifying wild cards (2 of whom have never played on the ITF pro or junior circuits before) in their first matches ... QR1: Lewis Burton WR 795 v (wc) Manuel Guinard (FRA) UNR QR2: (q2) Dave Rice WR 287 v (wc) Loeiz Briand (FRA) UNR QR2: (q5) Marcus Willis WR 385 v (...
Oli, Ashley, Liam, Luke and James should be in the main draw, with the first two or three of them seeded. QR1: (q1) Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 698 v Magnus Broms (SWE) UNR
Lots of Brits will be in the main draw here, with Jade likely to be the 2nd seed and Katy likely to scrape a seeding too. All QR1 matches involve only unranked players. QR1: Katarzyna Pitak v Natalie Hepburn - winner to play (q1) Freya Christie WR 1018 in the FQR QR1: Cecily Wuenscher v Kyria Dunford - winn...
The second week in Malta is proving more productive than the first, with 4 semifinalists including a guaranteed finalist Boys R1 (L64) Uladzimir Dorash (BLR) d. (LL) Josh Pistorius (GBR) 6-3 6-3 (LL) James Mitchell (GBR) d. Valentin Vanta (ROU) 6-4 6-3 (LL) James Davis (GBR) d. (WC) Raphael Sammut (...
There are only 25 players in the main draw here! L16: (4) Emily Webley-Smith WR 416 v Chloé Paquet (FRA) WR 897 (CH 646 last Apr) or Janina Mistecky (GER) UNR
The first of the French spring series which sporadically brings British success, has seen an opening day win for Joel Cannell Boys R1 (L32) Joel Cannell (GBR) d. (WC) Constant de la Bassetiere (FRA) 7-6(5) 6-2 R2 (7) Xander Veys (BEL) v Joel Cannell (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) Theo Gravouil (FRA) v Anastasia...
L32: (2) Amanda Carreras WR 395 v (WC) Irini Papageorgiou (GRE) WR 1250 (= CH) Papageorgiou was the player who lost 3 & 1 to Jessica Simpson in R1 last week.
Izzy Wallace and Emily Arbuthnott are top 8 seeds here, but to reach the quarters will have to overcome the two players who defeated Izzy in the two Spanish G2s. Izzy faces the daunting prospect of a rematch with Paula Badosa Gibert, who is ranked inside the top 500 WTA with a very good win percentage R1 (...
No British direct acceptances this time. QR1: Shane Brown UNR v Lenny Hampel (AUT) UNR QR2: (q4) George Morgan WR 1099 v Orel Ovil (ISR) WR 1661 or Christian Braun (GER) UNR QR2: Brown or Hampel v (q8) Ervin Eleskovic (SWE) WR 1296
A tough prospect for Aswin Lizen to continue last week's encouraging run. First up is a strong top 100 local player with the winner taking on the second seed, ranked just outside 500 ATP R1 (L64) Dmitry Mnushkin (RUS) v Youssef Hassan (GBR) (Q) Gonzalo Morell Raschiatore (AUS) v Christopher Reynolds...
The main draw is not yet out, but Ken & Neal Skupski are on the entry list. Jamie Murray & John Peers would have been the defending champions here (they were unseeded, yet beat the Bryans in three in last year's final), but it looks as though they've opted to go to Casablanca instead.
R1: Mariana Duque-Marino & Teliana Pereira (COL/BRA) v Nicole Melichar (USA) & Nicola Slater Match is today, 3rd match after 4.30 BST, and should be streamed.
QR1: Jack Oswald UNR v (q6) Arkadiusz Kocyla (POL) WR 928 (CH 774 in Sep) QR1: Ross Tiree-Wilson UNR v (q8) Sebastian Rivera (ECU) WR 988 (CH 705 in 2009)
