Dan Cox, Ashley Hewitt & Liam Broady should all be seeded in the main draw, with James Marsalek, Luke Bambridge and Josh Ward-Hibbert (2nd Alt but presumably scraped in since the 4th Alt is the top seed in qualifying) also direct acceptances. QR1: (q5) Matthew Short WR 854 v (wc) Hamad Abbas Janah...
Second G2 for Izzy, but she is in a tough quarter, featuring last week's conqueror Seone Mendez. First up is another strong 14 year old Boys R1 (L32) Christopher Reynolds (GBR) v Sam Taylor (SWE) Aswin Lizen (GBR) v Mateusz Terczynski (POL) Girls R1 (L32) Sofya Zhuk (RUS) v (2) Isabelle Wallace (GBR)
As usual at this time of year there is a large party of Brits in malta R1 (L64) Piers Foley (GBR) v Christos Antonopoulos (GRE) (10) Matteo Tinelli (ITA) v (Q) Luke Hammond (GBR) Giovanni Fonio (ITA) v (8) Jack MacFarlane (GBR) (WC) Mark Schranz (MLT) v (15) Jonathan Gray (GBR) Valentin Vanta (ROU) v Jos...
Alexis Canter is the only player left in but a lot of GB representation: Boys: R1: Mason RECCI (GBR) [1] 6-0 6-2 Syrry Can KORKMAZ (TUR) Cem HIZLIALP (TUR) 6-2 6-2 Mohamed ABDEL-AZIZ (GBR) Louis WESSELS (GER) [9] 6-3 6-1 Will DAVIES (GBR) Alexis CANTER (GBR) [4] 7-6(6) 6-2 ...
Tom Farquharson should be seeded in the main draw here. No James this time (he is off to Doha instead) but Tom should be joined by George Coupland and Jack Carpenter. QR1: (q4) Jathan Malik WR 1007 v Semen Gribenyuk (RUS) UNR QR1: (q8) Miles Bugby WR 1383 v Jakob Johansson-Holm (SWE) UNR -- Edited by stev...
Anna Brogan finishes her run of Central American tournaments on clay as top seed R1 (L32) (1) Anna Brogan (GBR) v Amanda Meyer (USA) (8) Emily Appleton (GBR) v (SE) Alexia Coutino Castillo (MEX)
Shamael Chaudhry didn't have much joy in Uzbekistan (a G3 last week as well as the G2 we covered) but he is doing better in Kazakhstan R1 (L32) (2) Shamael Chaudhry (GBR) d. (WC) Gleb Karbolin (KAZ) 6-3 6-3 R2 (2) Shamael Chaudhry (GBR) d. Saida'lo Saidkarimov (UZB) 6-2 7-5 QF (2) Shamael Chaudhry (GBR)...
Jodie Burrage is top seeded here R1 (L64) (1) Jodie Anna Burrage (GBR) v (WC) Katrina Sammut (MLT) (10) Eliza Omirou (CYP) v Megan Davies (GBR) (3) Dorien Cuypers (BEL) v Mariella Blackwell (GBR) (Q) Camille Verden Anderson (GBR) v (14) Sean Lodzki (ISR) Holly Thompson (GBR) v Shaline-Doreen Pipa (G...
Katie Swan is here, guided by Rob Smith who blogs at http://itc-tennis.com/category/blog Katie plays later today against a girl who took a set off Anna Brogan in the semifinal of the Costa Rican G3 earlier in the month R1 (L64) (11) Katie Swan (GBR) v Jenna Friedel (USA) -- Edited by DavidC on Tuesday...
Just when we thought there were going to be no Brits in the women's event next week, Amanda pops up in qualifying as a late entrant, coming back after hip surgery a bit earlier than expected FQR: (q1) Amanda Carreras WR 400 v Kim Jana Hausler (SUI) UNR
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Alex Ward should be seeded in the main draw here and it looks like Toby Martin has made it into the main draw too, having been 2nd alternate. Cam, though ranked higher, didn't originally enter and could face the current world junior no. 15 in QR2. QR1: Shane Brown UNR v Andreas Aravis (CYP) UNR QR1: David...
JoKo should be in the main draw here. QR1: Jade Windley WR 287 v Nicole Melichar (USA) WR 497 (CH 400 in 2012) -- Edited by steven on Saturday 29th of March 2014 12:06:32 AM
nik slater poped up here as 4th seed playing with german christina shakovets short trip tho as they lost in R1 to a pair of south american clay grinders 5-7 1-6
My initial sortie into pro tennis sponsorship commenced with the goal of an Aegon men's team title but is this a misguided ambition & a waste of time for my volunteers and the players themselves ? Or is the sponsor right to expect team commitment in return for their sponsorship ?
Kyle has a main draw wild card - that draw takes place tomorrow. QR1: Dan Evans WR 125 v (q16) Tim Smyczek (USA) WR 105 (CH 73 in Nov) H2H 1-0 - Dan won 4-6 6-1 12-10 in Wimbledon qualifying in 2010 The winner will play (q3) Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) or Jimmy Wang (TPE) in the FQR -- Edited by steven on Tue...
L32: Ed Corrie WR 329 v (6) Andreas Beck (GER) WR 188 (CH 33 in 2009) L32: Dan Cox WR 250 v (PR) Izak van der Merwe (RSA) UNR (CH 113 in 2011) L32: Dan Smethurst WR 305 v (WC) Richard Gabb WR 430 - H2H 2-0, including last week's SF The last two matches are both in the bottom quarter of the draw. Izak has only recent...
As one group of British 'holidaymakers' moves out, another arrives - no Oli this time but Alex Ward is due to return here, while in qualies: QR1: William Flavell UNR v Igor Tubic (SWE) WR 2177 - winner plays (q1) Cameron Norrie WR 809 QR1: (q14) Harry Meehan WR 1054 v Aviv Darmon(ISR) WR 2011 - in the same...