L32: (4) Brydan Klein WR 426 v (Q) Daniel Guccione (AUS) WR 2057 (= CH; junior WR 96) Edit: updated now that qualifiers have been placed and with new rankings-- Edited by steven on Monday 3rd of March 2014 09:16:25 AM
There are 2 weeks of G2s in South Africa, with a strong British contingent, especially on the girls' side. Rob Smith is blogging at http://itc-tennis.com/category/blog adding a lot of colour to proceedings. Boys R1 (L32) Jay Clarke (GBR) v Kris Van Wyk (RSA) Ben Stride (GBR) v (3) David Poljak (CZE...
Stabekk finalist Dan Bennett and Max Stewart made convincing starts to their next Scandinavian tournament Boys R1 (L32) Max Stewart (GBR) d. Emil Pettersson (SWE) 6-1 6-3 Daniel Bennett (GBR) d. Jasper Akerlund (SWE) 6-0 6-2 Thomas Wright (GBR) v (Q) Filippo Mora (ITA) Girls R1 (L32) Georgia Lawso...
Dave Rice (likely to be the top seed), Ashley Hewitt, Liam Broady, Tom Farquharson, Josh Milton, Neil Pauffley, Luke Bambridge and Josh Ward-Hibbert are all main draw DAs here. Judging by who is in qualifying (See the link below), the top 8 Brits on the qualifying list at the freeze deadline (Couplan...
Hello hungry bracketeers, I know I know... I'm bummed about the ATP halting its Draw Challenge Circuit :( But, thanks to Steven and his BOTB Competition, at least we have the Replacement BOTB Comp! It doesn't have any of those cool prizes and it's not as professional but it's better than nothing ;) O...
QR1: Aswin Lizen UNR beat Marc Mila Rafi (ESP) UNR by 3 & QR1: Joel Cannell UNR v Oscar Gavalda (ESP) UNR QR1: William Flavell UNR lost to Xavier Marti Royo (ESP) UNR by 2 & 3 QR2: Aswin Lizen UNR v (q2) Juan Sebastian Gómez (COL) WR 917 = not sure what is happening here - they are shown as an...
I see today that the great old British tennis commentator John Barett is amongst this years inductees in to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. I just thought it was nice to see the well deserved recognition for a good broadcaster of yesteryear, and thought it worth noting in these pages. I presume...
QR1: Elizabeth Thomas UNR v Natasa Kosanin (SRB) UNR QR2: Thomas or Kosanin v (q8) Viktoria Kuzmova (SVK) WR 1148 (CH 1122 in Dec) -- Edited by steven on Saturday 1st of March 2014 11:31:22 PM
Via Juan Ceballos at ESPN who is partially live tweeting the draw: L32: (2) Andy Murray WR 7 v Pablo Andújar (ESP) WR 40 (CH 33 in 2012) H2H 1-0, 6-1 4-6 6-3 at Vic (Spain) Futures way back in 2005! Possible route: L16: Mannarino or Sousa QF: (6) Simon / Q / Melzer / Nieminen SF: (4) Dimitrov / (7) Gulbis FINAL...
Max Stewart plays his first ITF this year, and is the only Brit facing a seed here, albeit not one with a particularly daunting record. Boys R1 (L32) (1) Christopher Reynolds (GBR) v (Q) Jacob Eskeland (NOR) Thomas Wright (GBR) v (LL) Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar (NOR) Matteo Martineau (FRA) v Sebastien B...
QR1: Filipe Sharratt UNR v Melik Feler (FRA) UNR QR2: Sharratt or Feler v (q3/wc) Sebastian Rivera (ECU) WR 1020 -- Edited by steven on Friday 28th of February 2014 07:30:45 PM
Marcus and Lewis should be in the main draw again. QR1: (q12) Miles Bugby WR 1372 v Kevin Boelhouwer WR 2135 (CH 1548 in Jul) -- Edited by steven on Saturday 22nd of February 2014 12:31:08 PM
I suspect that this draw will not be universally popular on here R1: (3) Treat Huey (PHI) & Dominic Inglot CR 53 (25+28) v (PR) Colin Fleming & Ross Hutchins CR 557 (34+523) -- Edited by RJA on Saturday 22nd of February 2014 11:47:36 PM
DAs here for Cox, Hewitt, Broady, Milton, Pauffley, Ward-Hibbert, Bambridge and Coupland. Possible wild cards are Carpenter, Carter, O'Mara, Cash and Allen. (The first two might have sneaked in as DAs if there were late withdrawals) Once again a very strong qualifying draw with 30 ranked players...
Izzy Wallace is here, presumably searching for points to get back in the top 50 and improve her chance of direct entry into Roland Garros. Her opener looks friendly enough, but she is in the same half as the top seed Anna Kalinskaya, who has already won a G2 this year. R1 (L32) (4) Isabelle Wallace (GBR) v...
QR1: Heather Watson WR 122 v Victoria Duval (USA) WR 144 (CH 143 in Jan) QR1: Johanna Konta WR 119 v (q6) Anna Tatishvili (GEO) WR 114 (CH 50 in 2012) Sadly, the winners will meet in QR2 Edit: Duval is the young American who upset Sam Stosur at the US Open. She is another Bollettieri girl - Nick was even co...
QR1: Joel Cannell UNR v Oscar Gavalda (ESP) UNR QR1: William Flavell UNR lost to Xavier Marti Royo (ESP) UNR by 2 & 3 
QR2: Aswin Lizen UNR v (q2) Juan Sebastian Gómez (COL) WR 917 = not sure what is happening here - they are shown as an...