Andy appears to have decided to brush up on his doubles skills in partnership with "Big Bruv" - & they ain't drawn an easy opener! R1: (5) Robert Lindstedt & Nenad Zimonjic (SWE/SRB) vs (WC) Andy Murray & Jamie Murray R1: Tommy Haas & Xavier Malisse (GER/BEL) vs Colin F...
Katie Boulter and Isabelle Wallace are both seeded but likely to face very tough opening matches. Katie will probably face Ellen Perez, who beat her last week en route to the title, whilst Izzy could well face fast-rising Aussie Sara Tomic (Bernard's sister) who beat Izzy's conqueror before losing...
Eight Brits in the main draw this week, helped by a couple of wildcards. Thomas Colautti had a good tournament last week, but finds himself in a strong section this time R1 (L64) (13) Evan Hoyt (GBR) bye Thomas Colautti (GBR) v Krittin Koaykul (THA) (3) Luke Bambridge (GBR) bye (WC) Rhett Purcell (GBR)...
Continuing misery for Jazzi Plews, sustaining a second straight sets loss on this tour today (according to the tournament's Twitter feed). That just leaves Harriet Dart in the running for the fruit, and her opening match will be against someone who has won a handful of matches in ITF Futures events....
L32: (7) Alex Bogdanovic WR 314 v Eric Quigley (USA) WR 562 (= CH) L32: (2) Jamie Baker WR 210 v (Q) George Jecminek (CAN) WR 1025 Quigley reached the semis in Glasgow in January, beating Lewis & Alex (Ward) in straight sets then Ed in 3 before losing to Josh Goodall. Jecminek is 26 and his 1025 ranking...
L32: Matthew Short WR 759 v (WC) Leonardo Tavares (POR) WR 1284 - to be played on Wednesday Tavares is a 29-year-old who was top 200 less than three years ago (CH 186 in 2010)
Josh Milton should be in the main draw here. QR1: (q5) Dan Cox WR 603 v Tinotenda Chanakira (ZIM) WR 1933 QR1: James Ireland WR 1264 v Milen Ianakiev (GER) UNR The other seed in Dan's section is Gianni Mina (FRA) WR 688, an ex-top 400 player who reached the Final of the Futures event in Tehuacán last month....
L96: Laura Robson WR 43 v Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) WR 49 (CH 29 in 2006) L96: Heather Watson WR 39 v Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) WR 53 (CH 38 in 2011) Laura has played Arvidsson once before, that memorable 3-setter in Fed Cup last year. Heather and Begu have not met before. Begu has retired from 2 of her last 3 mat...
Q1: Camille GOODMAN (GBR) UNR vs. Charlotte VAN DER MEIJ (NED) UNR Q1: Jemma BUCKLER (GBR) UNR vs. Aloise DOREY (FRA) UNR Q1: Edita RACA (GBR) UNR vs. Bye Q2: Edita RACA (GBR) UNR vs. Fiona GERVAIS (FRA) [9] 1000 (CH: 926) Jemma's opponent seem to have neither senior or Junior profile with the ITF. -- Ed...
R1: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) 3 361 v OSTOJIC, Kristina (SRB) Q UNREdit: just to correct the minor typo in the title-- Edited by steven on Monday 4th of March 2013 09:53:44 PM
L32: (7) Anne Keothavong WR 188 v Margarita Lazareva (RUS) WR 347 (CH 344 last week) L32: Tara Moore WR 209 v (WC) Victoria Rodríguez (MEX) WR 686 (CH 681 in Dec) Rodríguez is a top 30 junior who reached a 10K Final in Mexico last October but did not play in seniors again until she lost 1 & 2 to Meusberger...
Boris Yeltsin has been a major supporter of tennis in Russia, and this competition was launched a couple of years ago in Kazan to honour his 80th birthday. Samm Butler appears to have a favourable R1 draw, but last week's winner is in the same quarter. R1 (L32) (8) Samm Butler (GBR) v (WC) Timur Kiuamov (...
Isabelle Wallace had a fine start to her British junior career, winning a Grade 2 and then teaming up with Katie Boulter to win the following week's doubles. The pair are our representatives on the Asian tour. R1 (L64) (12) Isabelle Wallace (GBR) v Plobrung Plipuech (THA) (13) Katie Boulter (GBR) v Ar...
Jamie has been bumped from the top seeding by Polansky getting a wild card and has a tricky R1 draw against last year's Wimbledon & US Open junior champion: L32: (2) Jamie Baker WR 210 v Filip Peliwo (CAN) WR 518 -- Edited by steven on Monday 4th of March 2013 11:51:23 PM
This is the first of 3 Grade 1s in Asia with a strong British presence. Jonny O'Mara's first round opponent has a familiar name, and like his better known cousin Chris, is tall and has a big serve. Rhett Purcell came through qualification but Jamie Malik lost his final match. R1 (L64) Thomas Colautti (G...
A maiden title here for Joel Cannell, possibly the first for a Brit in partnership with someone from Turkmenistan Boys R1 (L32) Jay Clarke (GBR) d. (8) Eleftherios Theodorou (GRE) 6-1 6-1 (SE) Matteo Berrettini (ITA) d. Joel Cannell (GBR) 6-2 6-3 (Q) Daniel Bennett (GBR) d. (WC) Marouane Wasfy (MAR)...
When I commented on a tournament thread that Frederik Nielsen was on a 19-match winning streak against GB players, Greenleaf started wondering whether any player had a longer Brit-bashing streak (in singles) than that. The first possibility that came to my mind was David Diaz-Ventura, but his wi...
Dan Smethurst and Alex ward are DAs and it looks like Lewis Burton may have scraped in too - he was 3rd Alt and the 6th-8th Alts are the top 3 seeds in qualifying. QR1: Tom Mannings UNR v (q12) Dimitar Grabul (MKD) WR 1931
