The main event for British juniors in week 18 is this tournament in Italy Boys R1 (L64) (7) Rhett Purcell (GBR) bye Aswin Lizen (GBR) v (WC) Giorgio De Rossi (ITA) Girls R1 (L32) Anna Brogan (GBR) v Silvia Chinellato (ITA) (4) Freya Christie (GBR) v (WC) Tatiana Pieri (ITA) (7) Maia Lumsden (GBR) v (WC)...
L32: Dan Evans WR 132 vs (8) Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) WR 131 Rankings couldn't be much closer... Up to Dan to prove himself on clay on a lower-tier stage.
QR1: James Turbervill UNR v Tayjhon McGee (USA) UNR QR1: Thomas Knights UNR v Agustin Savarino (ARG) UNR QR1: Alex Sendegeya UNR v Marko Vukalovic (SRB) UNR McGee is 15 and yet to win more than 2 games in a set in 4 attempts at Futures qualies. The other opponents are teenagers too, with Vukalovic (18) pl...
Another tangled web unfolds ! The LTA showing their better judgement again in choosing to use Max Clifford to assist in "damage limitation" campaign ! I seem to remember that this was around the time they were securing the Aegon sponsorship deal ! Money comes first ? They just cant seem to m...
Another WC MD place for Jack: R1: (WC) Jack Oswald UNR v (Q) Mauricio Alvarez-Guzman (CHI) WR 1500 CH 1050 (2010) And a victory (of sorts): R1:Andrea CAMURRI (ITA) / Jack OSWALD (GBR) def.Arseniy MOROZOV (RUS) / Bjoern PETERSEN (GER) Walkover-- Edited by Coup Droit on Wednesday 30th of Ap...
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
