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...
nik slater is here in dubs playing with frankova again as #3 seeds and has a R1 bye Hev must have withdrawn as she would have made MD by right in the end after all (40th ALT made qualies!!!) and shes not on the drawsheet.
A British invasion here, with 5 of the boys' seeds, including the top 3 Boys R1 (L32) (1) Youssef Hassan (GBR) v (Q) Filip Duda (CZE) Finn Bass (GBR) v Robert Wrzesinski (LTU) (4) Ghassan Alansi (YEM) v Jonathan Grey (GBR) (Q) Omar Elkadi (EGY) v (6) Charlie Ridout (GBR) (7) Piers Farhang (GBR) v Ashkan S...
ATPDavis Cup v Italy (Clay) - Andy Murray, Dan Evans, James Ward, Colin FlemingCHALLENGERSSt Brieuc $50K+H (Indoor Hard) - (Rice, Willis, Pauffley)Leon $40K+H (Hard) - (Gabb)FUTURESUSA F10 $15K (Hard) - Dan Smethurst, Ed Corrie, Josh Milton (Manlow)Qatar F1 $10K (Hard) - Dan Cox, Ashley He...
Izzy Wallace is one of three Brits here, in the start of three high-grade Spanish events, presumably looking for points to get her into the Roland Garros main draw. Boys R1 (L32) Joel Cannell (GBR) v Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP) (Q) Raul Brancaccio (ITA) v Aswin Lizen (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) Mathilde Ar...
Dan Cox (long trip from Canada!), Liam Broady & Luke Bambridge are likely to be seeded here, with Josh Ward-Hibbert & Matt Short also in the main draw. QR1: Thomas Adam Osborne UNR v Faisal al-Thani (QAT) UNR
Samantha Murray should be the top seed in the main draw, with Anna Smith also a main draw direct acceptance. QR2: (q12) Jessica Simpson WR 949 v Maria Tritou (GRE) UNR
Tom Farquharson and James Marsalek should be in the main draw here. Miles starts off with some pretty bad instant coffee (igmc!) QR1: (q12) Miles Bugby WR 1383 v Andrei Crapcenco (ROU) UNR (junior WR 1427) QR2: Jack Carpenter WR 838 v Altug Celikbilek (TUR) WR 2062 (CH 2041 in Jan; junior WR 576) or Niki...
QR1: Richard Gabb WR 425 v (wc) Luís Enrique Barrientos (MEX) WR 1344 (CH 1038 in Jun) QR1: Josh Milton WR 529 v Chris Guccione (AUS) WR 520 (CH 67 in 2008)* * H2H 0-1 - the Gooch beat Josh 6-3 7-6(4) at the Lexington Challenger in 2011. Now outside the top 500 in singles but ranked 67 in doubles, this will be t...
Two Brits here - Mirabelle Njoze has a good first round draw but Andrew Watson is up against it - firstly against a player with a 15-3 record this year, and if successful the top seed is likely to be next. Boys R1 (L64) Fabian Fallert (GER) v Andrew Watson (GBR) Girls R1 (L64) Mirabelle Njoze (GBR) v (WC) An...
Here's hoping Darren & Adham have a bit more luck after dropping down to Futures level: R1: Adham E-Effendi (USA) & Darren Walsh CR 1365 (1017+348) vs Iván Gómez & Pascal Meis (ESP/GER) CR 2239 (881+1358)
There was an interesting debate on one of the threads about the allocation of 25k-100K around the world and the limited numbers available this year. I'm halfway through looking at the nations that have female players ranked between 75 and 250 and comparing it to the number of tournaments they have...
