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JoKo should be in the main draw here. QR1: Nik Slater WR 770 v Jessica Lawrence (USA) WR 768 Nik: "Poor poor decision by director. Former 119 current 212 and a former 157 currently 233 in world fly in day of sign in, miss the sign in. He has double digit amount of alternates who signed in and he gives th...
Josh Milton should be in the main draw here. QR1: (q4) Dan Cox WR 603 v (wc) Joshua Levinson (USA) UNR 21-y-o Levinson has never beaten a ranked player and the other time he played a Brit (back in 2010), he got thrashed 2 & by Rogan Egerton. However, the other seed in Dan's section is (q9) Mitchell Kr...
A busy week for top juniors with a Grade A, 2 Grade 1s and a Grade 2. Here Samm Butler is the lone Brit. His opener is against a player of similar track record, but he is in the same section as the strong second seed Laslo Djere (Orange Bowl winner) R1 (L64) Julian Zlobinsky (USA) v Samm Butler (GBR)
This is gonna be short & sweet: R1: (4) Michal Konecny & Andrey Kumantsov (CZE/RUS) WR 1072 defeated (WC) Paul Brown & Robert Ziganshin (RUS) UNR by 3 & 3 Anybody heard of Paul Brown? According to the ATP, he's 22, "inactive" & has won precisely $135 in combined priz...
The COSAT circuit climaxes with this Grade A event. Harriet Dart is in a nightmare section, starting with a girl ranked 618 WTA, with last week's conqueror Tornado Black the likely opponent for the winner. For Jazzi Plews there is the opportunity to break her duck this year, with a good draw against th...
QR1: (q13) Max Andrews WR 1571 beat David González Rodriguez (ESP) UNR by 4 & 4 QR1: Ross-Tiree Wilson UNR lost to (q8) Marc García Roman (ESP) WR 1129 by & 1 QR2: (q13) Max Andrews WR 1571 v Francesc Montañés Roca (ESP) UNR (brother of former top 30 player Albert)
ATP Miami Week 1 (Hard) - Andy Murray CHALLENGERSRimouski $35K+H (Indoor Hard) - James Ward, Jamie Baker, Alex BogdanovicFUTURESSunderland GBF8 $10K (Indoor Hard) -Josh Goodall, Ed Corrie, Dan Smethurst, Alex Ward, Richard Bloomfield, Neil Pauffley, James Marsalek, Marcus Willis, L...
James plays in the northern hemisphere for the first time since Chennai qualifying in late December, but sadly (from the point of view of picking up any points) in a qualifying draw that is as strong as some Challenger main draws, with all 8 seeds in the top 150. QR1: James Ward WR 209 v (q8) Olivier Roch...
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...
QR1: Ross-Tiree Wilson UNR lost to (q8) Marc García Roman (ESP) WR 1129 by & 1 
QR2: (q13) Max Andrews WR 1571 v Francesc Montañés Roca (ESP) UNR (brother of former top 30 player Albert)