The entry lists are out for the Australian Open, with the main omission being Kyle Edmund, opting to play Futures events seemingly. Luke Bambridge is also down for Futures in the w/c 7th but has entered both the Australian Open (starting 19th) and the Traralgon warm-up (starting 12th). Katie Boult...
The defending champion here, Andy Murray OBE will play Ito or a qualifier in R2 and is then seeded to meet (8) Klizan in the QFs and (4) Dolgopolov or (5) Nishikori in the SFs, with (2) Raonic and (3) Simon the top seeds in the bottom half of the draw.
Hello ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce my self, I am an all round sports fan with particular interest in tennis and cricket, and all sports other than football really. I got particularly "interested" in tennis a couple of years ago through Steven's rankings page and the forums. I'v...
Since no-one else has stepped up to the plate, here be this year's ranking prediction competition. I've made some changes to the rules in order to try and make each player's performance have an equal contribution to your score regardless of their current ranking, and to mitigate the effects of injur...
Since no-one else has stepped up to the plate, here be this year's ranking prediction competition. I've made some changes to the rules in order to try and make each player's performance have an equal contribution to your score regardless of their current ranking, and to mitigate the effects of injur...
ATP Australian Open Qualifying (Hard) - Jamie Baker, James WardCHALLENGERSNo EventsFUTURESUSA F1 $10K (Clay) - Alex Bogdanovic, Oli Golding (Edmund, Marsalek, Bambridge, Broady)Germany F1 $10K (Indoor Carpet) - (Meehan)WTAAustralian Open Qualifying (Hard) - Anne Keothavong, Johanna...
The first WTA rankings of 2013 and already there are some milestones to report! (they've been updated for 7 January on the app and on the archived old site http://bit.ly/RA76cu but not on the new site yet, which is amusing ...) Laura becomes the first Brit to make the WTA singles top 50 before her 19th bi...
I've revised my 10 random predictions for GB men in 2013 downwards a little, after the last week's juniors and Team Aegon announcements. Still rose-tinted spectacles and overly optimistic, but I hope some successes worthy of Paul the Octopus. 1. Andy Murray WILL be a winner at Wimbledon, a finalist...
Just seen that Kyle Edmund has been nominated as one of the 10 contenders for Junior Sports Personality of the Year. Sadly, the winner is decided by a panel of "experts" and so we can't vote for him. Wouldn't it be great to see Muzza and Kyle do the double. Tough year to win though !!
L32: Heather Watson WR 49 v (5) Sorana Cirstea (ROU) WR 27 (CH 23 in 2009) A tough draw for Hev (especially considering that she would probably have been seeded in the International with more prize money in Shenzhen) but she does lead the H2H 1-0 - that stunning comeback from 0-5* down in the final set in M...
Andy may be due to play Tipsy in the exo in Abu Dhabi in the next few minutes, but the proper season starts at midnight our time tonight, with this match first on Court 10: QR1: Johanna Konta WR 156 v (q4) María Teresa Torró Flor (ESP) WR 98 (CH 95 in Oct) These two met once in a grade 3 junior ITF on clay in Spain...
R1: (2) Colin Fleming & Jamie Murray v David Goffin & Gilles Muller (BEL/LUX) Colin was entered to play with Ross in Doha, and tweeted about it just a couple of days ago so not sure what happened.
Second opportunity for Harriet Dart to progress up the top 100. This week the COSAT circuit moves to hard courts, which should help her, and she has on paper a decent first round draw for a Grade 1 Boys R1 (L64) (11) Alexander Sendegeya (GBR) v Simon Stevens (BEL) Tom Hill (GBR) v Andres Alfonzo Paredes (...
This year's Junior Orange Bowl under 14s has a strong entry including 4 top Brits, whilst Katie Swan and Chelsea Samways have negotiated the first 2 rounds of qualifying. Please note that by tradition the 8th and 17th seeds are joint (16 of the latter). In the under 12s Francesca Jones has drawn a famil...
Laura should be seeded in the main draw here. QR1: (q3) Anne Keothavong WR 143 v (wc) Xu Shilin (CHN) WR 1148 14-year-old Xu is world junior no. 65. The winner will play (q6) Nastassja Burnett (ITA) WR 155 (CH 135 in July) or Yurika Sema (JPN) WR 203 (CH 142 in 2009) in the FQR. Anne beat Sema 5 & in a 75K i...
I seem to have missed a change, can anyone help with a link or an explanation. Do ATP players now get points for losing in the qualies? Ive read hints of this but cant seem to find the actual rule. Cheers
