The ITF season ends this week with the prestigious Orange Bowl, won by George Morgan in 2010. Luke Bambridge should be seeded, joined by Jonny O'Mara and Evan Hoyt. Alex Sendegeya was top seed in qualifying but lost his opening match. Aswin Lizen is our only representative in the under 16s, where the...
Please can someone tell me the difference between a legend and a champion at the Albert Hall this week. They have legends as:- McEnroe Lendl Bates Cash Wilander Leconte and champions as:- Henman Ivanisevic Enqvist Moya Philippoussis Santoro I ca...
For London-based vintage pro-tennis enthusiasts (and fans of great sport documentaries in general): this Sunday there will be an afternoon screening of William Klein's The French, a documentary on the 1981 Roland-Garros, at Tate Modern. The doc ill be screened in full, from 16mm film and with En...
QR1: Anthony Law UNR v Kang Sa-Rang (KOR) UNR - winner to play (q3) Yang Yi-Fan (CHN) WR 1440 in the FQR QR1: Marshall Tutu UNR v Rico Gore (USA) UNR - winner to play (q5) Ryan Chow (CAN) WR 1553 in the FQR
Main draws are out and almost complete - last few qualifiers to be decided, but main draw also starts today Girls L64: Jazzi PLEWS vs Chiara GRIMM (SUI) L64: Katy DUNNE [12] vs TBD Boys L64: Luke BAMBRIDGE vs Naoki NAKAGAWA (JAP) L64: Evan HOYT vs Pedro CACHIN [14] (ARG) L64: Jonny O'MARA vs TBD. L64: Ale...
After Isaac Stoute's maiden ITF singles title this weekend, he has the chance to double the tally this week Boys R1 (L64) (7) Ben Stride (GBR) bye (14) Mason Recci (GBR) bye (11) Sacha Modica (GBR) bye (5) Isaac Stoute (GBR) bye (Q) Francisco Guimaraes (POR) v Charlie Ridout (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) Oleksa...
Alex Ward should be seeded here, with Richard Gabb and Joshua Jones also in the main draw. QR1: Jathan Malik UNR v (q8) Yan Sabanin (RUS) WR 1199 Qualifying here also sees the ITF Pro Circuit debut of a qualifying wild card from Myanmar called Win Oo. It remains to be seen whether he lives up to his name - h...
Looks like JWH has got staright into the main draw this time. QR1: Joseph Smithyman UNR v Stijn Kits (NED) UNR FQR: Michael Suleau UNR v Smithyman or Kits
I started a similar topic this time last year so thought i would do the same again as it has been an interesting year. I would like to know what people think about the rise of 'Wabson' and their great end to the season. More generally, looking at Steven's great T25 table, i see that in week 23 for example m...
31/12/12 - 6/1/13 http://www.shenzhenopentennis.com/2013/eng/index.phpEntry List - alphabetical Player 1 Babos, Timea (HUN) Player 2 Bartoli, Marion (FRA) Player 3 Beck, Annika (GER) Player 4 Benesova, Iveta (CZE) Player 5 Bratchikova, Nina (RUS) Player 6 Cadantu, Alex...
Gabi Taylor's second week here sees her in the section with the same 2 seeds as last week, but starting with the one who beat her. First up is a local wildcard though, who shouldn't be much of a threat judging by her results. R1 (L32) (WC) Maia Bernadette Balce (PHI) v Gabriella Patricia Taylor (GBR)
As discussed on the Toyota thread, Samantha Murray should now have a special exempt into the main draw here should she want to make the 8000 km trip. QR1: Emily Webley-Smith WR 467 v (q7) Jasmina Tinjic (BIH) WR 302 (CH 239 in 2011) QR2: (q3) Tara Moore WR 267 v Eva Hrdinová (CZE) WR 832 (CH 168 in 2008) or Sa...
The North American season finale starts in Mexico with a tournament whose past winners include Heather Watson. Most of the potential British contingent have opted to miss out this year, and go just for the Eddie Herr and/or Orange Bowl. Hence there are just 3 Brits, with Alex Sendegeya's Osaka succe...
Gabi Taylor was impressive last month in Morocco, and she gets the opportunity to continue her ascent of the ITF rankings in 2 weeks of tournaments here R1 (L32) Gabriella Patricia Taylor (GBR) v Miyo Kobayashi (JPN)
Alex Ward and Richard Gabb are down to play in the main draw here, with Alex likely to be one of the top 4 seeds. QR1: Jathan Malik UNR v (q3) Konstantin Gerlakh (RUS) WR 1181
