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
No draw available yet, obviously, but a thread to flag up the fact that Colin & Ross have been seeded 13th & "Booty & Stretch", as they used to be known in the good old days, 14th. I guess Eric will once again become an honorary Brit for the duration of the tournament! Also in the d...
ATP Brisbane $400K (Hard) - Andy Murray Doha $1 Million (Hard) - (Baker)CHALLENGERSNo British EntrantsFUTURESNo EventsWTAShenzhen $500K (Hard) - Laura Robson (Keothavong)Auckland $235K (Hard) - Heather WatsonBrisbane $1 Million (Hard) - (Konta)-- Edited by seagull on Thursday 27th of...
And so the 2013 season starts with indecent haste. Tom Hill and Harriet Dart have opted to spend Christmas in Mexico seeking points in one of the weaker Grade A events. If Tom wins his opener he is likely to face top seed Silva of Portugal in round 2 Boys R1 (L64) Tom Hill (GBR) v Rishab Agarwal (IND) Girls...
1 Jan Brisbane 250 13 Jan Kooyong exhibition 16 Jan Australian Open GS 27 Feb Dubai 500 8 Mar Indian Wells 1000 21 Mar Miami 1000 15 Apr Monte Carlo 1000 (counts as 500 for commitment) 23 Apr Barcelona 500 6 May Madrid 1000 - withdrawn due to back injury 13 May Rome 1000 27 May Roland...
Does anyone have any feedback / suggestions on what to change from the 2012 format before I copy the worksheets and open entires? I think we should go with the rankings run that includes the last UK tournament results as the end date, and given Bally's proposed Indian Wells return, I think we should sti...
It's been the best year in memory for slam titles (obviously!) and Futures titles, but the worst year I can remember (so far!) for Brits in Challengers (singles) and only the 2nd year this century (but also the 2nd in the last three years) when we have had no Challenger singles finalists - indeed, Jame...
Isaac Stoute has reached the final here (his first since a G5 in the same country nearly 2 years ago), as Miriambee noted in another thread Boys R1 (L64) Eric Kipkoech (KEN) d. Edward Harwood (GBR) 2-6 6-4 6-2 Kevin Cheruiyot Langat (KEN) d. (WC) Riaan Lakhani (GBR) 6-3 6-1 (5) Isaac Stoute (GBR) bye R2 (...
Jay Clarke is the main British hope in the under 14s, and he reached the final of the warm-up highfaluting named Nike International Masters this week. He is seeded to meet the European number 1 Mikael Yemer in the quarters Under 14 R1 (L128) Alexis Canter (GBR) v Michael Li (USA) (8) Mwendwa W Mbithi (US...
I was a bit late to post on the 2012 review thread, so thought I would start a new thread looking ahead to 2013 and what ranking targets are attainable for our top female tennis players. In ranking order : 1. Hev Watson Seems to be having a good offseason, breaking personal bests in the Gym and sounding rea...
