Jonny M returns to the fray for the first time since his triumph with Freddie N at Wimbledon & there's a new partner for Dom: R1: (4) Matthew Ebden (AUS) & Dominic Inglot vs (WC) Steve Johnson & Sam Querrey (USA/USA) R1: James Cerretani & Igor Sijsling (USA/NED) vs (3) Jamie Delgado...
The European Championships count as an enhanced Grade 1 event (more points in the later stages) but our trio are unseeded (it appears that Pippa Horn is a late withdrawal), and will be hard pushed to make the later stages Boys R1 (L128) Nichita Cepak (MDA) v Jonny O'Mara (GBR) Evan Hoyt (GBR) Bye R2 Evan...
R1: Colin Fleming & Ross Hutchins vs Julien Benneteau & Richard Gasquet (FRA) R1: Jürgen Melzer & Alexander Peya (AUT) vs Andy Murray & Jamie Murray Not an easy first round for either pair! -- Edited by Stircrazy on Friday 27th of July 2012 01:50:56 PM
5 Brits here, all seeded Boys R2 (L32) (WC) Nathan Elia Schmid (SUI) v (16) Joshua Paris (GBR) Philipp Moritz (AUT) d. (7) Samm Butler (GBR) 6-4 6-3 (14) Jamie Malik (GBR) d. Moritz Kandt (GER) 6-3 7-6(1) (SE) Ruben Greiner (GER) v (2) Thomas Colautti (GBR) Girls R2 (L32) (8) Katie Boulter (GBR) v (LL...
Goodall, Evans, Burton, Short, Pauffley, Hudson and Oakley are direct acceptances. QR1: (q2) Adam Thornton-Brown WR 1522 v Bye QR1: Jathan Malik UNR v Ryan Talbot McElvenny (USA) UNR QR1: (q4) Harry Meehan WR 1874 v Darragh Glavin (IRL) INR QR1: Cal Cravan UNR v Martin Colenbrander (NZL) UNR QR1: L...
L32: (1) Daniel Smethurst WR 376 v Marko Danis (SVK) WR 857 L32: (4) James Marsalek WR 643 v (Q) Mario Turcan (SVK) UNR L32: Alexander Slabinsky WR 1151 v (WC) Patrick Ofner (AUT) WR 1787 Marsalek and Slabinsky would meet in round 2 and they are in the same half as Smethurst.
The under 14s represent our best chance of success in the European Championships, with 4 seeded players (each country being allowed 2 representatives). Seedings are based on Tennis Europe rankings, which are more reliable for the boys than the girls, some of whom (like Jazzi) are playing more ITFs...
The Irish Grade 5s have been a happy hunting ground for Brits in recent years. There are 16 in the main draw (32) hoping to continue this trend including Alannah Griffin (2), Freya Christie (3), Dominique Covington (4), Rebecca Smaller (5), Jasmine Amber Asghar (6) and Farah Abdelaziz (7)
As usual the Irish Grade 5s are dominated by British entries The British seeds are (1) Sebastian Rey, (4) Ryan Peniston, (6) Christopher Morrow, (7) Andrew Watson and (8) Christopher Reynolds
QR1: (q1) Jack Carpenter WR 927 v Bye QR2: (q1) Jack Carpenter WR 927 v Stephen Stege (USA) UNR or Nicolas De Plaen (BEL) UNR Jack would have been a DA here but he didn't originally enter.
Anna Brogan's confidence should be good after 2 impressive low-grade tournaments, but there are several very highly ranked players to test her here, including two of the top 5 in the ITF rankings Boys R1 (L128) (13) Julian Cash (GBR) Bye Jacopo Stefanini (ITA) v Lewis Roskilly (GBR) Girls R1 (L128) A...
Nick Lester reports:"Am told James Ward has fractured his wrist after falling in Newport whilst practising a couple weeks ago,out of American hard court swing. Due see a specialist today but fair few points to defend after winning Vancouver this time last year, rough luck"Awful news if...
I am surprised this hasn't been mentioned - Lots of interesting tennis all around the country this week with some 'interesting' names competing at most venues - Such as Wimbledon Champion Jonny Marray who is playing in sunny Cromer with Josh Goodall, Dan Evans, Andy Fitspatrick etc. etc. togethe...
Haas seems to have taken voodoo lessons as he is winning matches by some really poor play by his opponents. All he needs is to serve and on the opponent serve to put ball back in play. Simon had set and break lead, failed to win, Mayer and Cilic were non-existent. Against such great clay player as Monaco wh...
L32: Naomi Broady WR 226 v (5) Kurumi Nara (JPN) WR 151 (CH 101 in 2010) This may not be as bad a draw as it looks (though it will be tough, I'm sure) - Nara has lost 5 of her last 6 matches, a win against Daneika Borthwick being the exception. -- Edited by steven on Sunday 22nd of July 2012 05:05:10 PM
L32: Alex Bogdanovic WR 374 v (3) Izak van der Merwe (RSA) WR 155 (CH 113 last Aug) L32: (6) Jamie Baker WR 196 v Qualifier Both Brits are in the 2nd quarter of the draw.
Jazzi Plews stays in the Netherlands after last week's success and is joined by Katie Boulter, who will be hoping to bloom following 3 first round defeats in her comeback (though she did reach a doubles final in Belgium last week) R1 (L32) (LL) Margot |Yerolymos (FRA) v (6) Katie Boulter (GBR) Jazzi P...
The first major tournament in 2012 has been taking place this week in Bolton - Teen Tennis - with most of the entrants for next week's prestigious Les Petits As in town. On the girls side we start the year with 3 1998s ranked in the top 25 (Maia Lumsden, Gabriella Taylor and Jazzi Plews). The first two reac...
