The usual early start to the thread now that the new rankings are out - I've put Group I in the name this time to remind us to start a new thread if we manage to get to the playoffs again. GB have dropped one place to 17 after losing to Argentina, with them, Poland and Canada all moving ahead of us, while France...
Of the three sections in the European Championships the under 14 offers the best chance of major progress. Boys R1 (L128) (11) Max Stewart (GBR) bye R2 Amadatus Admiraal (NED) v Finn Bass (GBR) Girls R1 (L128) Rebeka Margareta Mertena (LAT) v Anastasia Mikheeva (GBR) R2 Georgina Axon (GBR) v Venla An...
Earlier in the year Jamie Malik won the indoor Swiss Trophy, and he has returned to claim a title (with Josef Dodridge) in the outdoor version R1 (L64) Joel Vincent Link (GER) d. Jonathan Gray (GBR) 6-4 5-7 7-6(4) R2 Enzo Sommer (SUI) d. (12) Josef Dodridge (GBR) 4-6 6-4 6-4 (4) Lewis Roskilly (GBR) d. (Q...
Some interesting pairings here: R1: Evgeny Donskoy & Denis Istomin (RUS/UZB) CR 379 vs (3) Colin Fleming & Jonny Marray CR 62 R1: Rajeev Ram (USA) & Ken Skupski CR 149 vs Dominic Inglot & Frank Moser (GER) CR 117 -- Edited by Stircrazy on Thursday 25th of July 2013 09:43:20 AM
This tournament has often been fruitful for Brits, and this time we have the top 6 seeds R1 (L32) (1) Ben Stride v (WC) Eoin McGovern (IRL) Shamael Chaudry v (Q) Manuel Almeida (POR) Robert Leck v (WC) Joseph Mullen (IRL) (3) Sam Rice v (WC) Eoin FitzSimons (IRL) (LL) Luke Maguire (IRL) v Luke Simeone (Q...
Edinburgh winner and Newcastle finalist Karola Patricia Bejenaru is top seed here. R1 (L32) (Q) Megan Rogers v Racquel Lyn (USA) Ruth Copas (IRL) v (5) Molly Reed Janine Laabei (IRL) v Georgia Lawson (Q) Emily Appleton v Aubree Ryan-Flynn (IRL) (Q) Anna Bowtell (IRL) v (LL) Meghan Montgomerie Karol...
R1: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 1 139 v LITVAK, Lena (USA) Q 616 (CH=325 in 2009 They met in 2009 and 2010 with Litvak winning both times)R1: WINDLEY, Jade (GBR) 347 v EL TABAKH, Heidi (CAN) 5 281 (CH=146 in 2012)R1: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) 8 306 v LEDUC, Marie-Alexandre (CAN) Q 985 (At CH, 15 years old)R1: MURRAY, S...
Farquharson, Gabb, Malik, Thornton-Brown and Hutt should all be in the main draw here. QR1: (q1) Harry Meehan WR 1596 v Thomas Tomczak (USA) UNR QR1: (q2) Alexander Jhun WR 1970 v Alexander Grau (GER) UNR QR1: Gregory Howe UNR v Alan Gleeson (IRL) UNR QR1: Aaron Banasik UNR v (wc) Peter Mimnagh-Flemm...
Another new partner for Jamie D (Matt Ebden's in Atlanta...), though a pretty decent one (WR 87), at least on clay - & another rotten draw. At leaset the other Jamie's sticking with JP for now: R1: (1) Daniele Bracciali & Filip Polasek (ITA/SVK) CR 88 vs Facundo Bagnis (ARG) & Jamie Delg...
QR1: Jack Saunders UNR v (q7) Giacomo Vianello (ITA) WR 1852 QR1: Joe Cooper UNR v Skander Mansouri (TUN) UNR Aside from the players at Nottingham these are seemingly the only two Brits playing futures this week.
L32: Danielle Konotoptseva WR 865 v (2) Rishika Sunkara (IND) WR 538 (CH 471 in May) Last week's runner-up plays this week's 2nd seed, who reached the semis at a 10K in New Delhi last week before getting thrashed & 3 by an unranked 18-year-old, who I think will be ranked next Monday. This is Sunkara...
The warm-up tournaments haven't been particularly encouraging in singles for our 4 representatives, so the best hope for a long run is in doubles. The girls event is headed by the top 4 players in the world rankings. Boys R2 (L64) Mantas Bugailiskis (LTU) v Alexander Sendegeya (GBR) Peter Ashley v Di...
L32: Alexander Ward WR 350 v (8) Josselin Ouanna (FRA) WR 160 Will be interesting to see if Alex can take his clay form onto the hard courts. -- Edited by Stircrazy on Sunday 21st of July 2013 03:44:13 PM
L32: Brydan Klein WR 281 v Danai Udomchoke (THA) WR 252 (CH 77 in 2007) They have met once before, in the only Davis Cup rubber Brydan ever played for Australia back in 2009 - Udomchoke won in straight sets. The winner is likely to get top seed Sela in R2.
She's just tweeted a link to a YouTube vid announcing the news.... Always sad when someone calls it a day but can't say I'm entirely surprised. It would have taken a heck of a lot to get her ranking back up to anything like it was and I guess not a lot of people at the age of nearly 30 want to go back to grinding o...
As with all the European Championships age brackets each country (except the host nation) is restricted to nominating 2 players per category - both our highest ranked eligible players (Lana Rush / Joel Cannell) are included Boys R1 (L128) Tim Van Rijthoven (NED) v Jay Clarke (GBR) R2 Joel Cannell (G...
L32: Dan Smethurst WR 391 v (5) Jürgen Zopp (EST) WR 240 (CH 71 last Sep) 240 seems an unusually low ranking for a 5th seed in a Challenger in Europe. Zopp's rankings fall over the last year is explained by him having been out between late October and mid-May with a stress fracture. He hasn't won a match ab...
L32 : (4) Jack Carpenter WR 669 v Aleksandre Metrevalli (GEO) WR 1087 (CH 917 : Oct 2012) Only 1 player in the top 600 in the field this week and he is ranked 591.
