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...
There's a Brit monopoly on the seedings here! R1: (1) Colin Fleming & Ross Hutchins vs Lukas Dlouhy & Nicolas Mahut (CZE/FRA) R1: (3) Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) & Dominic Inglot vs Matthew Ebden & Ryan Harrison (AUS/USA) All being well, they'll meet in the semi-final again. R1: Oli...
L32: (WC) Laura Robson WR 113 v (3) Anabel Medina Garrigues WR 26 (CH 16 in 2009) H2H 0-2, both at slams - 2 & 3 at last year's US Open and 2 & 1 at this year's RG. A very tough draw! -- Edited by wolf on Sunday 15th of July 2012 10:13:01 PM
For completeness, just noticed there was brief Brit interest in this event earlier this week. L32: Robin Olin (SWE) WR 792 defeated (WC) Craig Walker UNR 6-1 6-4 L16: (1) Giammarco Micolani & Giorgio Portaluri (ITA/ITA) defeated (WC) Taavi Annus & Craig Walker (EST/GBR) 6-0 6-4
ATP No British EntrantsCHALLENGERSLexington $50K (Hard) - Jamie Baker (Bogdanovic)FUTURESIreland F1 $15K (Carpet) - Josh Goodall, Dan Evans, Lewis Burton, Matt Short, Neil Pauffley (Hudson, Oakley, Thornton-Brown, Meehan, Burn, Egerton, Malik, Patel, Johnson, Hodgetts, Ve...
Oli is the no. 1 seed in a pro circuit event for the first time ... but the three Brits fill lines 1-3 of the draw. L32: (1) Oli Golding WR 513 v Ashley Hewitt WR 1142 L32: Jack Carpenter WR 947 v (WC) Joseph van Dooren UNR (junior CH 98 in Jan) Funnily enough, Ashley leads the H2H against Oli 1-0, having beaten...
L32: Heather Watson WR 79 v Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) WR 111 (CH 14 in 2003) L32: Anne Keothavong WR 75 v Marina Erakovic (NZL) WR 50 (CH 39 in May) In both cases, H2Hs are 1-1 with the Brit having won the last meeting. By a twist of fate, for the 2nd week running, the winner of Hev's match will probably face Wick...
This event is called the Gottfried von Cramm Cup, named after the Baron who is still the last player to lose to a Brit in a grand slam men's singles Final. QR1: James Markiewicz UNR v Christian Braun (GER) UNR
Although Harriet Dart has not had much joy in junior tournaments this year, her last venture to Eastern Europe ended with a title in Estonia. Joining her are Pippa Horn, Chris Pearce and Alex Sendegeya Boys R1 (L32) Alexandru Buzelan (ROU) v (5) Christopher Pearce (GBR) Alexander Cozbinov (MDA) v (4...
-- Edited by wolf on Sunday 15th of July 2012 10:13:01 PM