6 Brits in qualifying and the good news is that they include the 3 of the top 4 seeds! QR1: (q1) Alex Bogdanovic WR 338 v Ed Corrie WR 634 QR1: (q2) Alex Ward WR 341 v Mark Verryth (AUS) WR 625 QR1: Sean Thornley WR 604 v Ty Trombetta (USA) WR 792 QR1: (q8) Dave Rice WR 439 v (wc) Terrence Whitehurst (USA) UNR...
This long-established tournament traditionally attracts a high-powered field for a Grade 2, and this year is no exception. The boys will all have to beat strong seeds to win any points. R1 (L64) (Q) Patrizio Panicucci (ITA) v Evan Hoyt (GBR) Billy Harris (GBR) v (WC) Jacopo Rossi (ITA) (WC) Antonio M...
ATP Davis Cup v Belgium (Indoor Hard) - James Ward, Dan Evans, Colin Fleming, Ross HutchinsCHALLENGERSTallahassee $50K (Hard) - Jamie Baker (Bogdanovic, Ward A, Eaton, Milton, Rice, Thornley)FUTURESGreece F1 $10K (Carpet) - Richard Bloomfield (Hudson, Bugby, Ross-Hurst, Oakley, Tutu...
It's the Easter holidays, and as usual there is a good sprinkling of Brits in Malta, though no well-known players in the Boys draw R1 (L64) (WC) Tom Watkinson (GBR) v Marco Di Prima (ITA) (Q) Adam Kulich (SVK) v Ben Stride (GBR) Youssef Hassan (GBR) v Vladimir Filip (ROU) (16) Jorge Martinez Martinez (E...
Andy's first oponent is now known - Alejandro Falla, who came through the first round when Denis Istomin retired in the second set. Wasn't Falla the guy who gave Fed a nasty scare in the first round somewhere, last year or the year before? Anyway Andy has met him once before, in LA in 2010, and beaten him i...
Q1: BAMBURAC, Sabrina (GBR) UNR v ByeQ1: CRAWFORD, Liberty (GBR) UNR v ByeQ2: BAMBURAC, Sabrina (GBR) UNR v ByeQ2: CRAWFORD, Liberty (GBR) UNR v VANGELOVA, Ani (BUL) 11 1184
The good news: Evo is 2nd seed in qualifying and Alex is 5th, i.e. the best of the lower seeds. The bad news: I'll give you 3 guesses (*) - though 1 will be more than enough ... QR2: (q2) Dan Evans WR 291 v Darian King (BAR) WR 753 (CH 700 last Nov) or Andreas Siljeström (SWE) UNR (CH 964 in 2010, current DWR 65...
James Marsalek should be seeded here, with Matthew Short also in the main draw. QR1: Gregory Howe UNR v (wc) Omar al Thagib (KSA) UNR QR1: Faisal Jamil UNR v (q11) Jan Blecha (CZE) WR 1922
A maiden semifinal for Dominique Covington, backed up by a final in doubles Boys R1 (L32) Ata Hergunvarim (TUR) d. Youssef Hassan (GBR) 7-5 6-3 (Q) Dhir Gala (IND) d. Sam Bayda (GBR) 6-4 2-6 6-3 Girls R1 (L32) (7) Dominique Covington (GBR) d. (LL) Abigail Kent (USA) w/o R2 (7) Dominique Covington (GBR)...
The good news: Wardy has drawn a wild card in R1 The bad news: The WC is a former top 10 player & Olympic gold medallist! L32: James Ward WR 162 v Nicolás Massú (CHI) WR 565 (CH 9 in 2004) Edit: Looking at Massú's recent results, that's probably a decent draw after all, though he's still not your stan...
After a surfeit of top Grade junior tournaments this week is a quiet one with this Uzbeki Grade 3 being the top event R1 (L32) Samuel Sutton v (8) Matvey Khomentovskiy (RUS) Callum Poland-Smith v (3) Temur Ismailov (UZB)
This tournament serves as a warm-up to a Grade 1 next week, and Tom Colautti and Eden Silva are seeded, but had mixed fortunes in round 1 Boys R1 (L64) (1) Thomas Colautti (GBR) d. Christopher Grant (USA) 4-6 6-1 6-0 McClaine Roy (USA) d. Stefan Cooper (GBR) 7-5 6-3 R2 (1) Thomas Colautti (GBR) v Seth Stol...
Does anyone here subscribe to the Times online ? I'm after a favour...I'm trying to get hold of a couple of Jamie Baker's old Times blogs which I assume will be on the archive The links are below: any chance anyone can PM me the text ? Would be massively grateful if anyone can help me out ! Feb 2005: "...
QR1: (q10) Ashley Hewitt WR 1106 beat Lukas Michl (CZE) UNR 6-1 5-7 6-0 QR1: (q6) Joshua Jones WR 1004 v Benjamin Ezer (ISR) UNR QR1: (q13) Marko Danis (SVK) WR 1130 beat James Allemby UNR 6-0 6-3 -- Edited by wolf on Sunday 18th of March 2012 01:37:09 PM
Andy Roddick, who I saw play at Wimbledon last Summer, and thought perhaps was 'past his best', knocked out the 'in form' Federer last night in Miami in 3 sets. Brilliant result
Yet another new partner for Jamie - & a crap draw for the pair! R1: Colin Fleming & Ross Hutchins vs Mardy Fish & Mark Knowles (USA/BAH) R1: (6) Mahesh Bhupathi & Rohan Bopanna (IND/IND) vs Jürgen Melzer (AUT) & Jamie Murray
QR1: (q1) Alex Bogdanovic WR 338 v Ed Corrie WR 634 QR1: (q2) Alex Ward WR 341 v Mark Verryth (AUS) WR 625 QR1: Sean Thornley WR 604 v Ty Trombetta (USA) WR 792 QR1: (q8) Dave Rice WR 439 v (wc) Terrence Whitehurst (USA) UNR... 