The Italian circuit ramps up to a Grade 1, and Eleanor Dean gets a seeding here. The first seed she is scheduled to meet though is top seed and Wimbledon champion Ash Barty R1 (L64) (15) Eleanor Dean (GBR) Bye
Ed Corrie might actually get a seeding in the main draw here - a far cry from all those 4-round Futures qualifying draws he was having to play earlier in the year! QR1: Damian Gryzelko UNR beat Dylan M Roberts (USA) INR by 2 & 1 QR1: Matthew Gordon UNR beat Colin Edwards (USA) UNR by 3 & 1 Q...
L32: (8) Lewis Burton WR 641 v (WC) Viktor Stjern (SWE) WR 1721 L32: George Morgan WR 664 v Markus Eriksson (SWE) WR 744 L32: (4) Josh Milton WR 431 v (WC) Pierre Bonfre (SWE) WR 1328 The winners of the last two matches above will meet in R2.
Joshua Sapwell was forced to qualify here, something he accomplished in style. Joshua Page has to take on the Italian who ended Evan Hoyt's campaign yesterday, but saw his 11 match winning streak end in the final R1 (L64) Tom Hill (GBR) v Fred Simonsson (SWE) Peter Ashley (GBR) v (13) Thai-Son Kwiatko...
There is a proverb A man is what he eats. Success in tennis also depends on what a player eats. I very often see in tournaments the same picture: during a break between matches, players eat junk food, like fast food and processed food, as well as drink soft beverages full of sugar. It is very rare to see a k...
Sean Thornley and James Marsalek are likely to be seeded in the main draw here, where they will be joined by Toby Martin, Richard Gabb and Joshua Jones. QR1: David Hodgetts UNR lost to (q3) Eyal Cohen (ISR) WR 1721 by 6-4 4-6 7-6(5)
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Katy Dunne returns to junior action, and has a favourable first round draw R1 (L32) Beth Askew (GBR) v (7) Valeria Patiuk (ISR) Katy Dunne (GBR) v (LL) Laura Gibanel Velasco (ESP)
QR1: (q7) Chris Eaton WR 516 v Alexandros Sokratis Charisis (GRE) UNR The other seed in Chris's section is the top seed, Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) WR 311. No sign of Bloomers here, even though he was on the main draw Alt list too ... and the top Q seeds are ranked above him so he can't have scraped into the main d...
Georgina Sellyn is a late withdrawal from the second Italian Grade 2 Boys R1 (L64) (WC) Jacopo Stefanini (ITA) v Joshua Sapwell (GBR) Tom Hiill (GBR) v (WC) Fabio Mercuri (ITA) (Q) Leonardo Biffi (ITA) v Joshua Page (GBR) Jonny O'Mara (GBR) v (LL) Daniele Capecchi (ITA) (10) Evan Hoyt (GBR) Bye Filipp...
Having passed a fabulous 3 days at the Caja Magica (Magic Box) in Madrid, as promised to a couple of people, here is a brief summary of a couple of classic matches that I had the honour to witness. Federer v Raonic Federer eventually won this 4-6 7-5 7-6, but that only tells part of the story. All the repor...
Nice to see a Brit seeded as high as 6th in a European Challenger again L32: (6) James Ward WR 137 v (WC) Marco Cecchinato (ITA) WR 507 Cecchinato has been thrashed by Dan Cox and also beaten by Morgan Phillips this year, so not a bad first match of the year on the devil dust. Bolelli is the other seed in hi...
QR1: Damian Gryzelko UNR beat Dylan M Roberts (USA) INR by 2 & 1 
