Croissy-Beaubourg is a small commune just east of Paris (close enough to be on an RER line), and this event has a pretty strong field, though nowhere near as strong as the 50K in Florida. Anna has drawn a former top 40 player in R1, who is now just a year younger than her career high ranking: L32: Anne Keoth...
Baker boy is here, sadly James Ward is not. Jamie Baker (GBR) WR 209 v Qualifier Finally a nice draw for Jamie, top seed here is Benoit Paire WR38. If Jamie gets past the qualifier, he could get 35 year old 8th seed Marc Gicquel WR117 Edited to correct the spelling of the venue & to add "+H&...
A fine tournament for Emily Arbuthnott reaching her maiden ITF singles final and coming within a couple of points of the doubles title. Her opponent in the singles final is a strong '98 though R1 (L32) (WC) Dana Kamyshev (ISR) d. India Sanders (GBR) 7-5 6-1 Emily Arbuthnott (GBR) d. Alona Puskkarevsk...
ATP Davis Cup v Russia (Indoor Hard) - James Ward, Jamie Baker, Jonny Marray, Colin FlemingCHALLENGERSSt Brieuc $35K+H (Indoor Hard) - (Corrie)Leon $35K+H (Hard) - (Rice, Thornley)FUTURESQatar F1 $10K (Hard) - Dan Cox, James Marsalek (Carter)Greece F1 $10K (Hard) - Josh Goodall, Josh Mil...
The traditional Easter week exodus to Malta sees 20 Brits in the main draw. Daniel Little has a tough match-up with the former Tennis Europe no. 1 from Roumania R1 (L64) (Q) Alp Sentay (TUR) v Robert Leck (GBR) Youssef Hassan (GBR) v Keivon Tabrizi (SUI) Denis Borisov (RUS) v (13) Sacha Modica (GBR) (12...
Did anyone else notice that Harriet Dart lost to Georgia Craven in her first match of this week's British Tour event - by 1-6 0-6!!! I can't imagine she's injured or ill, as its only a British Tour event, so there's no need or pressure to play. Her juniors form hasn't been its best in recent weeks, but that...
I was contacted by someone today who is looking for tennis fans to take part in an ad for a betting company, who are doing separate ads featuring rugby, cricket and tennis fans. He had contacted the LTA and says James Munro (who turns out to be the LTA communications director) suggested he contact me. (...
I know this is a topic which is probably less relevant than 10-15 years ago, as court speeds have generally declined and the balls have changed enough to negate the impact of the very very fast servers of yesteryear. The game appears more balanced than it perhaps was a few years back. However, a quick lo...
L64: (3) Andy Murray WR 3 v Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) WR 83 (CH 68 last month) or Tatsuma Ito (JPN) WR 84 (CH 60 last Oct) H2H 0-0 v Donskoy, 1-0 v Ito (RG R1 last year, 1, 5 & 0) Andy is in Nole's half. Not sure whether it is that relevant at this stage, but Rafa is in the Fed/Ferrer half. in Fed's quarter. -- Edit...
The highest grade event this week has a couple of Brits involved, but neither are likely to find progress easy. Samm Butler's opponent has reached the final in 3 of his last 4 events, albeit lower grade, whilst Jakub Oravec has won a Grade 2 and reached a Grade 1 final R1 (L64) Samm Butler (GBR) v (WC) Jaco...
QR1: David Rice WR 788 vs (qWC) Jorge Aramburo (MEX) UNR QR1: Alejandro Moreno (MEX) UNR vs Sean Thornley WR 1024 Good on the boys for having a go in a foreign Challenger on clay! They would both appear to have a decent chance of pro...
Katie Boulter's points from last week's final have not been added in time to boost her seeding here. Hence she faces the tough prospect of a 3rd round clash with second seed Katherine ip, who was a finalist in the first south-east Asian. Both she and winner Ellen Perez (against Katie) lost early last we...
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Jamie gets the top seed in R1, Boggo could get 2nd seed Jaziri in R2 and James could get 3rd seed Sugita in R2 L32: Jamie Baker WR 209 v (1) Vasek Pospisil (CAN ) WR 128 (CH 85 last Jul) L32: James Ward WR 210 v Denis Zivkovic (USA) WR 296 (CH 295 last Oct) L32: Alex Bogdanovic WR 314 v Qualifier Even getting a qu...
QR1: (q9) Max Andrews WR 1571 v Jesus Garcia Pardo (ESP) UNR QR1: Richard Brooks UNR v Arturo Torregrosa Velilla (ESP) UNR Both start their qualifying matches tomorrow. So. Do I go or not. Truth is, I am interested to see the facilities and the level of organisation. They are running a "pre qu...
R1: Colin Fleming/Jonny Marray v Lukasz Kubot/Janko Tipsarevic (POL/SRB) Playing tomorrow Thursday 21st March, time tbc Can't find the draw published just yet to know who is seeded; information based on Flembo's tweet:- Colin Fleming@colin_fleming6m Doubles draw is out here in Miami. Jonny Ma...
I've been waiting all week for news from Tashkent, as the ITF still hasn't put up a drawsheet, but the Uzbekistan Tennis Federation has finally done so. Aswin Lizen is here for a couple of tournaments, and copped a fairly tough draw in singles but has reached the doubles semis R1 (L32) (7) Piotr Lomacki...
