L32: Matthew Short WR 759 v (WC) Leonardo Tavares (POR) WR 1284 - to be played on Wednesday Tavares is a 29-year-old who was top 200 less than three years ago (CH 186 in 2010)
Josh Milton should be in the main draw here. QR1: (q5) Dan Cox WR 603 v Tinotenda Chanakira (ZIM) WR 1933 QR1: James Ireland WR 1264 v Milen Ianakiev (GER) UNR The other seed in Dan's section is Gianni Mina (FRA) WR 688, an ex-top 400 player who reached the Final of the Futures event in Tehuacán last month....
L96: Laura Robson WR 43 v Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) WR 49 (CH 29 in 2006) L96: Heather Watson WR 39 v Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) WR 53 (CH 38 in 2011) Laura has played Arvidsson once before, that memorable 3-setter in Fed Cup last year. Heather and Begu have not met before. Begu has retired from 2 of her last 3 mat...
Q1: Camille GOODMAN (GBR) UNR vs. Charlotte VAN DER MEIJ (NED) UNR Q1: Jemma BUCKLER (GBR) UNR vs. Aloise DOREY (FRA) UNR Q1: Edita RACA (GBR) UNR vs. Bye Q2: Edita RACA (GBR) UNR vs. Fiona GERVAIS (FRA) [9] 1000 (CH: 926) Jemma's opponent seem to have neither senior or Junior profile with the ITF. -- Ed...
R1: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) 3 361 v OSTOJIC, Kristina (SRB) Q UNREdit: just to correct the minor typo in the title-- Edited by steven on Monday 4th of March 2013 09:53:44 PM
L32: (7) Anne Keothavong WR 188 v Margarita Lazareva (RUS) WR 347 (CH 344 last week) L32: Tara Moore WR 209 v (WC) Victoria Rodríguez (MEX) WR 686 (CH 681 in Dec) Rodríguez is a top 30 junior who reached a 10K Final in Mexico last October but did not play in seniors again until she lost 1 & 2 to Meusberger...
Boris Yeltsin has been a major supporter of tennis in Russia, and this competition was launched a couple of years ago in Kazan to honour his 80th birthday. Samm Butler appears to have a favourable R1 draw, but last week's winner is in the same quarter. R1 (L32) (8) Samm Butler (GBR) v (WC) Timur Kiuamov (...
Isabelle Wallace had a fine start to her British junior career, winning a Grade 2 and then teaming up with Katie Boulter to win the following week's doubles. The pair are our representatives on the Asian tour. R1 (L64) (12) Isabelle Wallace (GBR) v Plobrung Plipuech (THA) (13) Katie Boulter (GBR) v Ar...
Jamie has been bumped from the top seeding by Polansky getting a wild card and has a tricky R1 draw against last year's Wimbledon & US Open junior champion: L32: (2) Jamie Baker WR 210 v Filip Peliwo (CAN) WR 518 -- Edited by steven on Monday 4th of March 2013 11:51:23 PM
This is the first of 3 Grade 1s in Asia with a strong British presence. Jonny O'Mara's first round opponent has a familiar name, and like his better known cousin Chris, is tall and has a big serve. Rhett Purcell came through qualification but Jamie Malik lost his final match. R1 (L64) Thomas Colautti (G...
A maiden title here for Joel Cannell, possibly the first for a Brit in partnership with someone from Turkmenistan Boys R1 (L32) Jay Clarke (GBR) d. (8) Eleftherios Theodorou (GRE) 6-1 6-1 (SE) Matteo Berrettini (ITA) d. Joel Cannell (GBR) 6-2 6-3 (Q) Daniel Bennett (GBR) d. (WC) Marouane Wasfy (MAR)...
When I commented on a tournament thread that Frederik Nielsen was on a 19-match winning streak against GB players, Greenleaf started wondering whether any player had a longer Brit-bashing streak (in singles) than that. The first possibility that came to my mind was David Diaz-Ventura, but his wi...
Dan Smethurst and Alex ward are DAs and it looks like Lewis Burton may have scraped in too - he was 3rd Alt and the 6th-8th Alts are the top 3 seeds in qualifying. QR1: Tom Mannings UNR v (q12) Dimitar Grabul (MKD) WR 1931
One of the most prestigious under 12 events, which Maia Lumsden won in 2010, has reached the semifinal stages, with British interest in both events. There is a live stream for those wanting to see some of the top under 12s. In the girls event Lauren Armstrong is taking on one of the very strong Russian t...
Kyle with a 'fairly' simple first round, but potentialy has the top seed in the quarters, although he has lost 6 of his last seven matches and has only played one match this year. Really wouldnt fear anyone in this draw if i was kyle. R1: kyle Edmund (GBR) WR549 vs Franko Miocic (CRO) WC WRUNR -- Edited b...
ATP Indian Wells Week 2 (Hard) - CHALLENGERSDallas $125K+H (Hard) - (Ward)FUTURESBath GBF7 $10K (Indoor Hard) -Josh Goodall, Dan Smethurst, Richard Bloomfield, Alex Ward, Ed Corrie, Neil Pauffley, James Marsalek, Marcus Willis (Burton, Carpenter, Hewitt, Gabb, Rice, Morgan, Broady, M...
The climax of the COSAT circuit, 2 G1 and a GA, sees Harriet Dart and Jazzi Plews join the fray. Jazzi will be hoping to continue her success in this area last year, where her only real challenge in a couple of G3s came from Carolina Alves. The Brazilian second seed, who has stormed up the rankings with con...
Fitzy is a DA here and has a chance of being seeded if one player above him in the entry list pulls out. QR1: Ryan Moffat UNR v Lucas Meirelles Guitarrari (BRA) UNR QR1: Taylor Bate UNR v Pedro Estevão (POR) UNR QR1: Max Andrews WR 1563 v Umberto Prezioso (ITA) WR 1668 QR1: Nikki Roenn UNR v Hector García Oli...
Last week Gabi Taylor reached the quarters before losing to eventual winner Sandra Samir. This time she has a tough draw against the top seed, who lost very narrowly to Samir in the semis. Boys R1 (L32) (Q) Shaquille Montel Taylor (BAH) v James Elliott (GBR) Robbie Ridout (GBR) v (WC) Rayne Roselt (RSA...
I have found out that i am likely to be in the London area for the week off the AEGON championships at Queens and would like to go down to watch. I have never been before and the Monday and Tuesday are probably the most suitable days(might be a few Brits still playing then!!). Do I need to buy tickets in adva...
