It's come to that time of year when we get out our crystal balls out and have a stab at predicting the year end rankings of our top girls. Learning from last year when as a group we tended to be overoptomistic ,my predictions for 2011 I would like to think are maybe more realistic. 1. Elena Baltacha: I thin...
The 2012 season has started inauspiciously at the new Mexican venue (clay in Mexico City replacing the hard courts of Casablanca). We had 3 seeds here but all failed to progress past the first round - only Mexican wildcards preventing a wipeout. Boys R1 (L64) Jordi Arconada (ARG) d. (15) Jordan Angus...
Following tennis is far easier now than a decade or so ago when I first became interested. Then it was as though tournaments were to be held in secret and various obstacles were put in the way and whoa betide anyone who wanted to know results or where and when players might be playing. Though things have...
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The 32 draw Masters event kicks off on Thursday, £2k to the winner. Josh Goodall, Dan Evans, Richard Bloomfield, Fitzy and Marcus Willis all line up in the 1st round.
We've had a good few years in this prestigious tournament, with George Morgan and Joshua Sapwell winners in the under 14s and Andy Murray winning the under 12s. Prospects are less rosy this year, but we do have 2 members of the under 12 squad which reached the Tennis Europe Summer Cup final Under 12 R1 (L...
The girls haven't had as much success as the boys here. However Jessica Ren won the under 12s in 2006 and Jocelyn Rae was a finalist in 2003. In the under 14s our last finalist was Jo Lewis in 1981. We do have a fairly strong group of under 14s here, though none is seeded. Jazzi Plews has a tough opener agains...
Recently being inside the top 250 by the time Queens came around made you eligible for a Wimbledon WC (though didn't mean it was automatic by any means). Regardless of whether it leads to the valuable WC or not, top 250 by then would be a decent goal for a few of our players. Interestingly enough, sever...
All four of our boys with the possibility of direct entry are in, but 3 players who would be in qualifying (Jordan Angus, Evan Hoyt and Eleanor Dean) have opted out. Isaac Stoute crept into qualifying this year, and appears to be hoping again that the cut will fall dramatically. Mitchell Krueger is the...
Oli is a DA here, so he will have one last chance to nick the year-end top GB teenager in the ATP rankings spot from Lewis Burton - he will need to reach the semis to overtake him though and the QFs to tie Liam's points total for 2nd place in that mini-contest. QR1: Joshua Bexon UNR v Aggelos Venizelos (GRE) U...
Ed Corrie returns to action with a kind-looking R1 draw against an unranked 16-year-old. L32: Edward Corrie WR 746 v (WC) Caio Rocha Martins (BRA) UNR There is also a 14yo Brazilian WC here by the name of João Lucas Magalhães Hueb de Menezes ...
As the 2011 season draws to a close, I would just like to hear other peoples thoughts on the women´s performances this year and their hopes for next as i enjoy reading the threads on this forum. For me, Heather Watson has been amazing this year getting into the top 100 and staying there. Her CH is 87 and s...
The main draw for the under 18s starts on Monday, with the same Brits as in the Eddie Herr - this time Evan Hoyt did not have to qualify. There is also an under 16 event starting today Under 16 R1 (L64) Andres Alfonzo Paredes (VEN) v (13) Alex Sendegeya (GBR)
Katy Dunne is our only direct acceptance, but Georgina Sellyn is only one match away from joining her. Verena Jane Scott lost earlier on. FQR Stefania Hristov (ROU) v (13) Georgina Sellyn (GBR)
L32: Matthew Short WR 816 v (Q) Maciej Smola (POL) WR 962 Smola lost to Jack Carpenter in Poland earlier this year, so a decent R1 draw for Matthew, though the winner is likely to face no. 2 seed Daniel Garza (MEX) WR 376, who won the title last week, or an unranked Dutchman who qualified last week then re...
Tiger Tim (Henman) held off the French magician (Santoro) in an entertaining match to make the ATP Champions Tour final against Thomas Enqvist (who he has an appalling record against) at 5pm today. Pat Cash & John McEnroe contest the Legends final at 12 noon. Both matches screened live on ITV 4 (...
