Last week Adam Glynn was beaten in the doubles final (by Christopher Reynolds and partner), and experienced the same fate (to different opponents) this week. However he went one step further in the singles to claim his maiden title in impressive style - losing no more than a handful of games in any mat...
After last week's Thai Grade 2, three of the Brits decamped to Malaysia and are having a good tournament Boys R2 (L32) (3/WC) Callum Poland-Smith (GBR) d. Alberto Lim (PHI) 5-7 6-0 6-1 (6) Samm Butler (GBR) d. Wei-De Lin (TPE) 6-2 4-6 6-4 R3 (3/WC) Callum Poland-Smith (GBR) d. (14) Sahil Deshmukh (IND)...
A highly successful week for British junior tennis with winners and finalists all over the place. One boy stayed in Thailand after last week's Grade 2, and Bjorn Thomson has reached his maiden final in the week of his 15th birthday. The final is a tough one against a strong Aussie who beat him last week,...
R1: Philipp Kohlschreiber & Florian Mayer (GER/GER) vs Paul Hanley (AUS) & Jonny Marray The Bryans (1) lie in wait in the second round, if they get through that one, not that Jonny's a stranger to overcoming them...! R1: John Isner & Sam Querrey (USA/USA) vs Colin Fleming & Ross Hu...
L32: (5) Lorenzo Giustino (ITA) WR 500 vs (Q) George Morgan WR 864 ***** R1: George Morgan & Jeroen Vanneste (BEL) UNR vs (WC) Durukan Durmus (*) & Efe Yurtaçan (TUR/TUR) UNR (*) There should be a cedilla under the "s" at the end of "Durmus", but the bloody Activeboa...
Georgina Axon has become the first of our promising '99s to win an ITF title (with Louise Ronaldson), while Sam Rice has a chance of a maiden title in singles Boys R2 (L32) (8) Sam Rice (GBR) d. (WC) Leon Olivier (RSA) 6-0 6-1 (12) Patrick Graham (GBR) d. (WC) Janre Muller (RSA) 6-2 6-2 R3 (8) Sam Rice (GBR)...
Q1: DUNFORD, Kyria (GBR) UNR v BEES, Hollie (GBR) UNRQ1: WATTS, Sophie (GBR) WC UNR v PRADOVA, Martina (CZE) 1153Q1: MCMINN, Lauren (GBR) UNR v EKLUND, Mia Nicole (FIN) UNRQ1: DREW, Jazzamay (GBR) UNR v FOLLAND, Brigit( GBR) UNRQ1:WATTS, Anneka (GBR) UNR v KINARD, Tori (USA) 652Q1: RACA, Edita (GBR...
L32: (3) Andy Murray v (WC) Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) WR 101 (CH 12 in 2008) or Qualifier PHM is likely to rise sharply on Monday - he's playing the Fed in the semi-finals in Basel later today! Cilic is the first seed Andy is likely to meet, then Tipsy or Mónaco are potential QF opponents, Fed in the same hal...
L32: Amanda Carreras WR 384 v Danka Kovinic (MNE) WR 299 (CH 277 in July) H2H 1-0 - Amanda won 4 & 3 in Mallorca in 2010 just before Kovinic's 16th birthday.
The final leg of the Asian tour gives Evan Hoyt a chance to make up for last week's disappointment in Osaka. Unlike Tom Hill he appears to be in a good section of the draw. R1 (L32) (4) Evan Hoyt (GBR) v (WC) Yunseong Chung (KOR) Tom Hill (GBR) v (2) Weigiang Zheng (CHN)
R1: (1) Ken Skupski & Jamie Delgado vs Matthias Bachinger & Oliver Marach (GER/AUT) R1: Evgeny Donskoy & Dmitry Tursunov (RUS/RUS) vs (2) Jamie Murray & André Sá (BRA)
Like Alex Sendegeya, Lewis Roskilly is a '96 who is at his best on the doubles court. He picked up his fourth title of the year here. R1 (L32) (8) Lewis Roskilly (GBR) d. Darko Jandric (SRB) 6-0 6-3 R2 (8) Lewis Roskilly (GBR) d. (LL) Lenny Hampel (AUT) 6-1 6-0 QF (1) Andre Biro (HUN) d. (8) Lewis Roskilly (G...
Nice work if you can get it, eh? Alex Ward (who should be seeded), Lewis Burton and Marcus Willis are all DAs here. Meanwhile, our old friend Mr Howe pops up in qualifying, presumably on half-term and mixing tennis with a holiday, which seems like a great idea QR1: Jathan Malik UNR v (q2) Kalle Averfa...
Maia Lumsden looks for her second ITF title here, and curiously the first two seeds she is drawn against are the two players she beat last week. Boys R1 (L64) Joel Cannell (GBR) v (Q) David Herrerias (ESP) Tim Sandkaulen (GER) v (13) Isaac Stoute (GBR) (Q) Tallon Griekspoor (NED) v Luke Oakley (GBR) Ioi...
Nice little surprise popping up in Eckental ... R1: ALT Adham El-Effendi (USA) & Darren Walsh defeated Dustin Brown & Daniel Brands (GER/GER) 6-4 6-7(5) 10-5 Fantastic result against two very good singles players, both with big games. Extends their nice run of wins. Has something...
L32: Samantha Murray WR 282 v (8) Julia Boserup (USA) WR 301 (CH 174 in Apr) Boserup is on a 6-match losing streak stretching back to early August, though some of the losses have been close and to very good players. edit: updated with 29 Oct rankings - Samantha was ranked 116 places below Boserup when the...
L32: Toby Martin WR 816 v Cedrick Commin (FRA) WR 1318 L32: (7) Richard Gabb WR 788 v Luca Rovetta (ITA) WR 1075 (CH 900 in 2007) L32: Joshua Jones WR 1035 v Henrik Sillanpää (FIN) WR 1129 (CH 961 in May) (already updated with 29 Oct rankings)
Boggo & Smethurst scraped in as DAs here.QR1: Ed Corrie WR 507 v Pavel Krainik (CAN) WR 991 (CH 926 in June, junior CH 61 in 2010) QR1: (q7) Josh Milton WR 398 v (wc) Ryan Shane (USA) UNR18yo Shane has played Futures qualifying 4 times, winning at least one match each time but never qualifying, and is o...
QR1: Jathan Malik UNR v (q2) Kalle Averfa...