The first of two rounds of qualifying is well under way with 8 Brits trying to join wildcards Oliver Golding, James Ward and Dan Cox (plus Andy Murray, if fit) in the main draw. The cut was higher than I expected, meaning only Alex Bogdanovic, Morgan Phillips, Josh Goodall and Chris Eaton got in by ranki...
I wondered what the story with Mr Carpenter is? He seemed to have a very high profile as a 14-16 year old but now, is quietly going about his business seemingly on his own? Is he outside the LTA as such???? His results on the clay look okay for someone his age, is he still regarded as one to watch for the fu...
1 SCHUETTLER, Rainer GER 2 SHORT, Matthew GBR3 GREGORC, Luka SLO 4 WILLIS, Marcus GBR5 COX, Jordan USA 6 BLOOMFIELD, Richard GBR7 GOLDING, Oliver GBR 8 COPIL, Marius ROU 9 MARCHENKO, Illya UKR 10 RYDERSTEDT, Michael SWE11 BURTON, Lewis GBR 12 KING, Barry IRL13 RICE, David GBR 14 KIRILLOV, Evgeny RUS...
Assuming Andy does turn up to play here he has an okay draw. R1: Bye R2: Malisse or Bachinger R3: Probably Tipsarevic QF: probably Cilic SF: probably Roddick (Verdasco also in that Quarter)
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Some interesting comments about this from Mike Dickson on the Daily Mail site today, with the suggesting that the LTA might be trying to avoid last year's fiasco on the men's side (when there were no English players in the main draw) by awarding WCs to the likes of Dan Cox and even perhaps Oliver Golding...
Who does everyone think the wildcards will go to this year, main draw and qualies :)? Do you think the AELTC will be leniant with the top 250 law? My picks for main draw wildcards are: 1)Heather (Unless she makes it in on merit) 2)Laura 3)Naomi Broads 4)Katie Unsure about the others, Mel, Tara, Lisa or E...
Q1: JANBAKHSH, Ines (GBR) UNR v ByeQ2: JANBAKHSH, Ines (GBR) UNR v COMPOSTIZO DE ANDRES, Sofia (ESP) UNR-- Edited by Peter too on Saturday 11th of June 2011 09:54:25 AM
This week's top junior event sees Eleanor Dean start a series of clay court tournaments (Futures + Juniors) having decided not to enter any grass court events this year. She's joined by Jessica Ren, Laura Deigman and Georgina Sellyn - the latter having caused an upset to qualify. R1 (L64) Jessica Ren...
Tara Moore and Jo Konta have opted out of the British grass court tournaments this week to play in Denmark. Jo comes here on the back of a first round defeat in Prerov this week, but has been rewarded with a reasonable draw. Tara faces a tough opener. though QR1: MOORE, Tara (GBR) WR348 v (3) BARTHEL, Mo...
QR1: Sam Harrison UNR beat Cameron Silbert (USA) UNR by 5 & QR1: Jamie Whiteford UNR beat Tin Dong (USA) by 3 & QR2: (q2) Edward Corrie WR 1325 v Georgy Tchoukhleb (RUS) UNR QR2: Sam Harrison UNR v Dennis Mkrtchian (USA) UNR QR2: Jamie Whiteford UNR v Brian Grooms (USA) UNR
Again, a good few Brit challengers ( ) for the doubles Challenger title this week (though different top seeds, as Col & Ross were handed a WC for Queen's & there's been quite a game of tennis's version of musical chairs with the partnerships!), hence another separate thread. And surprise, s...
The presence of so many high powered tournaments has caused a ridiculous qualifying draw here with no fewer than 11 byes. Only 3 Brits have signed in here, so presumably a lot will be in Nottingham qualifying. Naomi Broady has been drawn in one of the stronger sections, with Nottingham quarter-final...
Just in case the doubles prove to have more "legs" than the singles, though a lot hinges on whether Andy declares himself fit, of course...: R1: Xavier Malisse (BEL) & Ken Skupski vs Andy Murray & Jamie Murray! R1: (WC) Colin Fleming & Ross Hutchins vs Igor Kunitsyn & Iv...
"Clay" may mean sandy astroturf again here, since they don't seem to know how to classify it, but the important thing is this tournament sees Fitzy's return to Futures action. He has avoided a seed in R1, with WR 696 likely to await the winner. His R1 opponent is looking for his first top...
QR2: (q3) Miles Bugby WR 1254 beat Federico Xavier Ruiz Acevedo (MEX) UNR by 2 & 2 FQR: (q3) Miles Bugby WR 1254 beat Richard Johnson (USA) UNR by 3 & 2 L32: (Q) Miles Bugby WR 1272 v Nicolas Barrientos (COL) WR 683
QR1: Jamie Whiteford UNR beat Tin Dong (USA) by 3 & 