Alastair Barnes opted out of the Australian tournaments for Eastern Europe (there is a Grade 1 event next week in the Czech Republic as well) and came through qualifying (I assume he changed his plans too late to be accepted directly into the main draw, even though the acceptance list showed him as a DA...
ATP Australian Open Week 1 (Outdoor Hard) - Andy Murray CHALLENGERSNo Brits EnteredFUTURESSheffield GBF2 $15K (Indoor Hard) - Richard Bloomfield, Chris Eaton, Jamie Baker, Daniel Evans, Ken Skupski, Colin Fleming (Illingworth, Milton, Thornley, Cox, Arlidge, Willis, Smethurst, Bradsha...
Really good piece by two of the Beebs tennis correspondents. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7815655.stm Nice insight....I liked the bit where the remind us that then last time we had a slam winner....'sliced bread had only been in the shops by 6 days...' LOL !
Global tennis authorities have been trying to stamp out betting and the leaking of information from in and around tennis circles but Annabel Croft seems oblivious to this in her article in the Guardian today discussing Andy being favourite for the Australian Open. She opened her piece with..........
Thanks to the post about Neil Harmans article about Liam winning in Italy I know now that he won it. How did we (or I) miss this ? This event had live scoring, live video....and we missed it all here. And a young Brit won the whole thing without dropping a set !!! http://www.tenniseurope.org/JuniorTenn...
By David C Top Boy Liam Broady Liam started the year ranked outside the top 100 in Tennis Europe 14 & under, finishing the year at 6, winning the Tennis Europe Junior Masters singles title in October. Liam also reached the singles final in the prestigious Les Petit As tournament and was a key member...
In the latest edition of Shark Bites, the ATP has finally trickled out a bit more info on the new ranking system for 2009 - now wonder they seem to be trying to hide it away. Would it be possible for you to explain how the transition from the old to the new points system is going to work? Will all the points at t...
This time on our home turf, the US Open, Tennisopolis will dominate the Battle of The Boards! We are throwing down the gauntlet and taking no prisoners. The whole Tennisopolis site is gearing up for the action and people are taking notice. Avery Tennis has stepped up to the plate and is giving a way...
Ross Hutchins & Stephen Huss will attempt to continue the form which saw them reach 3 succesive ATP finals at the end of 2008. In the first round they tackle the German pair of Michael Kohlmann & Phillip Petzschner.
Hi all, I am a keen British Tennis fan/follower, i saw a match at the Nottingham grass court event about two summers ago and watched James Richardson vs Ross Hutchins. I was very impressed with James Richardson's potential and his positive attitude on court, can anyone tell me what he is up to nowadays...
Very tough meeting in Brisbane for Jamie Murray & Dusan Vemic as they face the Polish 4th seeds Mariusz Fyrstenberg & Marcin Matkowski; who have been a real pain in the backside for Jamie in the last.
Just when you thought it was safe to watch a Grand Slam, TFF Dreamteam is back! As per usual the free to enter Fantasy League game gives you chance to select ten men and ten women for a collective £100m. Once you've signed up and selected your team, then why not join the mini-league I've set up by clicking o...
Overlapping with the Salk Open is a second Swedish Grade 4, which sees John-Randolph Thornton compete in his third main draw within the last 2 weeks. There are no Brits in the Girls event. R1 (Last 64) (5) John-Randolph THORNTON (GBR) Bye (7) Christopher SIMPSON (GBR) Bye Oliver GOLDING (GBR) v Kalle...
Boggo and Josh will be in the main draw here and it looks like the plane arrived this year and we actually have a qualifying competition - either that or players turned up for the sign in hoping they'd get straight through to the main draw again! QR1: Alex Slabinsky WR 351 v (WC) Matthieu Meyzen (FRA) UN...
By David C Most Improved Stephanie Cornish Steph has moved rapidly this year from outside 500 to the cusp of the top 100, thanks to a late season spurt, which saw her capture a Grade 2 title in China, before beating a top 50 player in the Eddie Herr Trophy. Joanna Henderson Joanna won a silver medal at the W...
A stronger British Tour tournament than usual, because some players are using it to limber up for Glasgow. The top 5 seeds had world rankings: (1) Ken Skupski has made it to the Final (2) Ian Flanagan went out in the QFs to Max Jones, who has also made it to the Final and is having an excellent week (3) Tim Br...
This is the first of 2 Grade 1 events acting as a warm-up for the Australian Open, with the main draw starting on Friday. The disappointing news is that Laura Robson was a late withdrawal (not clear whether this was due to the stomach muscle problem which occurred at the Orange Bowl). Hence there are jus...
Apologies for the delay in getting this done...not had much net work over the holidays ! Best Male : 32 votes castAndy Murray 84.4% James Ward 6.3% Most Improved Male : 30 votes castDaniel Evans 40% James Ward 30% Andy Murray 23.3% Top Female : 29 votes cast Anne K 96.6% Mel south 3.4% Most Improved Femal...
