This is the main warm-up tournament for the US Open, won by Marcus Willis 3 years ago, and the big 4 (Oliver Golding, Liam Broady, George Morgan and Kyle Edmund) should be in the main draw. Qualifying starts today and in the Boys' event Luke Bambridge is 3rd seed, and will only have to beat an unranked Can...
A fair contingent of boys here : R1 ( L64 ) John Boden lost to Adam Schmidt (SWE) 6 - 3 6 - 2 (6) Ben Lott BYE Lewis Woodham beat (Q) Linus Lovgren 6 - 3 7 - 5 Josef Dodridge beat William Malm (SWE) 7 - 6 (6) 6 - 2 Christopher Egan Morriss lost to Jesper Akerlund (SWE) 6 - 3 6 - 1 Sam C...
Andrew Watson beat my favourite name of the week so far before losing in R2. R1 ( L32 ) : Andrew Watson beat Ryan Chee Tat Wong Pin Young (MRI) 6 - 4 6 - R2 : Andrew Watson lost to (6) Gibra'el Teja (KEN) 6 - 3 6 - 2 Andrew is still in the doubles. -- Edited by indiana on Tuesday 30th of August 201...
They have to be joking ... L32: (4) James Ward WR 139 v Dan Cox WR 317 - H2H 2-0, both in straights, 2008/11 L32: Jamie Baker WR 298 v (WC) Kittipong Wachiramanowong (THA) WR 505 (CH 457 last year) The winner of Jamie v smelly cat plays the winner of ... yes, you've guessed it. Josh avoids the GB reunion sect...
R1: FITZPATRICK, Anna (GBR) 1 WR 397 v Bye R1: BROWN, Lucy (GBR) 8 WR 605 v AMIRAGHYAN, Ani (ARM) WR 713 Lucy & Anna team up in the doubles and are top seeds. L16: BROWN (GBR) / FITZPATRICK (GBR) 1 v Bye
Qualifying R1: WATSON, Heather GBR 103 vs DOI, Misaki JPN 104 Seeds in Heathers part of the draw are (2) Cetkovska (who she is likely to meet next if she wins) & (7) Suarez-Navarro KEOTHAVONG, Anne GBR 97 vs RADWANSKA, Urszula POL 114 Ditto Anne's seeds (6) Pous-Tio & Pervak (3)
Jamie Baker, Josh Milton & Dan Cox are DAs here. Evo was a main draw DA but withdrew earlier this week and Dan Smethurst was due to play qualifying but ended up having his tonsils out instead if I remember right! QR2: (q5) Alex Ward WR 500 v (wc) Dmitri Sitak (RUS) WR 905 (CH 356 in 2003) or Sardor Pulat...
QR1: Colin Fleming vs Phillip Simmonds (USA) The seeds in Colin's quarter are Michael Russell (2/USA) & Peter Luczak (6/AUS), whom he'd probably face in the second round, were he to beat Simmonds.
There's a big British contingent here. Unfortunately the Belgian website has not loaded the boys draw properly, so I can only deduce R1 pairings from the oop. Going by the entry list Jathan Malik, Jordan Angus, Chris Pearce and Jorge Wilton should be seeded and receive first round byes. Boys R1 (L64...
Beth Askew is top seed, hoping to capitalise on a good run of form with 2 National singles finals. R1 (L32) (1) Beth Askew (GBR) v Alice Rame (FIN) (WC) Oceane Garibal (FRA) v (7) Ella Taylor (GBR) (5) Brigit Folland (GBR) v Lou Adler (FRA) Rebecca Smaller (GBR) v Theo Gravouil (FRA)
Brit Rhett Purcell ( lost in the last 16 of singles ) reached the doubles final here : Doubles : F : (1) Cameron Norrie / Rhett Purcell ( NZL / GBR ) lost to Ben Davies / James Sheppard ( NZL / AUS ) 6 - 3 7 - 5
Toby Mitchell's recent strong run in Canada earns him the second seed slot here. R1 (L32) Remy Chala (FRA) v (8) Matthew Kirby (GBR) (3) David Fox (GBR) v Kevin Riviere (FRA) Scott Clayton (GBR) v Hugo Perrin (FRA) Samm Butler (GBR) v Kevin Bettendroffer (FRA) Valentin Masse (FRA) v v (2) Toby Mitchel...
Callum Poland-Smith has reached his maiden ITF semi here, but looks to have his work cut out to reach the final R2 (L32) (7) Callum Poland-Smith (GBR) d. (LL) Juan Luis Perez Gonzalez (MEX) 6-1 6-3 R3 (7) Callum Poland-Smith (GBR) d. (9) Jorge Andres Forseck Plauchu (MEX) 6-3 6-3 QF (7) Callum Poland-...
ATP US OPEN WEEK 1 (HARD) - ANDY MURRAYCHALLENGERSBANGKOK $50K (HARD) - JAMES WARD, JOSH MILTON (COX, BAKER) FUTURESWREXHAM F13 $10K (HARD) - DAVID RICE, JOSH GOODALL, ALEX WARD, SEAN THORNLEY, MARCUS WILLIS, JAMES FEAVER, LEWIS BURTON, ANDREW FITZPATRICK, JAMES MARSALEK, MATT SHORT, OLIVER...
QR1: Naomi Broady WR 230 v (wc) Robin Anderson (USA) WR 736 (CH 735 last week) QR1: Laura Robson WR 173 v Heidi el Tabakh (CAN) WR 200 (CH 149 in 2010) 18yo Anderson won a 10K in May & beat Laura 3&2 in USO girls last year, while el Tabakh beat Hev last Nov but has lost her last 4 matches. Seeds in each se...
(for reference next year - women's draw posted first as pdf around 23.20 BST) QR1: (q16) James Ward WR 139 v Michael Yani (USA) WR 208 (CH 143 in 2010) H2H 1-0, Wardy won 6-2 3-6 7-6(5) in the 2009 Sarasota semis on his way to the title. The other seed in his section is (22) Matosevic. Bohli and Ram are the ot...
A weak Grade 2 provides Sam Hutt the chance to push for the top 100, though his first opponent has proved a strong competitor in various tournaments recently R1 (L32) (Q) Erik Toronyi (HUN) v (8) Jonathan Cornish (GBR) Dominic Weidinger (AUT) v (4) Sam Hutt (GBR) (Q) Benjamin Kaszas (HUN) v Thomas Cola...
