If you haven't heard it, there's a short audio of Richards thoughts on the BBC site http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/8812797.stm His comments seem to touch on something that I have thought for a long time and is often mentioned here, the lack of structure to the funding system. Sometimes...
Liam Broady has the task of making a quick transition from grass to clay in search of points to help towards reaching the US Open main draw. His draw against a wildcard should help. Luke Bambridge has a more difficult opener against someone who was in the top 200. Round 1 (L32) (1) Liam Broady (GBR) v (WC)...
Now that Center Court has a roof, does anyone else agree that it is time for night matches? The Australian Open and the US Open both have it and the atmosphere is great, and therefore the tounament all the better for it. I understand that the council says that matches can't go on beyond 11pm but i'm sure Wi...
Fran Stephenson won last year's event and there is a strong British presence here again including the following seeds 1) Ruth Seaborne 2) Elliesa Ball (plays Pippa Horn in round 1) 3) Emma Devine 5) Taro Keens 6) Caitlin Paige Hindmarsh 7) Sian Bayliss
This event starts on Monday with a mainly British field. The home seeds are: 1) Sam Hutt 2) Kyle Edmund 3) James Ireland 4) Sid Hazarika 5) Jack Busby 6) Daniel Elston
Oliver Golding was a late withdrawal here, leaving British interest with Natalie Beazant and Fran Stephenson. Both have testing but winnable opening matches R1 (L64) (Q) Mayya Katsitadze (RUS) v (16) Natalie Beazant (GBR) (14) Yuliya Lysa (UKR) v Francesca Stephenson (GBR)
Abbi Melrose is in the Caribbean for the first of two Grade 4s and has progressed well to the semis. Although superficially her quarter-final win over the second seed looks the most impressive closer examination suggests that her second round opponent was much stronger - a young American who has re...
Laura Deigman is in Syria for a couple of Grade 4s and has made a strong start in singles (but lost early in doubles) R1 (L32) (2) Laura Deigman (GBR) Bye R2 (2) Laura Deigman (GBR) d. Natalla Khanejo (IND) 6-0 6-3 QF (2) Laura Deigman (GBR) d. (6) Ushna Suhail (PAK) 6-0 6-0 SF (3) Susanne Celik (SWE) v (2) La...
ATP No British EntriesCHALLENGERSAptos $75K (Hard) - Alex Bogdanovic (Bloomfield) FUTURESFrinton GB F10 $10K (Grass) - Dan Evans, David Rice, Chris Eaton, Alex Ward, Josh Milton, Dan Cox, Marcus Willis, Sean Thornley, Burnham Arlidge (Brassington, Bradshaw, Priddle, Bains, Short, Barlo...
Morgan Phillips turns up here in qualifying and perhaps a little surprisingly has ended up as the 2nd seed. Has a bye in round one, will face either Tim van Terheijden or Mischa Nowicki in round two, and is seeded to face Ante Pavic, ranked 577 in the final round. Should qualify here which will be a great b...
Did anyone see Andy on Tv tonight? I thought that he came across really well. Worth a catchup if you haven't seen it, highlights were the slow dance with the fan and Andy's rap!
Andy faces Rafael Nadal on Friday in the semi-finals. Can he go a round further than last year? I'm sure these stats are familiar territory, but to refresh the memory before the match: Nadal leads the H2H, 7-3, and their single meeting on grass was in 2008 at the Wimbledon quarterfinals, won in straigh...
This thread is sort of like a half-term report (just off should have been done in Wk 26 not 27 but we've had a great week this week) on the performance of GB tennis players. By this time last year, we had two challenger winners in Dan Evans (Jersey) and James Ward (Savannah) whilst Cox had won a 15k future,...
Jamie Delgado pops up here with his old mucker, Lovro Zovko (CRO), & they're the top seeds! They play the home-grown pair of Guillermo Alcaide & Rubén Ramírez in the first round on the centre court not before 20.00 BST today. Their opponents both have first-round singles matches on the sam...
