R1:- Alice Gillan (GBR) WR668 [SE] v Yeonwoo Ku (KOR) WR428 (I'd have thought Alice would have made the draw without the SE as she was 5th on the qualifying list with three places plus two SE's in the main draw. Doesn't matter though, she's in anyway )
QR1: Isaac Bokungu (COD) UNR vs (q12) Mattias Southcombe WR 2125 (CH = 1337 last November) No sign of Oliver Crawford in the acceptance list for the main draw, so it must have been more than a knock that caused his retirement while ahead in his last 16 match earlier in the week.
The Osaka Mayor's Cup has been held as a top level junior event for 31 years, but only one Brit has won a singles title (Martin Lee in 1995). As usual the field here is not as strong as at most J500 tournaments (particularly in the girls event where the top seed is ranked 34), and Oliver Bonding will be look...
Anna is defending her titles next week in Annecy France next week. As usual the LTA get the details wrong, which are corrected below. Defending champion Anna McBride is playing for GB in the World Championships, Annecy France next week. Some of the LTA's articles details are incorrect. She is 20 and n...
Decided to give this one it's own thread as we have a decent number of entries across the six events and , well, it is the biggest event on the calendar, really. Men's singles: 48-player draw, all 16 seeds receive bye to second round Women's singles: 32-player draw, 8 seeds Quad singles: 15-player...
Jodie returns to action, but doesn't use her PR this week. QR1:- Sonay Kartal (GBR) WR161 [Q5] v Ranim Rassil (TUN) UNR/136/18yo [WC] QR1:- Jodie Burrage (GBR) WR232 [Q10] v Lina Soussi (TUN) UNR/1077/17yo [WC] -- Edited by the addict on Friday 6th of September 2024 10:38:14 PM
Nominations for September close 29th September. Usual process - anyone can nominate, just add a name to the last version of the list and also give a narrative supporting reason. Nomination List 1 2 3 etc
QR1: David Eichenseher (GER) WR 1763 (CH = 1756 two weeks ago) vs (qWC) Finn Lester UNR QR1: (q7) Jean-Christian Morandais (FRA) WR 1163 (= CH) vs Louis Allen UNR (CH = 1789 in November 2020) QR1: Samuel Dively (USA) UNR vs (q16) Nicolas Philibert WR 1722 (CH = 1586 in January)
48 draw - but 19 byesQR1:- Ava Williamson (GBR) UNR/1358/18yo v ByeQR2:- Ava Williamson (GBR) UNR/1358/18yo v Olga Danilova (CYP) UNR/884/17yo [15]Alice Gillan, Emma Wilson and Sarah Tutu should be in the main draw.
Extra financial help was announced at the US Open for young players "The ATP is proud to announce the launch of the Next Gen Expense Support Programme, aimed at financially supporting the future stars of tennis as they compete on the ATP Challenger Tour. Players ranked between 101 and 500 in the PIF A...
Chapeau to Cat Ferguson, Yorkshire cyclist, who has won the junior girls road race to add to her time trial title earlier this week. shes from Skipton and the TdF being in Yorkshire in 2015 inspired her. GB now head the medals table. the elite races come later this weekend
The ITF and the ATP have announced the launch of the Accelerator Programme, a ground-breaking initiative designed to accelerate the careers of young aspiring tennis players from 2023.The programme will see playing opportunities at ATP Challenger Tour level and ITF World Tennis Tour events res...
QR1:-Nadia Rawson (GBR) UNR/1375 v Sem Hazes (NED) UNR/833 QR1:- Isabelle Lacy (GBR) 1340/1541/18yo [Q7] v ByeQR1:- Georgina Hays (GBR) UNR/788/18yo v Matira Ferrarini (SUI) UNR/UNR QR1:- Abigail Amos (GBR) 1347/526 [Q8] v Bye Ranah and Lauryn should be in the main draw
QR1: (q3) Mark Whitehouse WR 1073 (CH = 523 in December2022) vs Aleksa Mardjonovic (SRB) UNR (CH = 1210 last November) QR1: (q8) Oliver Okonkwo WR 1380 (CH = 1350 in July) vs Ivan Goncharov (***) UNR
QR1:- Holly Hutchinson (GBR) 1101/109 [3] v Viktorie Zidelova (CZE) UNR/1001/18yo QR1:-Summer Yardley (GBR) UNR/644 v Zuzanna Kolonus (POL) 1235/347 [5]-- Edited by the addict on Monday 23rd of September 2024 01:31:28 PM
This weekend sees the start of the European Summer Cups, with the qualifying rounds for the under 14s. Their ultimate goal is a place in the World Junior finals in August. The British team (Danielle Britton, Megan Knight and Liv Zingg ) are in a qualifying group in France, and have started well with a...
The final age group European Championships takes place this week in Italy with Mark Ceban and Freya Peet amongst the seeds. Top seeds are Flynn Thomas (the Swiss boy who lost out to Charlie Robertson in the US Open quarters) and Charo Esquiva Banuls (WTA 943) who has had many battles with our top 3 junio...
