Jamie and I will be commentating the second match of the day today. Stoppini vs. Ball on center court. You can follow JB and I at www.frontrowtennis.com Cheers
Lucy Brown was the second highest ranked acceptance here, but is only seeded 7 primarily because of high ranking wildcards and qualifiers. Alex Walker plays her first junior event since August R1 (L32) Alexandra Walker (GBR) v Amy Bowtell (IRL) (7) Lucy Brown (GBR) v (Q) Dide Beijer (NED)
Got a quick email from Jamie saying that he will be playing our Challenger this year. I have told our staff writers to set aside some time before the tourney and sit down with Jamie. He's a great kid and if he can come back from what he has gone through, he deserves comeback player of the year. Make sure y...
Laura Robson's attempt to go one better than last year's final starts with an easy-looking draw against an Aussie wildcard. However, as Phil notes in the preview thread, her potential second round match against rising Russian star, and Mouratoglou Academy colleague, Yulia Putintseva is a real to...
Well, so we have it: the final we possibly both hoped for and dreaded. We all know the H2H is in Andy's favour, but as Federer keeps reminding us, not in Finals and not in best-of-5 matches. And Roger won the last two encounters, I think. I'm sure Andy CAN win this but Fed has to be the favourite, especially...
The main draws of the prestigious under 14 tournament start on Monday with a clutch of British players involved (plus 3 more in final qualifying), but only two (Shakeel Manji and Eleanor Dean) earning seedings. It is an event which Andy Murray won, whilst in 2008 Liam Broady and Laura Robson were fin...
QR1: (q1) James Feaver WR 715 v Oriol Roca Batalla (ESP) UNR QR1: (q13) Nick Cavaday WR 1309 v Jose Fco. Vidal Azorin (ESP) UNR QR1: (q12) Philip Barlow WR 1303 v (WC) Manuel Semitiel Morales (ESP) UNR QR1: Nikki Roenn UNR v (WC) Pablo Costa Martinez (ESP) UNR -- Edited by steven on Friday 22nd of January 2...
Another huge qualifying draw here. Smethurst, Phillips and Cox are DAs once again. You would have thought the Wardinator must have a special exempt place here, but no, he seems to be being forced to qualify again, which implies that he had to play two matches in different locations today, since qua...
Under 18 Winter Grand Prix Champion Toby Martin has made a disappointing start to his 2010 ITF campaign, but Manisha Foster is showing signs of regaining the form that saw her become one of the highest ranked 1993 girls in 2008. She missed most of the first half of 2009, and struggled for the rest of the y...
Josh Goodall is likely to be the top seed here, while Dr No is also in the main draw and Meatball was the 1st Alt so has probably got in too. QR1: (q2) Matt Illingworth WR 733 v (WC) Dor Belfer (ISR) UNR QR1: (q4) Sean Thornley WR 776 v Daniel Geib (AUT) WR 1279
Thursday early - 8.30 GMT on Rod Laver court Pundits favour Andy and on BBC TV (hope I've got that right) -- Edited by timmoore46 on Wednesday 27th of January 2010 03:39:19 PM
The under 12s begin today featuring National champion Lana Rush. Katy Dunne leads the British challenge in the under 14s, whilst our only under 16 entrant Georgina Sellyn has reached final qualifying. U12 R1 Ifeoma Kuchler (GBR) v Madison Prelle (CAN) Mia Smith (GBR) v Kirsten Prelle (CAN) Varvara...
Can Andy at least equal his best performances so far in the AO last year & in 2007? His fourth-round opponent is the big Yank, John Isner (33/WR 28), who dumped out the 12th seed, Gaël Monfils, in four sets (6-1 4-6 7-6(4) 7-6(5)/2'48") earlier. Quote from Andy used in the report on the matc...
Boggo has been drawn against Frenchman Thierry Ascione WR 152 in the first round. Ascione is unseeded and the winner could face 8th seed Dologpolov Jr. in the next round. This year Ascione has lost to Bubka (wr 264 at the time) and Segreyev (wr 209) in straight sets in ATP qualifying In Australia he beat...
The Latin American circuit enters a month of Grade 2s, with correspondingly weaker fields. Natalie Beazant has entered this one and Peru, and should be a top 4 seed in both. If she can reach her seeded position both weeks that would be enough to propel her into the top 100. Further progress here is unlik...
Gonna be some line up this year. Nadal and Del Potro are entered, while Djokovic and Verdasco are playing here instead of Halle (and I'm pretty sure Murray and Roddick will enter as well!)
As well as Sarah Borwell, Elena Baltacha has opted to play and Laura Robson has been granted a wildcard alongside an Australian she played at last year's junior Wimbledon. All have avoided seeds. R1 Baltacha/Dekmeijere (GBR/LAT) v Safarova/Wozniak (CZE/CAN) (WC) Peers/Robson (AUS/GBR) v Cra...
All three of our entrants have to start against low seeds, which makes for a tough start, but may be the best time to play them in order to progress deeper in the draw. Oliver Golding came out on top in 3 sets against his Japanese opponent on clay last June, so should be confident of a rankings upset. Jack sh...
This sounds like a cool idea - the USTA are running sixteen (up to) 256-player pre-pre-qualifying events for the USO in an attempt to make it seem completely 'Open' - the ultimate prize for one of the c. 4000 entrants will be a wild card into qualifying for the US Open itself. http://www.usopen.org/US...
