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...
Slabba seems to have decided to play on clay this week ... he's just scraped in as a DA here. The entry list also includes the mysterious "IPIN PLAYER 1, Test Case GBR" as the last qualifying alternate -- Edited by steven on Friday 22nd of January 2010 09:53:48 PM
Liezel Huber must have a fondness for playing with British partners in the mixed: Ross Hutchins has now stepped into Jamie M's shoes! They face Chia-Jung Chuang & Filip Polasek (TPE/SVK) in the first round. A winnable match, I'd have thought...
Natalie Beazant begins a series of events on her favourite clay surface, after a disappointing run on hardcourts at the back end of 2009. Should she reach the quarter-finals here she will probably meet An-Sophie Mestach, a highly-rated Belgian who may well challenge for the junior number 1 spot by t...
Q1: Danielle BROWN 550 vs Dia EVTIMOVA (2) 271Q1: Johanna KONTA (13) 363 vs Chichi SCHOLL 666 (same quarter as Dani)Q1: Jade CURTIS (9) 332 vs Olivia JANOWICZ unr
O'Brien v Particia Mayr - winner to play (8) Jankovic or Niculescu Baltacha v Pauline Parmentier - winner to play (30) K. Bodarenko or Olaru -- Edited by wolf on Friday 15th of January 2010 01:16:00 AM
Another massive qualifying draw here including 7 Brits (Milton did not make main draw this time). http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2010/579/qs.pdfSmethurst,
The second major Eastern European tournament has provided British joy in the past. Dan Evans was a finalist in 2007 whilst Dan Smethurst went one better in 2008, catapulting both into the top 100. George Morgan and James Marsalek augment the Slovak field after their encouraging performances in th...
After their fine run in Sydney Ross Hutchins and Jordan Kerr have drawn the short straw of familiar bogey Polish opponents in Melbourne. Ross (with Stephen Huss) lost to the same combination in last year's event. Flemski make their debut with a better draw, though their opponents reached the fin...
It looks as if the LTA has decided to send a large group of boys to the Australian Open this year, with 3 direct entries, and 2 others with an outside chance of getting in. All the boys are also down for the Grade 1 in Traralgon during the previous week. Boys Main Draw 25 Jack Carpenter 26 Oliver Golding 43 T...
Goodall, Baker and Bloomfield are DA's while Eaton and Rice must have snuck allowing O'Leary and Jones to appear as wild cards as well as Slabinsky and Inglot. Once again no Willis and this time no Illingworth, but Jamie Delgado makes an appearance in the qualifying draw - http://www.atpworldtour....
The World N° 4 versus the World N° 64 - & the first ever encounter in any competition between the two. On the face of it, a no-brainer, BUT Serra's obviously a battler, as his five-set victory over Jarkko Nieminen (3-6 6-4 5-7 7-6(4) 7-5), who has dropped 35 places to World N° 13, but who has been as hi...
ATP Australian Open Week 2 (Hard) -CHALLENGERSHeilbronn EUR85K+H (Indoor Hard) - (Bogdanovic) FUTURESGermany F3 $15K (Indoor Carpet) - Richard Bloomfield Israel F1 $10K (Hard) - Josh Goodall, David Rice, Marcus Willis (Illingworth, Thornley) France F1 $10K+H (Clay) - Alex Slabinsky Spa...
Hi everyone, I've been regularly looking at the rankings and things and thought it was time to join the forums. I think this is a great site and look forward to having some lively chat hopefully discussing British successes! Nick
This Tennis Europe event attracts a top field preparing for the prestigious Les Petits As. Last year Evan Hoyt was a finalist and Katy Dunne a semi-finalist. This year success has been limited in the singles, with the honourable exception of Alex Sendegeya who, though unseeded, has made an impres...
The Frenchman, who beat Simone Bolelli in a bit of tussle by 7-6(2) 7-6(3)6-3, should present a stiffer test than Kevin Anderson did, but this match is surely still little more than the next, relatively straightforward, rung on the ladder to the business end of the tournament & the tough...
Brits down to take part MD DAs: Jamie Baker (likely to be seeded), Richard Bloomfield, Chris Eaton, David Rice MD WCs: James Marsalek, Dominic Inglot, Andrew Fitzpatrick (reward for winning the British Tour Masters last month), George Morgan QD DAs: James Feaver, Max Jones (though he retired from...
