Jonny M is back with Aucks this week. They pop up as the third seeds in Poland & guess what? They play a pair of Polish WCs, Marcin Gawron & Grzgorz Panfil, in the first round. Would be nice to see them go deep in this valuable tournament, where the champions will collect 110 points & the...
Ahmed was top seed in qualifying and managed to come through for the loss of just 3 games in 2 matches. R1 (L64) (9) Ahmed El Menshawy v Bye R2 (L32) (9) Ahmed El Menshawy v (LL) Wyatt Lippert Ahmed is also in the doubles, paired with Alcantra of the Philippines. They are seeded 3rd and have a bye in the 1st...
The second Serbian Grade 2 is slightly stronger than the first, and George Morgan is unlucky to miss out on a Special Exempt. At the time the qualifying draw was made he was on the alternates list here, and though some below him eventually got in as alternates, that was too late for George to be offered an...
Jamie's back with Delgo this week. They're the second seeds here, only just behind the N° 1s, Amir Hadad & Philipp Marx (ISR/GER) (combined ranking of 263, compared with 262!). They play the Monegasque pair, Benjamin Balleret & Jean-René Lisnard, in the first round. I hope Jamie M can ca...
There are three British players in the main draw starting Sunday, following the late withdrawal of Hannah James. Heather Watson will be seeded but has had no competitive match since July. She had to pull out of her one warm-up event (25K Belgium qualifying) because of delays to her passport/visa r...
Doubles L16: (2) MARRAY/MURRAY v KARANUSIC/RUSSELL (CRO/USA) -- Edited by alex03maccy on Monday 7th of September 2009 01:07:58 PM-- Edited by alex03maccy on Monday 7th of September 2009 01:18:10 PM-- Edited by Stircrazy on Monday 7th of September 2009 01:44:13 PM
A strong British presence here, with several seeds (though the Czech website does not indicate information about exact seedings) and a return to Junior action for Liam Broady after a spell playing French money tournaments. R1 (L64) () Tom Allen (GBR) BYE () Jack Carpenter (GBR) BYE George Morgan (G...
Lucy Brown won her maiden Grade 5 title a few weeks ago, and she is just one win away now from her first Grade 4 success. Round 1 (L32) (7) Nicole Peterson (GBR) defeated Sara Boevska (BUL) 6-2 6-1 Margarita-Greta Skripnik (ISR) defeated Yasmin Doost (GBR) 6-1 3-6 6-2 Ekaterina Tour (ISR) defeated Kat...
Bloomfield, Rice, Illingworth, Thornley, Pauffley, Arlidge, Bains and possibly Bradshaw are in the main draw here in another weak looking GB future (just one top 500 player, seeds around 830, and the cut of outside the top 1000) No news on WC's, but Jones, Fitzy, Burn are not in qualies but on the alte...
Stefan Sterland-Markovic has made his reputation as a doubles specialist, but has made his first Grade 4 singles final here, stopping Joe Rogers from winning two consecutive ITF events in the process. R1 (L32) Joe Rogers (GBR) defeated (1) Renier Moolman (RSA) 7-5 6-2 Pedja Krstin (SRB) defeated...
Andy marches on with a solid performance against Dent. Andy currently has a H2H of 3-0 against Cillic, with a straight set win at RG earlier this year and another straight set win at the Madrid Masters (hard) last year.
