Smethurst and Milton should be in the main draw here and there are only two rounds of qualifying: QR1: (q1) Alex Ward WR 654 v Marco Bortolloti (ITA) WR 1744 QR1: (wc) Charlie Goode UNR v (q12) Marco Sattanino (ITA) WR 1013 QR1: (q4) Neil Pauffley WR 714 v Fede Valsangiacomo (SUI) WR 1591
Last year we won the Tennis Europe Winter Cup under 14s for only the third time, and this year's team doesn't appear to have quite the same strength. Nevertheless they should qualify for the finals in Italy a fortnights time. The team of Shakeel Manji, Peter Ashley and Joshua Sapwell are seeded 2 in the...
Qualifying takes place from Friday to Sunday for the finals of the Tennis Europe Winter Cup, which take place in the Czech Republic in a fortnight's time. In both categories the format is a team competition with 2 singles and 1 doubles, and 2 consecutive wins are required to make the finals. The under 1...
I thought it may be of interest if I blogged a bit from the U18's County Cup group one event which is taking place this weekend at the University of Bath. I was there both today and yesterday so thought I'd give a bit of an incite into the up and coming Briitish tennis stars of tomorrow. To be honest this will...
QR1: (q3) Dominic Inglot WR 706 v Marin Draganja (CRO) WR 1461 Only two rounds of qualifying here and Dominic won't have to beat a top 1000 player to make it to the main draw.
Andy seeded three and has drawn a qualifier in R1 here. Will face the winner of Tipsy and Seppi in R2. Seeded to meet Youzhny in the quarters and Federer in the semis. Cilic the other seed in his half. Djokovic, Davydenko, Tsonga and Simon are the seeds in the bottom half. http://www.atpworldtour.com...
Laura Deigman has won her first ITF singles title, taking advantage of a weak field with only two other players ranked inside 1000. Boys R1 Christian Throm-Jones (GBR) BYE Tommy Bennett (GBR) d. Romain Barbosa (BEL) 6-4 6-2 Kevin Albonetti (ITA) d. Steven Billington (GBR) 6-4 7-5 R2 Guillaume Rause...
Connor Glennon looks for his second successive title as the group who did well in Finland are joined by some other 1993 (and one 1992) boys. Connor starts against one of the Danish boys who beat GBR in the Tennis Europe Winter Cup on Sunday. R1 (L32) Oystein Steiro (NOR) v Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) (WC) Hans...
With so many Brits exiting singles today here at least is a tournament where interest is maintained. Moldova's major junior tournament intriguingly promises semi-live scores, but in spirit with life in the country (well described in Playing the Moldovans at Tennis by Tony Hawks - where he takes on...
ATP Dubai $1.7 Million (Hard) - Andy Murray CHALLENGERSNo British Entrants FUTURESUSA F6 $15K (Indoor Hard) - Richard Bloomfield (Bishop) Boznia F2 $15K (Carpet) - Chris Eaton (Inglot) WTA Germany $50K+H (Hard) - Anne Keothavong, Naomi Cavaday Portugal $10K (Hard) - Joss Rae (George, Konot...
Last year Steph Cornish reached the final of a weak tournament here. This year's field is considerably stronger, with Jennifer Ren only just grabbing a low seeding. The first seed she is scheduled to meet is top 50 player Katarina Paliivets, though there is a useful Ukrainian blocking her path to tha...
AEGON Winter Grand Prix champion Abbi Melrose will be looking to build on her impressive showing in Finland, and is joined by Caitlin Hindmarsh playing her first ITF tournament of the year. R1 (L32) Taro Keens (GBR) v (Q) Donika Bashota (SWE) Sophie Nelson (GBR) v Cecilie Lundgaard Melsted (DEN) (7)...
There's a stunning result here for Scottish qualifier Emma Devine. Emma was based last year at Justine Henin's Sixth Sense Academy in Belgium, along with some input from Judy Murray, but I don't know if she is still there as there was a story about financial problems affecting Emma's family's abilit...
Amy and Beth Askew benefit from wildcards in the first of 3 tournaments in Bangladesh with substantial British interest. 1996 girls Eden Silva makes her second appearance in an ITF event. Boys R1 (L64) (6) James Ireland (GBR) BYE (LL) William Aherne (GBR) v Mufazzal Hossain (BAN) (16) Ashwin Kuppus...
The Latin American circuit baton has passed from Natalie Beazant (who unfortunately had to pull out of the Peruvian leg, after retiring in the previous week) to Jennifer Ren. The first of her three tournaments is the weakest in the 12 week cycle, and Jen was close to being the top seed here. She is also...
Alex Wilton has the chance of a second successive singles title in the Gulf, and shouldn't be unduly troubled in his opener, but our other boys have all drawn seeds. Boys R1 (L32) (1) Seif Eldin El Sherbini (EGY) v (Q) Tom Gutteridge (GBR) (4) Marc Wakim (EGY) v Joshua Page (GBR) (5) Alexander Wilton (...
James Ward and Dan Evans are attempting to qualify here and are both in the same quarter. Evo kicks off his campaign against 5th seed WR 142 Stephane Bohli whilst Ward starts off against WR 192 Yuri Schukin with 3rd seed Josellin Ouanna likely to meet in the next round. Pretty hard draws for our guys in a...
