I know this subject has been done to death but.......I still cannot get over it. The new ranking points this is. All last years points were doubled but, unless you win the event, this years points are pretty similar to the undoubled points. A quarter final in a 15k last year won 3pts, doubled to 6pts, t...
Interesting one, this. They have met twice before & Andy has yet to beat Arnaud: Andy lost in five in Round 2 of the US Open in 2005 & then again, this time in straight sets, in Washington the following year. Time to start redressing the balance, methinks - & he should...
Has he retired? What about Neil Bamford? I'm sure Boggo will retire if he lets it slip this year. I predict end of season 2009 rankings: 1. Muzza # 3 (predicted high will be #2) 2. Josh # 185 (predicted high will be #160) 3. Wardy # 191 (predicted high will be #54) 4. Boggo # 254-retiring end of season and m...
Aucks is here partnering Kristof Vliegen (BEL) and they have drawn Mikhail Kukushkin & Alessandro Motti (KAZ/ITA). The seeds in their section are the 2nd seeds; the veterans Chris Haggard & Pavel Vizner (RSA/CZE).
Can you believe this draw? Dress rehearsal for the DC tie. H2H is 2-0 in Muzza's favour: Doha this year and the previous DC tie against Ukraine in 2006. Second round Clement or Schuettler, quarters probably Gasquet (Gasquet, Safin, Troicki, Bolelli). Expected semi if seedings go to plan, Ferrer.
IF ANY proof were needed that the world of sport cannot remain immune from the global financial crisis it was the news yesterday that Andy Murray is willing to renegotiate the terms of his sponsorship deal with the Royal Bank of Scotland in a bid to "help" the ailing bank.
The world tennis...
Last year Laura Robson, Jessica Ren and Joanna Henderson steered GBR to the 14 & U finals for only the second time in the tournament's 28 year history. This year's team trying to reach the final 8 (in 2 weeks time) are:
Katy Dunne
Beth Askew
Pippa Horn
Their opening match on Friday is against S...
Richard Gabb has been very busy of late. Since wrapping up the second of his two titles in Copenhagen on Saturday morning he has had to play 3 rounds of qualifying here, in order to join a large British contingent in the main draw. The draw has done us few favours, with 6 out of 8 drawing seeds. R1 (L32) Chri...
Q1: Katie O'Brien vs Evgeniya Rodina (5) Also in Katie's quarter are Dokic and Fedak...so if Katie manages to defeat the Russian she will face a stern test in the shape of the Australian comeback Queen....
The TE Winter Cup is a team competition split into 2 categories (14 & U, 16 & U), with a similar division for the Girls. The format is teams of 3 playing 2 singles and 1 doubles on a knock-out basis. There are roughly 32 countries participating in each category, partitioned initially into sets o...
Draw here. H & H are again seeded fourth & play Bolelli & Seppi in the the first round. It's a tough draw for them, but it's to be hoped that they can put their defeat at t...
L32 Q2: (1) Josh Goodall WR 198 v Farrukh Dustov (UZB) WR 446 (CH: 173 Apr 2007) L32 Q2: (3) James Ward WR 289 v Philipp Oswald (AUT) WR 402 L32 Q2: (5) Alex Slabinsky WR 335 v Roman Jebavy (CZE) WR 429 It'll be so disappointing if we don't get the top half finalist here, won't it! From the OoP at http://www.sp...
This was the second Future that Jamie Baker won last year. QR1: Kyle Brassington WR 1127 v Adam Morgan (USA) UNR QR1: Chris Priddle UNR v (q11) Juho Paukku (FIN) WR 883 QR1: (q9) Burnham Arlidge WR 861 v Jaymon Crabb (AUS) UNR The winners of the first two matches above will play each other in QR2, with no. 1...
Look who has turned up in this WTA qualifying draw in UAE: QR1: Ines Janbakhsh UNR v Kristina Kucova (SVK) WR 191 This will give her her ranking back but I hope she gets a game! Not before 9am tomorrow. -- Edited by wolf at 20:03, 2009-02-12
A trio of young Brits aim to join Georgie Stoop and Emily Webley-Smith in the main draw. QR1: Jade Curtis WR 506 v (q10) Kristie Ahn (USA) WR 440 QR1: Tara Moore WR 641 v Brittany Wowchuk (CAN) WR 1035 QR1: Katharina Brown WR 546 v Adriana Moedano (MEX) UNR
Dubai 1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 1 2 Federer, Roger SUI 2 - OUT 3 Djokovic, Novak SRB 3 4 Murray, Andy GBR 4 5 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 5 - OUT 6 Simon, Gilles FRA 7 7 Roddick, Andy USA 8 8 Ferrer, David ESP 12 9 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 15 10 Andreev, Igor RUS 19 11 Cilic, Marin CRO 20 12 Gasquet, Richard FRA 25 13 Karlovic,...
The Thomson twins have the chance to complete a hat-trick of doubles titles in Bangladesh. David is confirmed as the top British boy in the current ITF rankings (83) and starts off here in style. Boys Singles R1 (L64) Yen-Ju HO (TPE) defeated Adam THORNTON-BROWN (GBR) 7-6(3) 6-1 (4) Jordan MCCULLOCH...
Draw here. Jamie M & Vemic are the second seeds & play, wait for it, Robert Kendrick & Max Mirnyi in the first round! Ain't gonna be easy... Booty has teamed up with th...
There's a strong group of 1992 boys joining Paul Brown here, but Ashley Hewitt and Paul have to overcome two of the top seeds to reach round 2. Paul's opponent won one of the recent Grade 2s in Ecuador. R1 (L64) (1) Hiroyasu Ehara (JPN) v Ashley Hewitt (GBR) (11) James Marsalek (GBR) v (WC) Francisco Gidi...
QR1: (q1) Alexander Ward GBR WR 973 v Jaime Sanchez-Canameres Rios (ESP) UNR QR1: Gary Chamberlain UNR v Joaquin Perez Cases (ESP) UNR QR1: Robert Dee v (q3) Jerome Inzerillo (FRA) WR 1137 QR1: (q6) Nick Cavaday WR 1205 v Edgar Pallares-Garcia (ESP) UNR QR1: Charlie Goode (UNR) v (q10) Mario Cuellar...
QR2: (q5) Dan Cox WR 815 v Laurynas Grigelis (LTU) WR 1548 or Tin Horvatinovic (CRO) UNR I knew they bred them tall in Croatia, but this is ridiculous! It appears that Tin may put even Big Ivo into the shade - according to ITF, he has only just turned 18 and is already 4.00 m tall! The Lithuanian is 17. http...
The return of Amanda Carreras in the main draw and Tara Wigan in qualifying. QR1: Edita Raca UNR bye QR1: Eleanor Mooney UNR bye QR1: Nicola Mooney WR 1070 v Edmee Morin Kougoucheff (FRA) UNR QR1: (q11) Tara Wigan WR 886 bye
