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...
A strong contingent is in Eastern Europe for this event followed by a Grade 1 tournament in the Czech Republic which has provided British success in the past. Liam Broady has a tough opener against a player who beat him in straights last autumn. R1 (L64) Lewis Burton (GBR) v Aleksandre Kondulukov (RUS...
The first Future of 2010 has a massive 128 player qualifying draw running for four days from Friday to Monday. The main draw starts on Tuesday and four of our biggest risers in the rankings last year (Dan Smethurst, Morgan Phillips, Dan Cox and Josh Milton) should all be in it. Half a dozen more Brits wil...
R1 (L64) Jack Carpenter v Jaden Grinter (NZL) (15) Oliver Golding v (q) Darren K. Polkinghorne (AUS) Tom Allen v (16) Micke Kontinen (FIN) edit: Kontinen's nationality addedalong with country of tournament-- Edited by DavidC on Thursday 14th of January 2010 07:42:02 PM-- Edited by DavidC on Frid...
Wardy and Evo have both drawn WCs in QR1, while Boggo must have the lowest-ranked DA left - can't ask for much more than that, though of course it gets tougher after that! QR1: Dan Evans WR 266 v (WC) Sean Berman (AUS) WR 1352 - 6th on C6, c. 06.30 GMT (probably a fair bit later if any of the previous five m...
Q1: KONTA, Johanna (AUS/GBR) 10 360 v KUKHARCHUK, Nika (RUS) 985Q1: CURTIS, Jade (GBR) 6 332 v VARGAS CALVO, Ingrid Esperanza (PER) 569 Edit: Jo couldn't be playing the no. 2 seed in QR1 when she's seeded herself, so checked the draw and she's actually playing Kukharchuk.-- Edited by steven on Sunday...
ATP Australian Open Week 1 (Hard) - Andy Murray Doubles - Ross Hutchins, Ken Skupski, Colin FlemingCHALLENGERSNo Events this weekFUTURESSheffield F2 $15K (Indoor Hard) - Josh Goodall, Jamie Baker, Richard Bloomfield, Chris Eaton, David Rice, Alex Slabinsky,...
