As wolf mentioned last week (though on a different thread, I think, as there doesn't seem to be one dedicated to this particular tournament), Hutch & Hussy are back in harness together in Houston. They are seeded fourth & play James Cerretani & Dick Norman the first round, though not to...
Q1: Nicola SLATER (GBR) UNR vs BYE Q2: Nicola SLATER (GBR) UNR vs Aranza SALUT (ARG) (7) 452 Great to see Nicola back in action, hopefully she can get her first win of 2009.
Liam Broady lost in qualifying here, but there are seven Brits in the main draws, including Tom Allen, aiming to take out a top seeded player for the third successive tournament. Boys Singles R1 (L32) Philippos Tsangaridis (CYP) Vs Christopher Simpson (GBR) (Q) Andrew Bettles (GBR) Vs Jose-Maria F...
Most of our top U14s are here for this strong event and Evan Hoyt, Katy Dunne and Pippa Horn have all made the quarter-finals. Live streaming is available every day from the centre court, and Katy is playing at the moment, followed later by 2 of our top doubles teams (Katy/Pippa and Luke Bambridge/Chri...
Hannah James is the third seed in a tournament which was won by Jane O'Donoghue back in 2000. She is joined by Nicola George, Hannah Martin-Merchant and Francesca Stephenson. Francesca appears in the draw as a Lucky Loser replacing another Brit, Joanna Horne. R1 (L64) (LL) Francesca Stephenson (GB...
The last of the Asian Grade 1s has a slightly weaker field, enabling 3 Brits to be seeded, even without the presence of the Thomson twins and Jordan McCulloch. Last week's finalist Riki McLachlan, who ended Alastair Barnes' hopes, is seeded to meet Ahmed El Menshawy in the last 16. R1 (L64) (16) Alex Go...
No. of players in the top 500 by country as at 10 Nov 2008 (I'll update at the year end), with change since 31 Dec 2007 and whether the country is in the Davis Cup World Group in 2008 and/or 2009. Looking at the biggest changes: - Brazil's +5 is no doubt linked to them having 10 more Futures there this year tha...
Jamie Murray aims to turn around his form partnering Simon Aspelin and they have as kinder draw as they could have hoped; they face Rik De Voest & Bobby Reynolds (RSA/USA). Reynolds though is fresh off from winning the Sunrise challenger with Booty last week. Ross Hutchins has chosen Jordan Ker...
Not before 7pm local, midnight here, again. H2H is 2-0 in Andy's favour, but Delpo looks in good form, though I only saw the very end of the match where he beat Rafa and Rafa looked on his last legs. I think Andy will have to serve better than he did last night. I haven't seen the match stats but it seemed to me...
Amanda stays on for the third tournament but has to come through qualies this time: Q1: Amanda CARRERAS 1, 552 vs BYE Q2: Amanda CARRERAS 1, 552 vs Carolina ZEBALLOS (ARG) UNR
QR1: David Baxendine UNR v Norman Love (USA) UNR - winner to play winner of the match below QR1: Jack Baker UNR v (q13) Luis Diaz-Barriga (MEX) WR 1219 QR1: (q11) Timothy Bradshaw WR 1165 v Kiril Tcherveniachki (NZL) UNR QR1: Max Gregor UNR v (q5) Yohny Romero (VEN) WR 748 QR1: (q16) Max Jones WR 1536 v Mic...
Prior to this year's AO, the head-to-head between these two was 5-0, but we all know what happened in the last 16 at Melbourne Park... Still, a chance now to avenge that defeat in five sets - but he's going to have to buck up his ideas: his win over Troicki today was no more than adequate. As a friend of m...
QR1: Nikki Roenn UNR v Ruslan Chomaev (RUS) UNR Hopefully James Feaver not appearing in the qualifying draw and having been Alt-3 to the no. 1 qualifying seed's Alt-5 means he got a main draw DA here in the end.
Fitzy, Jade C and Tara M should be in the main draw, but there is also British interest in qualies: Q1: Alexandra ZANIEWSKI UNR vs Olga KISHCHUN (UKR) UNRQ1: Nicola MOONEY 1058 vs Giannina MINIERI (CHI) UNRQ1: Laura COLLINS UNR vs Khristina KAZIMOVA (UKR) 1000Q1: Abi CLAYDON UNR vs Carly PETIT (FRA) U...
I hear that the entry procedure for ATP Challengers has changed? What are the changes? Do you have to enter via an entry form beforehand, if so where can these be obtained from? Can you still sign in for qualies to see if you get in? Cheers guys...
Yet another encounter without much history: Andy's played - & beaten - Troicki once before in his career, last year in the first round at St Petersburg (4 & 4) on his way to the title... Should at least repeat that feat, provided he raises his game. He certainly can't afford a repeat of the sl...
"Colin Fleming, an old friend of the Murrays leading North of Scotland's attempt to preserve their Group One status, swears by its value to the extent that he and his partner, Jonathon Pankhurst, have won all nine rubbers so far and he intends to take it with him when he re-embarks next week on his...
Match presumably to be played on Monday. They've met once before, at Wimbledon in 2006, when Andy won in straight sets, 1, 4 & 4. Here's hoping he keeps that run going, which I expect him to do on the assumption that he's got the loose match out of his system...
Hey guys, Got interview with Chris Eaton up. He says some controversial stuff about most players not making the top 100 til they are past 20 years old. Not sure about that. Anyway, interivew is at alexkayblog.dailymail.co.uk if you fancy a read... and well done mr evans!
Who do you see as making a big jump or a big drop in 2009 James Ward - Improvement (Top 200) Has the weapons to push through Alex Bogdanovic - Drop (Top 300) Don't see how he can get back towards the top 100 sadly Josh Goodall - Improvement (Top 120) This is his chance, he has to build on a solid 2008 sooner rath...
