From the contingent in Mexico, Heather Watson will be heading shortly for Australia, preparing for the AO Juniors, whilst John-Randolph Thornton moved rapidly to Sweden. That leaves just 3 Brits for the second Latin American leg. Alex has his work cut out playing a Casablanca Cup semi-finalist. B...
Both the Ren sisters are seeded here, and the Boys' draw includes John-Randolph Thornton, who played in the overlapping Casablanca Cup earlier in the week, joined here by Elliot Barnwell and qualifier Oliver Golding. Boys Singles R1 Nima MADANI (SWE) Vs Elliot BARNELL (GBR) John-Randolph THORNT...
What if.... ...Alex Bogdanovic were to win Nouema? He would have points 524 and would definitely overtake: Dorsch, Pashanski, Bjorkman, Hartfield, Bogomolov Jr, Snobel, Cruciat, Huta Galung, Schukin, Falla, Munoz-De La Nava, Brzezicki, Bjorn Rehnquist, Miguel Angel Lopez Jaen, Lukas Rosol,...
Jamie Murray begins his new partnership with Dusan Vemic, in the first round they have drawn the reunited team of Julian Knowle & Jurgen Melzer. Jamie is still probably having nightmares about the DC tie last year...
Andy begins his campaign with what should be a straightforward match against the clay court specialist Montanes at 1pm GMT today. Livestreams available on Betfair and Bet 365.
Andy Murray will be in the doubles draw with Ross Hutchins as well as in the singles, and in qualifying... QR1: Gregory Howe WR 1315 v Sergei Bubka (UKR) WR 272 Good chance for Greg to stake a claim for a DC spot in Glasgow then.
Stephen on GBTG has alerted me to the new rules, and in particular changes to the rankings system, to be introduced next year If you are keen to wade through 448 pages then you can download them at http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/shared/thewtatour/officialrules/rules.pdf Fr...
Sheddie our wonderful but fairly absent administrator usually sets these up at this time of year but no sign of him...well not yet. I have asked various members to issue short lists of up to 5 players per category for evaluation prior to starting the relevant threads. Proposed Categories : Top Male Ju...
hi craig, dont think i will be in dallas this year. ranking has dropped as i have missed most of last year. would love to be there. hope you are well and all the preparations are going smoothly, Jamie Doesn't look like we'll have a big field from players across the pond this year. Unfortunately. As y...
We know that the LTA like to set targets that they don't ever seem to achieve, so last year I said an achieveable target was 12 Britsh male players in the top 500. We got 10, but it was close up to the last couple of months. Next year, this is my target that I think the LTA should strive for ... 8 British male pla...
Unlike the main tour, in challenger and futures level events from 2009, the main increase in points will come in the tournament winners, more so than the other rounds. eg: in a 10k future, the semis finalists pts increase from 4 to 5, the runner-ups pts from just 8 to 9 where as the winners go from 12 to...
I thought there was a thread for this but I can't find it. Six players - Andy, Fed, Rafa, Davydenko, Blake and Roddick. Today's matches are Roddick v Davydenko, starting about now, with Andy v Blake following. The tournament website appears to be going to show live scores. [url]http://www.capitala...
The first of the season's 9 Grade A tournaments (including Grand Slams) is the weakest in terms of rankings, given the timing and location of the event. Heather Watson is the main British hope here, being seeded 5. The top seed is the player she beat in the Yucatan Cup final - world number 6 Ana Bogdan Gir...
We have a thread for the men so why not the women? Keothavong 50 South 92 O'Brien 140 Baltacha 150 Stoop 160 Cavaday 190 Webley-Smith 210 Robson 220 Smith 250 (but may convert to Sweden) Elliot 280 Br...
Melanie South is the only Brit in qualifying for the season opener and plays Russian Ekaterina Bychkova, ranked just below her, in the first qualifying round. -- Edited by DavidC at 20:24, 2009-01-01
"I am very excited to be working with Andy and Jamie, two of the brightest British talents in global sports," said Fuller.Two of the brightest British talents? Shurely shome mishtake .....
WEEK 03:ANNA SMITH wins doubles at SUNDERLAND 10K WEEK 07:ANNA SMITH wins doubles at STOCKHOLM 25K WEEK 08: SARAH BORWELL wins doubles at CAPRIOLO 25K WEEK 08: OLIVIA SCARFI wins doubles at BENIN CITY 10K WEEK 08: ANNE KEOTHAVONG wins CAPRIOLO 25K WEEK 08: ANNA FITZPATRICK wins doubles at CLEARWATE...
TOURNAMENT VICTORIESWeek 01: Andy Murray DOHA OPEN 01: Jamie Delgado BRAZIL CHALLENGER doubles 03: Richard Bloomfield SUNDERLAND 10K F1 03: Richard Bloomfield and Ken Skupski SUNDERLAND 10K F1 doubles ...
