By David C Top Boy Liam Broady Liam started the year ranked outside the top 100 in Tennis Europe 14 & under, finishing the year at 6, winning the Tennis Europe Junior Masters singles title in October. Liam also reached the singles final in the prestigious Les Petit As tournament and was a key member...
In the latest edition of Shark Bites, the ATP has finally trickled out a bit more info on the new ranking system for 2009 - now wonder they seem to be trying to hide it away. Would it be possible for you to explain how the transition from the old to the new points system is going to work? Will all the points at t...
This time on our home turf, the US Open, Tennisopolis will dominate the Battle of The Boards! We are throwing down the gauntlet and taking no prisoners. The whole Tennisopolis site is gearing up for the action and people are taking notice. Avery Tennis has stepped up to the plate and is giving a way...
Ross Hutchins & Stephen Huss will attempt to continue the form which saw them reach 3 succesive ATP finals at the end of 2008. In the first round they tackle the German pair of Michael Kohlmann & Phillip Petzschner.
Hi all, I am a keen British Tennis fan/follower, i saw a match at the Nottingham grass court event about two summers ago and watched James Richardson vs Ross Hutchins. I was very impressed with James Richardson's potential and his positive attitude on court, can anyone tell me what he is up to nowadays...
Very tough meeting in Brisbane for Jamie Murray & Dusan Vemic as they face the Polish 4th seeds Mariusz Fyrstenberg & Marcin Matkowski; who have been a real pain in the backside for Jamie in the last.
Just when you thought it was safe to watch a Grand Slam, TFF Dreamteam is back! As per usual the free to enter Fantasy League game gives you chance to select ten men and ten women for a collective £100m. Once you've signed up and selected your team, then why not join the mini-league I've set up by clicking o...
Overlapping with the Salk Open is a second Swedish Grade 4, which sees John-Randolph Thornton compete in his third main draw within the last 2 weeks. There are no Brits in the Girls event. R1 (Last 64) (5) John-Randolph THORNTON (GBR) Bye (7) Christopher SIMPSON (GBR) Bye Oliver GOLDING (GBR) v Kalle...
Boggo and Josh will be in the main draw here and it looks like the plane arrived this year and we actually have a qualifying competition - either that or players turned up for the sign in hoping they'd get straight through to the main draw again! QR1: Alex Slabinsky WR 351 v (WC) Matthieu Meyzen (FRA) UN...
By David C Most Improved Stephanie Cornish Steph has moved rapidly this year from outside 500 to the cusp of the top 100, thanks to a late season spurt, which saw her capture a Grade 2 title in China, before beating a top 50 player in the Eddie Herr Trophy. Joanna Henderson Joanna won a silver medal at the W...
A stronger British Tour tournament than usual, because some players are using it to limber up for Glasgow. The top 5 seeds had world rankings: (1) Ken Skupski has made it to the Final (2) Ian Flanagan went out in the QFs to Max Jones, who has also made it to the Final and is having an excellent week (3) Tim Br...
This is the first of 2 Grade 1 events acting as a warm-up for the Australian Open, with the main draw starting on Friday. The disappointing news is that Laura Robson was a late withdrawal (not clear whether this was due to the stomach muscle problem which occurred at the Orange Bowl). Hence there are jus...
Apologies for the delay in getting this done...not had much net work over the holidays ! Best Male : 32 votes castAndy Murray 84.4% James Ward 6.3% Most Improved Male : 30 votes castDaniel Evans 40% James Ward 30% Andy Murray 23.3% Top Female : 29 votes cast Anne K 96.6% Mel south 3.4% Most Improved Femal...
So if Andy is fit he will play Roddick for the 8th time on tour with Andy leading the H2H 5-2. (Does not incl Roddicks w/o at Queens). http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7821469.stm All wins have been in straight sets apart from last time out in China when Murray came back after losing the 2nd se...
A repeat of the first round last year which Andy of course won in three on his way to the title. The official head-to-head is now 4-2 in Andy's favour (excluding the Abu Dhabi result last week, as that was an exhibition tournament not sanctioned by the ATP). Second match on centre tomorrow, the first...
Anne will be in the main draw here. QR1: Katie O'Brien WR 159 v (q2) Ayumi Morita (JPN) WR 86 - 5th on Centre QR1: Elena Baltacha WR 136 v Ekaterina Dzehalevich (BLR) WR 143 - 1st on Centre at 09.30 NZT / 20.30 GMT The other seeds in Elena's section are (q3) Kristina Barrois (GER) WR 88 and (q5) Patricia Mayr (...
Andy leads the H2H 2-0 with wins in the Davis Cup in 2006 and the US Open boys final in 2004. I seem to remember there wasn't much love lost between the pair at that DC match as well. Anyway the QF line-up in Doha is: - Nadal v Monfils Roddick v Hanescu Murray v Stakhovsky Federer v Kohlschreiber -- Edited by...
Thank you to everyone who voted in the 2008 Forum Awards. I've just landed back on UK soil and counted all the votes and here are the winners: 1. Funniest Poster of the Year - (2007 winner - Count Zero) COUNT ZERO 2. Most Optomistic Poster of the Year - (2007 winner - John) JOHNNYLAD 3. Forum Reporter of the...
