The Goldings will attempt to qualify here QR1: Alex Golding UNR v Alejandro Chong UNR (VEN) Winner to play (q1) in next round QR1: (WC) Myles David Golding UNR v (q10) Conor Pollock WR 1247 (USA) Doubt I will put much on either one to progress much! -- Edited by Smidster at 19:47, 2008-10-18
Fitzy is here, as he suggested he would be earlier this year, and as 1st Alt on the last IF update has probably scraped into the main draw. He is joined by Feaver, who is likely to be seeded, and Maniel Bains.
Katie O'Brien is the sole Brit in a fairly strong qualifying draw. She starts against an opponent who beat her earlier in the year in Dubai: (1) Ekaterina Makarova RUS v Dominika Nociarova SVK Eva Hrdinova (CZE) v Katie O'Brien (GBR) Elena Vesnina (RUS) v Nina Bratchikova (RUS) Kathrin Woerle (GER) v...
ATP St Petersburg $1 Million (Indoor Carpet) - Andy Murray CHALLENGERSNone FUTURESGlasgow F16 $10K (Indoor Hard) - Ken Skupski, Neil Bamford, Matt Illingworth (Thornley, Flanagan, Cox, Milton, Fleming, Kinsella, Rice, Smethurst, Arlidge, Watling, Pritchard) France F20 $10K+H (Indoor Har...
Slabba should have a high seeding here, and he is joined in the MD by Chris Eaton and James Ward. QR1: Chris Harfield UNR v Etienne Leite (FRA) UNR QR1: Olivier Golding UNR bye QR2: Chris Harfield UNR or Etienne Leite (FRA) UNR v (q1) Stephen Bass (USA) WR 487 QR2: Olivier Golding UNR v (q12) Kenny De Sche...
A friend of mine in Italy is friends with Claudio and told me that he had English heritage. Any chance of the talented, ambidextrous player who is top 500 being in contention for DC?
First singles match tomorrow, but at 2pm local time (1pm UK), it should not be a problem for Andy. Monfils might be, though. Another one who has been in very good form recently. He is a bit erratic and flashy but when he is on, he is very hard to beat. I'm hoping Andy can knock him "off". The H2H is...
This ITF event is so strong that Anne Keothavong, the only Brit playing singles here, is unseeded. Her first round draw is one of the best available. Live scoring and live streaming are on offer at times during the week.
Lucie Safarova CZE [5] vs Jelena Kostani Tosi CRO
Andreja Klepac SLO vs Anne Ke...
QR1: Ned Boone UNR v Oliver Cuthill (NZL) UNR QR1: (q4) George Coupland WR 1463 v Eric Fisher (RSA) UNR QR1: Chris Doerr UNR v Agustin Rega (URU) UNR QR1: Benjamin Smith UNR v Filip Kanczula (POL) UNR
QR2: (q3) Timothy Bradshaw WR 1354 v Arturo Loaiza (MEX) UNR QR2: Chris Priddle UNR v (q6) Jared Drucker (USA) WR 1562 Kyle Brassington was 1st Alt at the last update on ITF and given that we know he's been in Mexico and the 2nd Alt is the top seed in qualifying, it's almost certain that sure Kyle will has sc...
So Andy plays the Croatian not before 1.30pm local time on the 'Pista alcala'. Andy has only played Marin once at ATP level...well DC level...Andy winning in 5 sets on the grass. Cilic has picked up his maiden ATP title this year and has beaten Roddick, PHM (twice) , Gonzo...but lost to Seppi, PHM (twic...
Amanda Elliott looks to get back to winning ways here. She is the 4th seed in qualies.
Q1: Amanda ELLIOTT (GBR) (4) 315 vs BYE
Q2: Amanda ELLIOTT (GBR) (4) 315 vs Gracia RADOVANOVIC (FRA) 760/ Valentina SASSI (ITA) 610 (CH=144 2002)
Carreras should be the 7th seed in the main draw. There is some British interest in qualies.
Q1: Elizabeth THOMS (GBR) UNR vs BYE
Q1: Jodie MCKINNON (GBR) UNR vs Maria-Teresa TORRO-FLOR (ESP) UNR
Q2: Elizabeth THOMS (GBR) UNR vs Eleonora PUNZO (ITA) (4) 1037
Nicola Slater, needing just one more point to get a much deserved ranking, is a DA here in this weak 10k, but has drawn the 4th seed. Still it's a winnable match for Nic who is by far our best unranked player. L32: Nicola Slater UNR v (4) Tomoko Dokei WR 659 (CH 360 in Nov 04)
Main Draw 1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 1 2 Federer, Roger SUI 2 3 Djokovic, Novak SRB 3 4 Ferrer, David ESP 4 5 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 5 6 Murray, Andy GBR 6 7 Nalbandian, David ARG 7 8 Roddick, Andy USA 8 9 Blake, James USA 9 10 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 10 11 Gonzalez, Fernando CHI 11 12 Gasque...
4th on court, so mid-afternoon sometime UK time.
Bolelli lost in the final round of qualifying, but got in as a Lucky Loser when Safin withdrew. He then beat Almagro in straight sets (but Almagro is not at his best off clay).
It should be a straightforward match for Andy, but the Italian is ranked 43...
Georgie Stoop has returned home after her successful American series, so attention turns to Johanna Konta, who is in the same qualifying section as doubles specialist Margot Carter:
(3) Christina McHale (USA) v Brooke Bolender (USA)
Brittany Augustine (USA) v Margot Carter (GBR)
Svetlana K...
