Has Rob Dee been handing over his cash to the Colombian drug barons (again?) in order to stake his claim for a late DC call-up by playing on clay in South America? (yes, yes, I making this up just for fun ...) He has a WC into the main draw of the wonderfully named Bucaramanga Future and he has been drawn ag...
Some to start: Katie - 107 Will enter top 100 and get DA for Wimbledon, but will fall out again after Grass. Anne - 118 Another mix of good runs, injuries and disappointing losses. Elena - 132 Some big results, but still inconsistent. Naomi C - 78 If she can recover quickly and stay healthy. Melanie - 166 B...
I have copied an extract from a post I put on the Sheffield thread, but seeing as the event is over it may well not get seen. However a discussion was taking place about whether our players were 'good enough for the top 100/ 200 but failing to live up to their potential (most people's opinion) or actually p...
I have to laugh, but that is what my brother-in-law told me at Thanksgiving when we were talking about Marcus' tennis. My nephew is 14 and plays American Football for his Middle School. He hopes to play High School Football one day. Marcus does not have the size or the attitude for American Football....
The New Table is posted here (on britishtennis.net) Jamie's not defending his Waikoloa final from '07, and is out of action this week. As of Saturday am, all Jamie's threats are playing Futures this week: expect some Challenger wildcards and qualifiers to emerge later. Jamie has 167 points and is si...
Rankings of the top 5 at certain ages. I've taken the rankings from 2 points per year, Wimbledon and the Year End Rankings. -- Edited by jamatthews at 14:27, 2008-01-28
The New Table is posted here (on britishtennis.net) Waikoloa, Hawaii: Alex's tour of the beach resorts continues! 55 points up for grabs this week, and very few other players around his ranking competing, so a good chance to move back up the rankings. If Alex were to win the title, he could rise up to 14...
Think we need a new thread for this..... the rules: Each week all the participants make one prediction: Which player will get through the most ATP tournament rounds, how many, AND who they go out to( or beat in the final). For example Tim , 2 rounds, Roddick or Andy, 3 rounds, Nadal or Boggo , wins , beatin...
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Tournament Key : M-FU-CRC-01A-2008 Dates : 21 Jan to 27 Jan 2008 Venue : San Jose, Costa Rica Surface : Hard Ed Seator will be seeded in the MD No other Brits in the QD
Tournament Key : M-FU-POR-02A-2008 Dates : 21 Jan to 27 Jan 2008 Venue : Albufeira 2, Portugal Surface : Hard (Outdoor) The second week has Slabinsky and Goodall looking to be in the top 5 seeds. We should se some Brits in the qualies....Feaver, Thornley ?
The New Table is posted here (on britishtennis.net) Andy's defending 150 points for a fourth round exit last year. The players around him are all defending at least that much. As a result, Andy climbs one place to sit at world number 8, as Gonzalez defends 700 points as last year's finalist, and drops b...
Just watched the last set and a bit of Tsonga beating Youzhny in straights. 7-5 6-0 7-6(6) He is just so talented and a joy to watch. Reminds me of Murray in 05/06 He now plays Nadal and what a match it will be. So beating Murray was no big fluke...he has beaten Gasguet and now Youzhny. What bet he makes the fi...
Tournament Key : M-FU-GBR-02A-2008 Dates : 21 Jan to 27 Jan 2008 Venue : Sheffield, Great Britain Surface : Hard Mannarino looks set to be the top seed at WR322 ! Kasiri, Eaton, Skupski, Flanagan, Bamford and possibly Irwin in the MD direct. Brewer, Feaver, Bains, Allinson, Illingworth, Rice and Tho...
Surface: hard (Decoturf), indoor Can't believe this hasn't been spotted yet: Hutch is back in Europe! He & Travis Parrott are the third seeds in the doubles at this event. Nowt much happening today - qualies for the singles still on the go...
Wild cards here for Jade Windley, Steph Cornish and Jennifer Ren - I assume Broady will get the last if she loses today (otherwise she will get the SE spot). They join Anna Smith, Natasha Khan, Liz Thomas, Emily Webley-Smith and Amanda Elliott in the Main Draw. In qualifying wild cards go to Aimee Gibso...
