As many must have realised, Dan Evans isn't too far behind cracking the ITF top 10. Even though it'll not be easy, if he gets to the top 10 by the end of 2007, it'll be great achievement as he'll - 1) Become only the third Brit to get there since the combined ranking system was launched. 2) Get gifts from L...
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The New Table is posted here (on britishtennis.net) Andy reached the final in Doha last year, so he's defending 175 points. As his 19th result is only a 25, this means he loses 150 points and drops back three places, past Haas, Berdych and Blake to 14 . Canas, Moya and Ljubicic are the other players drop...
The New Table is posted here (on britishtennis.net) Alex kicks off the season by jumping a massive nine places to 181 as players drop behind him . The (Illustrious) fallers are: Kim, Bachinger, Mirnyi, Phau, Goldstein, Malisse, Meffert and Guez. Boggo's playingthe Noumea Challenger this week, a...
Well, look who's popped up in singles qualifying here - one of just three unseeded non-Brazilians in the draw. QR1: Jamie Delgado WR 1208 v (q5) Diego Cristin (ARG) WR 482 OoP says 4th on Center after 10 am (noon GMT) on Monday 29th - I assume they mean Saturday 29th. It's virtually unheard of for a Brit...
This is the missed chance of the year for any Brits who were thinking of heading down to the southern hemisphere anyway - there are just four unranked wild cards in qualifying for this Challenger and nobody else - so they all qualify by default. I'm not sure why this is though - just a year ago, there were 2...
Anne is the only Brit to make the cut in a strong event with 6 qualifiers coming from a field of 48. Anne's section is: [3] Knapp vs. Keothavong Benesova vs. Ditty Petkovic vs. Georges [WC] Musgrave vs. [12] Kanepi Karin Knapp is a fast-rising 20 year-old Italian ranked 50 in the world. She did however lo...
As you might have guessed (or seen the email if you're a previous player) we're up and running again for the Australian Open! Once again I've set up a mini-league for those who want to join in. Once you've registered at the link below, go into the My Group settings and enter the following password (copy a...
The New Table is posted here (on britishtennis.net) Jamie starts the week by climbing two places to 212 as Guez and Delgado drop behind him. Mertl, Soeda, Rochus, Bohli and Klec also drop places. Jamie's not playing this week. The nearest threats are Dorsch, Guez and Anderson. Players who can overta...
ATP Australian Open Qualifying (Hard) - Alex Bogdanovic, Jamie Baker CHALLENGERSNone this weekFUTURESGermany F1 $15K+H (Indoor Carpet) - Richard Bloomfield, Miles Kasiri (Skupski) Spain F1 $10K (Clay) - James Ward El Salvador F1 $10K (Clay) - Ed Seator WTA Australian Open Qualifying (Har...
Who's your female player of the year for 2007 ? Nominees: (1) Anne Keothavong: Climbed from outside top 200 to a new career high of 118 and became the first British woman to make a WTA semis since 1992, in Kolkata. Also made two 50K finals in the States, winning the big Vancouver title and reached the fina...
Time to decide who is your player of the year for 2007: Nominees: (1) Andy Murray: Despite missing 3 months of the year with a wrist injury, Andy still managed to reach a career high of no 8, reach 4 atp finals (2 titles), make 2 masters series semis and finish at no 11 (2) Jamie Murray: The elder Murray won h...
Nominees: (1) Anna Fitzpatrick: Anna ended the year at a new career high inside the top 400. Started the year well with a 10K final in Sunderland and then made the latter stages of further futures in Canada and Nottingham later in the year. She's started to trouble challenger level players on a regular...
