Edward Seator and Maniel Bains in MD. The top 3 seeds in qualifying have all got byes into the main draw, but the 4th seed, our own Andrew Fitzpatrick, plays Fabio Lavazza from Italy for a place in the main draw. Lavazza is 27 years old, and has lost all five of his pro matches, the last one being in Nov 2005...
Just a note that Marcus has a tennis tournament this weekend. It is our first road trip for tennis and we are all going out to Billings, Montana. Billings is about two hours east of Bozeman and is the biggest town in Montana. Marcus will be playing in under 12s & under 10s singles. He is not playin...
The New Table is posted here (on britishtennis.net) Jamie starts the week by climbing one place to 267, as Saretta defends points from '07. Kuznetsov, Peya, Chen and Marrero also drop places. There's 18 points on offer at the US F4 Futures. If Jamie wins the tournament, he could climb as high as 239. No...
Anna F continues her American venture. The other seed in qualifying, Nicole Thyssen, is a tough prospect, being a 19 year old Dutch Fed Cup player who is rapidly improving. (7)Nicole Thyssen (NED) v (wc)Alexandra Cercone (USA) (15)Anna Fitzpatrick (GBR) v Kimberly Couts (USA)
The New Table is posted here (on britishtennis.net) Andy's defending his Memphis semi- final points, so having just climbed back into the top 10, he now drops behind Berdych and Nalbandian to 12 He needs to reach the semis to have a chance of regaining the top 10. Winning the title could get him as hi...
Anne is in the main draw here along with Mel, providing she gets the all-clear from her doctor. Sarah is in qualifying: (4)Sarah Borwell (GBR) v (wc)Annalisa Bona (ITA) (10)Claire Feuerstein (FRA) v Irina Buryachok (UKR) The surface is indoor carpet
The New Table is posted here (on britishtennis.net) Boggo's starts the week climbing 2 places to 191 as Menendez and Di Mauro drop behind him. Montcourt drops as well. Bachinger won his R1 of qualies in Rotterdam, and so overtakes Alex, knocking him back to 192 80 points on offer this week, which cou...
A new Braveheart
By Alistair Magowan
Great Britain's return to Scotland in the Davis Cup was supposed to be the chance for Scottish fans to roar their own Braveheart on to victory.
But while Greg Rusedski produced a sterling effort, illness and injury sapped Andy Murray's chances...
James Ward and Tom Rushby in MD.
Ross Connolly (12) v Daniel-Manuel Sanchez Martinez (Mex)
Christopher Hartfield v Derek Schwandt (Usa)
Jonathan Kinsella v Christian Kloimullner (Aut)
Sean Thornley (10) v Chris Herbert
Kyle Bassington v Andres Garriga Rivero (Ven)
R1 Romina Sceats v Aude Vermoezen (Bel) Amanda Carreras v Bijana Pavlova (Bul) (5) Katharina Brown v Melisa Carbera-Handt (Esp) (8) -- Edited by wolf at 21:48, 2008-02-17
Now that Andy has followed up his withdrawal from the Davis Cup by winning his next event, does that make you feel all the more betrayed or does it justify his decision. It seems pretty clear that he didnt drop out with an injury he simply thought he'd be more likely to pick up an injury if he played. Given B...
This one's worth 80 points to the winner & according to the tournament site, Boggo will be trying to qualify from Saturday... Top seed currently looking likely to be the French WC, Fabrice Santoro.
Chris Eaton, after his victory in week 7's doubles final, came through three rounds of qualifying for week 8's tournament without dropping a set - his reward, a main draw match with the number 4 seed, Dawid Olejniczak of Poland. Josh Goodall has a much easier looking section, his first opponent bein...
So am I right in saying James has cracked the top 500? If so, can I remind people of Edwards comments of.....well, not bothering!!! Every increase up the rankings obviously creates more and more opportunities. 1oo is a rough guide to playing on the ATP tour, 300 the Challengers and a ranking of 600 w...
Worth a massive 300 points to the winner, this one! Andy, as has already been reported, is the sixth seed & in the same half of the draw as Davy-donkey (2). If he gets past Haase, a WC, he will face the German, Michael Berrer, who earlier saw off his compatriot (& a qualifier), Matthias Bachin...
Jamie Murray (the defending champion) play with Max Mirnyi, they are the 3rd seeds and have drawn Rohan Bopanna and Aisham-Ul-Haq Qureshi in R1, who won 4 challengers together last year.
Tournament Key : M-FU-MAR-01A-2008 Dates : 25 Feb to 02 Mar 2008 Venue : Oujda, Morocco Surface : Clay 3 Bits in the alts list : Barlow, Feaver and Levi but the last two are down for elsewhere also.
1 BALAZS, A (HUN) 1 2 CROWE, J (AUS) 3 WC PAKPOOMKAMOL, P (THA) 4 IRWIN, R (GBR) 10 5 ZEMAN, F (CZE) 2 6 WC KORKIATTHAWORN, W (THA) 7 REISSIG, N (AUT) 8 SUGITA, Y (JPN) 16 9 KELLNER, A (HUN) 3 10 WC SIRILUETHAIWATTANA, P (THA) 11 KIM, H (KOR) 12 STOJAN, D (SUI) 14 13 CAZES-CARRER...
Boys Singles: R1: James ALLEMBY (GBR) (7) defeated Mohammed Ali RIANI (TUN) 6-0 6-1 R2: James ALLEMBY (GBR) (7) defeated Ogulcan OZGENC (TUR) 6-4 4-6 6-4 QF: Scott GRIEKSPOOR (NED) Vs James ALLEMBY (GBR) (7) Boys Doubles: R1: GRIEKSPOOR (NED) / GRIEKSPOOR (NED) Vs ALLEMBY (GBR) / GHIO (ITA) KODELJA...
