For the first time in a decade there is British representation in the US Open main draw, thanks to Anne Keothavong's top 100 ranking. Tomorrow evening sees the draw for qualifying, as 4 Brits try to end an 11 year sequence without a qualifier. As can be seen from the historical records below only Naomi C...
Tournament Key : M-FU-AUS-07A-2008 Dates : 22 Sep to 28 Sep 2008 Venue : Gympie, Australia Surface : Hard Myles Blake in the MD again in this 15K. He needs a few wins !
It was widely reported that Paul Hutchins was going to speak to Daniel regarding his 4 month ban. The speculation was that after his 14 match winning run and back to back titles he would be brought back into the LTA fold. Well for whatever reason he remains out. He may well be with Cox and Smethurst out in S...
A host of Brits are going to make their way to this 10k event. The highlight will hopefully be Laura Robson's professional debut, she is still on the alts list though. In the main draw there, Anna Smith should be the top seed, Yasmin Clarke the 3rd seed, Emily Webley-Smith the 8th seed, and they are joine...
Alex Bogdanovic v Alex Peya They have never met on the main tour but Peya has beaten Boggo twice in Challengers dating back 3 and 4 years respectfully. In both those occasions Peya never dropped a set. Bogdanovic appears to be the better server winning more points, more aces, fewer double faults and cr...
Day 3 already and before I know it I will be on a plane home....my flight back is at 9pm...i need to leave here then at 7pm. Which means (Andy if your reading this take note !) that Andy needs to win in 90 mins to allow the four hours for Boggo to beat Peya !! More later...away to mug Shedman on Henman hill or Mur...
Andy Murray v Jurgen Melzer Match PreviewMelzer claimed yesterday that there is nothing personal between him and Andy. Whether the reverse is true is up for debate. Andys repeated choking gestures and comments to the media and on court to the crowd does make you wonder if the Scot has been offended by...
We have a couple of Brits who have turned up and got into the qualies... HORN, Ethan USA v CORRIE, Edward GBR JONES, Max GBR v RAMOS, Lenoir BRA Hard court event.
ANDY MURRAY FACES CRITICAL FOURTH RUBBER SHOWDOWNAndy Murray faces old foe, Jurgen Melzer, in the fourth rubber of Great Britains Davis Cup by BNP Paribas tie on Sunday, the British team trailing the Austrians one rubber to two after Saturdays play. The British No.1 will have to win his re-match...
The waiting press pack could not wait to get stuck into the team. For the first 5-6 mins all the questions were point to JL who did his best to defend the team selection. As it turns out Andy wanted to play even though he does have a very slight groin issue. He gets this when he switches surfaces apparently....
Main draw will contain Goodall, Skupski, Evans, Illingworth, Flanagan, Thornley, Brewer, Milton and possibly Arlidge. Possible wild cards Rice...and now I'm struggling. QR1: (q1) Tim Hewitt WR 954 bye QR1: Scott Dickson UNR bye QR1: Sundeep Ubhi UNR v David O'Leary UNR QR1: Mark Beckles UNR b by...
The quartet of Naomi Broady, Liz Thomas, Jocelyn Rae and Sophie Proctor take part in the second 25K down under. Naomi and Liz should be in the main draw, whilst in qualification: Jocelyn Rae (GBR) 4 v bye Renee Lampret (AUS) v Elizabeth James (AUS) Mary-Ann Balint (AUS) v Oriana Nowicki (AUS) Lucia Gon...
Anne Keothavong just missed out on the opportunity to play in Beijing during the Olympics, but is in the Chinese capital for a strong Tier 2 event. She will have to play qualifying as in Tokyo, but at least will be spared the prospect of a rematch with Katarina Srebotnik in qualifying, who has waltzed in...
Well folks i must say this media centre is just great. There must be over 100 press desks with everything you need to pretend you know something about tennis ! Almost never got in this morning. Typically you might say the LTA sent me a letter with the wrong gate number on it. So after speaking to about a doz...
Davis Cup Day 2 Doubles Preview So the tie hangs delicately at 1-1 with both coaches satisfied on a good first day.It was always odds-on that Melzer and Murray would win. If you want to look for a thread of British dominance then Britain lead the Austrians by 4 sets to 3.John Lloyd answered the very first...
Georgie Stoop had a very successful summer in the States, and has returned for a series of strong challengers, just missing the main draw cut here: Qualifying draw: (1)Georgie Stoop (GBR) bye Theresa Logar (USA) vs Zoe Gwen Scandalis (USA) Mami Inoue (USA) vs Kim-Anh Nguyen (USA) Lena Litvak (USA) v...
To read the Q&A put to Boggo please go to the web site : http://www.britishtennis.net/Davis%20Cup.html A big thanks to Count for his help. Questions written by me.
