Bloomfield/Marray take the 3rd set against 16th seeds Fyrstenberg/Kubot, breaking in the 10th game, after losing a previous break and almost going a break down themselves. They lead 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 1-0. Hutchins and Goodall lose in 4 sets to Tursunov and Kunitsyn.
Rob Dee vs GARCIA-PARRA, Xavier (ESP) Antoni Gomez vs CHALA, Eddy [4] (1078) (FRA)Gary Chamberlain vs PALACIOS-SIEGENTHALE, Marcelo (ESP)Benjamin-George Levi vs GOOSSENS, Yannick (NED)all players unranked unless stated. British players first...
3 Brits in qualifying here, but they all lost in the first round Marco Bella (ITA) def. John Rambotas (GBR) - 6-1, 6-2 Valerio Caresse (ITA) def. Paul Bishop (GBR) - 6-3, 6-0 Adriano-Bonilha Garcia (BRA) def. Dominic Ross-Hurst - 6-3, 6-2
I've been delighted by the increased attention paid to Jamie by the British media this year in Andy's absence from Wimbledon, not to mention his & Eric's win over the 7th seeds, Erlich & Ram, yesterday evening. Below is an interview (well, more a Q&A) with him which appeared in yes...
No British players were left in the singles by day 5 this year, the first time that's happened for 17 years. Speaking to reporters after his defeat to Feliciano Lopez in rd2 yesterday, Henman said "Yeah, it's depressing. I think for years we've been far too accepting of mediocrity. I think you lo...
i will try and update every monday when the new rankings come out ranking (prv. rank) name points 154(188)O'BRIEN, KATIE GBR206.500.0031169(204)SOUTH, MELANIE GBR182.000.0033178(179)KEOTHAVONG, ANNE GBR172.500.0031232(233)CAVADAY, NAOMI...
Murray blames British attitudes (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6260352.stm) British number one Andy Murray has launched a wide-ranging attack on underachieving British tennis players and the authorities that run the sport. "The problem with British tennis is that there'...
Just the 1 Brit has made the trip for qualifying here, as Gregory Howe is here Gregory Howe (GBR) unr vs. Andrew Howe (AUS) unr At least 1 Howe will make the second round! Very tough for Greg to qualify here, as in the final round he would have to overcome Phillip Marx, ranked at 595 (the top seed here is rank...
The New Table is posted here (on britishtennis.net) Alex starts the week climbing three places to 105 , as Sanguinetti, Dlouhy and Stepanek defend points from last year (Alex only defends 5). Unfortunately, he loses one of those places immediately as Roger-Vasselin overtakes because he qualifi...
The New Table is posted here (on britishtennis.net) Bloomers, of course, is defending his controversial R1 win at last year's Wimbledon. As the week begins, therefore, he drops a massive 33 places out of the top 200 to 227 back into the Josh- Jonny table. He also loses places as Qureshi and Lopez gain p...
How much influence does the BBC have on the order of play each day? All broadcasters can put their requests for when they would like a match to be played via official systems at the club and those are then passed on to the referee's office. Clearly as host broadcaster, the BBC would like to feel we have a go...
Rain delayed the start of play until 3.15 and then returnrd at 4.15 During which time Auckland/Curran beat Childs/O'Brien 6-2 6-1 Bloomers/Marray took the first game against 16th seeds Fyrstenberg/Kubot and held on to take first set 6-3 - Second set missed 2 break points but still on serve at 3-3 whe...
Lots of action tomorrow in addition to the unfinished men's matches. Apologies if I shouldn't be including the mixed... Goody & Hutch vs Kunitsyn & Tursunov in the 4th match on Court 4 Boggo & Mel South vs Benjamin Becker & Anna-Lena Groeneveld in the 5th match on Court 7 Delgo &...
Katie is scheduled fourth match Wednesday on court 13 (following Safina, Hingis and Ljubicic) with Baltacha/Cavaday v Sfar/Foretz to follow (rain permitting). Good luck Katie
Atm, britishtennis.net is 10th on the google listings for "British tennis." To get more clicks and therefore, more members it needs to be higher. Google listings are determined mainly on the no of clicks a site gets for google. Eg: the LTA site is top because that gets the most clicks from...
dont know if they will get round to this today, currently becker v chela is 8-8 in the 5th. mahut/clement was also a huge match, and there is a ladies match still to play (sugi v south) before alex gets in action.
Q. Looked pretty frustrated playing out there. How did you view the match? Katie: Yeah, a little disappointed because I didn't feel I did myself justice today. I mean, it was pretty difficult. I mean, getting quite far down where I lose my serve early on, it was a struggle from there. Yeah, just so frust...
The following article from the Daily Telegraph website explains the recent mysteries surrounding Amanda's health, form and Wimbledon wildcard:
Congratulations to Amanda Keen. The British No 5, and daughter of the 1961 ladies singles runner-up, Christine Truman, is pregnant.
This...
Tournament Key : M-FU-MAR-03A-2007 Dates : 25 Jun to 01 Jul 2007 Venue : Kenitra, Morocco Surface : Clay Only Ed made this trip.... MD entry list... 8 - Seator, Ed GBR 1003
