As many of you know, I'm intending to try and get more boards/sites involved and run a much bigger pick 'em for Wimby if we can make it feasible to run it without the master spreadsheet (or Bethan or me, for that matter) cracking under the strain! Two reasons - 1) because it would be fun and 2) to tempt...
Rebecca Fong won her first round match:
Rebecca FONG (GBR) defeated Petra RAMPRE (SLO) (3) 16 63 62
Rampre is currently ranked 570 but was ranked as high as 162 in 2000. She is also coached by the legendary Mima Jausovec - maybe she is passed her best, but this is still an impressive win for Becky...
British competitors in the main draw of the French Open may have been conspicuous by their absence this year, but there will be four British boys in the junior competition next week for the fi...
Well unless I am mistaken we have no British men left playing singles in either Futures, Challengers or ATPs. Still a few guys in doubles I think. The LTA want 4 guys around the top 20 by 2012....we need more pro players playing and getting further into events now if they want that !!!
Tournament Key : M-FU-IND-03A-2007 Dates : 28 May to 03 Jun 2007 Venue : Chandigarh, India Surface : Hard Two Brits have made the trip here... MD entry list.. 7 - Smith, Matt GBR 773 9 - Searle, Robert GBR 867 (Ross Connolly withdrew earlier this month) Useless fact about India - Now the biggest 'whisky'...
1 Ancic, Mario CRO 17 2 Fish, Mardy USA 31 3 Santoro, Fabrice FRA 55 4 Spadea, Vincent USA 66 5 Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 76 6 Pless, Kristian DEN 81 7 Llodra, Michael FRA 87 8 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 90 9 Peya, Alexander AUT 98 10 Guccione, Chris AUS 99 11 Udomchoke, Danai THA 103 12 Berrer, Michael GER 105 13 Mahu...
Tournament Key : M-FU-POL-03A-2007 Dates : 28 May to 03 Jun 2007 Venue : Krakow, Poland Surface : Clay Alts : 20 - Seator, Ed GBR 1034 Ed should make it into the MD. 41 - Illingworth, Matt GBR 1283 -- Edited by Drew at 10:48, 2007-05-26
So its Henman vs Gulbis. The veteran against the Grand Slam debutant. Ernests is at a career high of 84 in the world rankings. He has emerged pretty fast and is definitely a prospect though I don't think hee'll come anywhere neat the likes of Nole/Andy/Monfils etc.... Reached ATP St Petersburg semis o...
Tournament Key : M-FU-BUL-04A-2007 Dates : 28 May to 03 Jun 2007 Venue : Sofia 2, Bulgaria Surface : Clay MD entry list... 14 - Slabinsky, alex GBR 840 Alts... 21 - Seator, Ed GBR 1034 41 - Illingworth, Matt GBR 1283 Ed and Matt are in the Alts list for Poland, Ukraine and Here so will have to wait and see. -- E...
Tournament Key : M-FU-CZE-04A-2007 Dates : 28 May to 03 Jun 2007 Venue : Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic Surface : Clay Sean Thornley turns up in the Qualies... QR1 (1 of 3) Sean Thornley (8) GBR WR1341 v Bye QR2 will be against an unranked player.
Tournament Key : M-FU-UKR-01A-2007 Dates : 28 May to 03 Jun 2007 Venue : Cherkassy, Ukraine Surface : Clay MD entry list... 6 - Blake, Myles GBR 773 Alts : 20 - Seator, Ed GBR 1034 Ed is in the same alts position in both Poland F3 and here. Will update when QD/MD are released. -- Edited by Drew at 10:47, 2007-...
This interview was published in the Indy last Wednesday: (headlines, to give you a flavour: Countdown to the French Open: Djokovic opens up gap on Murray as new generation bring back charisma Scot's greatest rival ma...
you never know, this may come in useful for some of us in the near future !! 1. Get a copy of the exam, run out screaming "Andre, Andre, I've got the secret documents!!" 2. Talk the entire way through the exam. Read questions aloud, debate your answers with yourself out loud. If asked to stop, y...
This is the strongest Grade A out there apart the Slams. It begins on 21st May. Entry List.Main draw: Daniel Evans, David Rice, Graeme Dyce, Daniel Cox. Qualies: Neil Pauffley, Josh Milton...
The New table is posted here (on britishtennis.net) Josh and Jamie are both defending points from Greece F2 last year Jamie defends 12 points from winning it and drops 16 places to 253 Josh defends 8 points having lost the final to Jamie, and drops 8 places to 226 Jonny gains a place as Craciun drops beh...
Tournament Key : M-FU-ROU-05A-2007 Dates : 28 May to 03 Jun 2007 Venue : Bacau, Romania Surface : Clay No Brits in the MD entry list but Ned Boone pops up in qualies. All players bye into QR2 (Only 2 qualy rounds) Ned Boone UNR GBR v Olivier Zsok(1) 1512 ROU So he gets the top seed but that isnt much !!!!
