Sensational performance from England today, bowling Pakistan out from 90-2 to 119 all out from 6-19 from Steve Harmison and also an impressive 3 wicket haul for Monty Panesar, on a pitch which offered more to pace bowlers he was getting substantial turn.
Trescothick and Strauss got out to lazy s...
Boggo will be top seed here as Saulnier has pulled out
Martin Lee will also be seeded while Arvs, Matt Smith, Mackin and Goodall all in main draw (and should be joined by Delgado and Childs)
Come on the Brits!
Sarah Borwell and Sarah Coles both lost in qualifying
BUt today see Anne Keathavong against Chan Chin Wei of Chines Taipei.
Chan is ranked a career high 167 and looks to be emerging. A tough match ofr Anne.
Alex has pulled out of segoiva next week (wk31), i guess his injury is worse than we realised, looking at his schedule he is not playing anywhere in wk32 and is down for graz in austria wk33, with usoq wk34. He isnt down to qualify for the masters in torronto so looks a like a barren spell for alex and will me...
The European junior championships is taking place this week on Swiss clay. As in the mens GB have two representatives.
Rd1: N Cavaday [GB][7] bt T Mohorcic [Slo] 6-0, 6-1
J Larsson [Swe][8] bt D Armstrong [GB] 6-2, 6-0
Great win from Naomi, thrashing the hapless 16 year old S...
LA 1.35-Haas v Goldstein-3.75 1.78-Gonzalez v Agassi-2.26 1.8-Hrbaty v Ginepri-1.15 1.2-Roddick v Tursunov-1.75 Umag 1.56-Volandri v Portas-2.7 1.54-Wawrinka v Del Potro-2.8 6.8-Guzman v Moya-1.15 1.17-Djokovic v Vanek-5.8 Kitzbulhel 3.45-Lapentti v Verdasco-1.38 1.83-Gaudio v Calle...
Joint 100m world record holder Asafa Powell and 200m sensation Xavier Carter are promising fast times at Friday's Norwich Union London Grand Prix.
Conditions in Crystal Palace are expected to be good for sprinting and both say they are in prime shape too.
"I've come here to run the best of my...
Does the board want someone to try and pick up the womens scores a bit. I've noticed its tailed off recently. I dpn't have the channels and connections many have but could give it a go!
Tara Wigan was Britain's only player at this tournament and she's lost in rd1 to Croatia's Ana Savic, 7-6, 6-4. 20 year old Tara who lives in Portugal is ranked 805 but 16 year old Savic is only ranked 1037. -- Edited by UltimateFlemingFan at 01:18, 2006-07-28
10k event
Antoni Gomez, Philip Barlow, Alex Hutchins, Oscar Podlewski, Robert Dee, (7) James Ward and John Rambotas all appear in qualifying this week.
Looking for another promising performance from Podlewski, a few wins for James Ward and maybe a couple of games from Robert Dee :...
Andy's new coach has his own website. If you want to get an idea of just how big BG's ego is then this is the place to look.
I found the future stars section particularly interesting. Brad is a big fan of Alex Kuznetsov (wr-279), Brian Baker (wr-347), and Timothy Neilly (wr-101...
AS THE rain kept her younger son in the Eastbourne locker room, kicking his heels impatiently waiting to resume Britain's Davis Cup tie against Israel, Judy Murray was busying herself with the development of the domestic game. Not even the elements can slow down Mrs M. As the most famous tennis paren...
LA 1.35-Hrbaty v Burgsmuller-1.87 1.65-Querrey v Tursunov-1.45 4-Carlesen v Ginepri-1.32 1.05-Roddick v Oudsema-5 1.2-Haas v Goldstein-2.5 Umag 2.32-Vanek v Dlouhy-1.71 2-Greul v Moya-1.33 1.33-Djokovic v Ianni-6 1.56-Berlocq v Guzman-2 1.49-Volndri v Portas-2.3 1.51-Wawrinka v Del Po...
i have just noticed that if you click for the recent posts option (which i always look at) it doesnt seem to be inclding andy murrays schudle posts there.
Quite a few top British players have gathered in Eastbourne this week for the summer county cup:
Defending champions Hertfordshire [] have Neil Bamford, Guy Thomas [former top 50 junior], David Corrie, Ed Corrie and Neil Roskilly.
Cheshire have Mark Hilton. Yorkshire have Dave Sh...
Gentle controversy is as much a part of County Week as calling your own lines and standing during the changes of ends, and it emerged yesterday that Andy Murray's older brother, Jamie, was quietly informed by officials from the Lawn Tennis Association that playing in the amateur doubles competitio...
This year's tournament is being held this week on clay in Switzerland. Graeme Dyce and David Rice are Britain's only representatives [Cox, Evans, Corrie and Atkinson are playing the summer county cup].
All players got a bye through rd1
Rd2 results:
I Sergeyev [Ukr][8] bt G Dyce [GB] 3-...
Brad Gilbert will concentrate on building up Andy Murray's strength when he starts work as the Briton's coach.
The American, who was appointed by the Lawn Tennis Association on Wednesday, expects to start making significant progress after the US hardcourt season.
"There's no magic pill to ta...
Umag
1.56-Berlocq v Guzman-2
1.82-Del Potro v Vik-1.56
1.33-Djokovic v Ianni-6
2-Greul v Moya-1.33
1.93-Hernych v Portas-2.04 2.32-Vanek v Dlouhy-1.71
1.46-Volandri v Ramirez Hidalgo-1.4
1.23-Wawrinka v Cilic-1.84 LA
1.1-Roddick v De Voest-15 1.25-Bastl v Agassi-1.21
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Jamie Murray has a wild card into a pretty weak looking qualifying draw and is seeded 3 despite his ranking of 858. Everyone else in his qualifying section are unranked Americans or one Aussie ranked 1172. If he doesn't qualify he should be shot!