So who do we think will win this year's title ? Last year, there were a number of big upsets, the previously unheralded Tim Hewitt stunning top seed and big favourite Iain Atkinson in rd1 and then going on to take the title beating no 2 seed David Rice in a humdinger of a final. I think Rice led 4-0 in the fina...
Much has been posted already about the boys event but the girls tourney looks set to be equally intriguing and wide open. Naomi Broady, Jade Windley, Jocelyn Rae, Katharina Brown, Yasmin Clarke, Laura Slater, Steph Cornish, Olivia Howlett, Tara Moore etc will all be competing Anyone know whether J...
The New Table is posted here (on britishtennis.net) Boggo begins US Open fortnight up two places as Falla and Guzman defend points from the US Open and a Challenger from last year. What if....... Boggo has 338 points and starts the fortnight at 122. If he qualifys he'll have 355 points and will overt...
The New Table is posted here (on britishtennis.net) Jamie begins US Open fortnight up eight places at 222 (2 better than his highest ranking!) as Soeda, Armando, Portas, Vagnozzi, Alves, Chiudinelli, Fraile and Novak defend points from US Open fortnight from last year. Richard is also up eight p...
The US Open has been a poor hunting ground for British women in recent years. It is three years since anyone won a match, six years since 2 players advanced to the second round, and ten years since a qualifier (Sam Smith). We should have a big contingent trying to change this pattern, with the following w...
The New Table is posted here (on britishtennis.net) Chela drops one to 21, defending a quarter- final place from New Haven last year. Ferrer, Mathieu, Nalbandian, Nieminen, Almagro, Volandri and Starace playing this week.
Played on red clay. Jamie Delgado playing in the doubles, with Swiss Jean-Claude Scherrer, who is ranked 99 in doubles, a career high. Together they are the top seeds. First round they play Catalin Gard and Gabriel Moraru of Romania. They are thrid on Court 3 today, play stating at 2:00pm local time.
who will we have in the qualies? boggo, bloomers, baker? no goodall whose ranking has dropped a long way this year (from 205-340!). is jonny on the alt list? realisticaly can any of the above qualify? boggo maybe could, but with his bad back recently, even if it is fully better its unlikey as he is so sh...
Jamie Murray teams up with Jordan Kerr of Australia. In the first round they play those old foes, Scott Lipsky and David Martin. Booty is in the opposite half, playing with Ashley Fisher, playing Starace and Volandri first up.
Tournament Key : M-FU-CRO-07A-2007 Dates : 20 Aug to 26 Aug 2007 Venue : Cakovec, Croatia Surface : Clay No one in the MD. QR1 : SETIC, Filip (CRO) v CLAD, Pierre (GBR)
Josh Goodall vs Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) in the first round. Istomin is ranked 315, but has a career high of 186. Winner due to meet 4th seed in second round. Josh Goodall and Patrick Briaud (USA) vs Evgeniy Kirillov and Alexandre Kudryavtsev (Russia) in the first round. Goodall and Briaud are the...
Tournament Key : M-FU-FIN-01A-2007 Dates : 20 Aug to 26 Aug 2007 Venue : Helsinki, Finland Surface : Hard Ross Connolly in MD entry list. Two Brits in the QD : QR1 : OJALA, Tuomo (FIN) v HARFIELD, Christopher (GBR) LAW, Anthony (GBR) v LIVINGSTON, Whit (USA)
Sorry for the lack of posts of late (and missing Cincy Pick 'Em!). Work commitments, holidays, side projects and family emergency (in no particular order) have got in the way the last few weeks. Anyway, I've gone and done it again! I've set up a mini-league at TFF Dreamteam for the US Open. If anyone wan...
I've posted for this week (excluding the Nationals) here. Also the US Open players. But if Arka or Ratty or Goldenslam could put together a more detailed Juniors schedule, I'll be more than happoy to post it!
Several of us have been wondering what Graeme's up to atm....answer is that he's at Bollittieris preparing for the USO juniors...apparently it's incredibly hot there atm so great preparation for New York he's not sure on his plans post-US Open, I imagine he'll be playing quite a few of the indoor Bri...
Tournament Key : M-FU-ESP-32A-2007 Dates : 20 Aug to 26 Aug 2007 Venue : Santander, Spain Surface : Clay Ward withdrew from the MD here to play GBF15 London. QR1 : MARTINEZ-FANEGO, Alberto (ESP) v ARMSTRONG, James (GBR) bye v BARLOW, Philip (GBR) 14
First time we've had one of these for the juniors but I think it's about time.... Who do you think is player of the month for July Nominations: Anna Fitzpatrick: Semis of junior Wimbledon and a 10K semis in Canada Marcus Willis: Made 3rd round of junior Wimbledon, coming close to upsetting Elias...th...
Tournament Key : M-FU-NED-04A-2007 Dates : 20 Aug to 26 Aug 2007 Venue : Vlaardingen, Netherlands Surface : Clay No one in the MD entry list but we have 1 player in the qualy draw : QR SOHAL, Balraj (GBR) v WC MAK, Jake (NED) The winner plays the No 1 seed in QR2.
The ATP are trying to prevent the steveg site and MTF from publishing entry lists in advance. They were never "official" publishings, just from people who had access to the ATP Playerzone site where they are shown; now the ATP is saying the lists cannot be published until the Tournament Di...
The New table is posted here (on britishtennis.net)Jamie climbs 3 places to WR235. Bloomers climbs 1 place to WR245. Dorsch, Zeballos and Martin all drop places.
