Could not see a thread for this already...if there is then please delete this one....
The BBC reports :
British players Sarah Borwell, Anne Keothavong, Katie O'Brien and Melanie South also gained direct entry into the women's field for the tournament.
from the lta's article on queens
The British contingent in the draw numbers five after Martin Lee successfully won his way through the qualifying competition to join Henman, Greg Rusedski, Andy Murray and 19 year-old wild card recipient Jamie Baker.
http://www.lta.org.uk/Newsroom/Gener...
What are your thoughts on this mouthwatering rd1 match ? !!!! Can someone add a poll for this topic. Thanks !
Edit: poll added, Imoen.-- Edited by imoen at 18:29, 2006-06-10
Who are you picking to win ? If anyone wants to "liven up" the poll, feel free to do so.
Edit (imoen): poll "livened up". -- Edited by imoen at 18:38, 2006-06-10
Just opening up this thread.
I am part-way through doing my spreadsheet but do not have time to finish it until this evening. It is incredibly complicated - these lower-ranked players could, theoretically, have played in 3 challengers this time last year, though so far I have only come across on...
There are plenty of candidates for this month.
[1] Anne Keothavong: Anne qualified for WTA Strasbourg just before the French Open, beating top 100 player Tian Tian Sun in the second quali round.
[2] Katie O`Brien: Katie reached the semis of $50k Fukuoka.
[3] Sarah Borwell: Sarah reached her f...
The team has been released:
E Baltacha, A Keothavong, K O'Brien, C Curran.
Claire Curran used to play for Ireland but she's now able to represent GB in the Davis Cup. Having a top 100 doubles player will most definately bolster the team.
Unfortunately the group matches are on clay which i...
Nominees:
[1] Jamie Baker: Jamie enjoyed a successful spell in the 10K futures events in Greece in mid-May winning Greece F3 and reaching a quarter-final. He also teamed up with Jonny Marray in Greece F2 and reached the doubles semis
[2] Jonny Marray: Made an impressive return to form on the...
MD:
Anne Keothavong
(wc) Katie O`Brien
(wc) Sarah Borwell
(wc) Melanie South
(wc) Rebecca Llewellyn
Q:
Jane O`Donoghue
Karen Paterson
Claire Peterzan
Danielle Brown
Amanda Keen
Sarah Coles
Anna Smith
Lindsay Cox
Melissa Berry
Natasha Khan
Georgie Stoop
...
Which of these would you pick as the most impressive display of frustration ?
Nominees:
[1] Arvind Parmar: During a qualifying match at Queens last year, Arvind kicked a ball right out of court 1 over onto centre court after losing a point. Off the TV and also if you go to Queens you can see how hi...
from bbc
Baker handed wildcard for Queen's
Baker, 19, will make his ATP Tour debut at Queen'sBritish teenager Jamie Baker will make his ATP Tour debut after receiving the fifth and final wild card into the Stella Artois Championships.
Baker, who won a fut...
Just another statistic to prove Andy's talent for returning the first serve.
He only played 1 match at Roland Garros and yet according to their event statistics won 38 points on his oponents first serve. Monfils has won the same amount in 4 matches! Nadal has won 2 less in 5 matches!
If we can get thi...
MD:
Morgan Phillips
Q1:
(4) David Brewer v Bye
Victor Andrei Ion d. Charlie Crisp 1-6 6-1 7-6(4) Q2:
(4)David Brewer d. Ofir Weintraub 6-0 6-2
Q3:
(4) David Brewer v Alexandru Joitoiu
-- Edited by imoen at 18:29, 2006-06-10