So, Tim Henman keeps saying he is not ready to retire. Go to his website, and Wimbledon is the last event on his schedule. . . Check the entry lists for the next six weeks and he is not on any of them. . . So what exactly are his plans, apart from Davis Cup? Anybody got any ideas?
Little bit late putting these up, but hopefully some of you have time to get your bets in. Three more first round matches for tonight: 1830 V Spadea 1.53 v J Gimelstob 2.37 1830 W Moodie 1.16 v T Alves 4.50 1945 C Guccione 1.53 v M Berrer 2.37 Bets accepted until time displayed next to match. All times are GM...
5 Brits out here for qualifying, and some good news to report (14) Matt Illingworth def. Patrick Turus (SWE) - 6-3, 6-2 James Langford def. (12) Thomas-Christian Hodel (ROM) - 7-5, 6-4 Jamie Feavor def. Vlad Stefan (ROM) - 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 Oscar Podlewski def. Maksim Bakunin (UKR) - 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 (7) Rai...
Newport1 Ancic, Mario CRO 17 OUT 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 OUT 7 Llodra, Michael FRA 87 OUT 8 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 90 9 Peya, Alexander AUT 98 10 Guccione, Chris AUS 99 11 Udomchoke, Danai THA 103 12 Berrer, Mic...
The current edition of BritishTennis magazine confirms that Jane retired in May. Jane achieved a career high inside 200, had Fed Cup wins in singles and doubles, victories at Wimbledon in consecutive years plus a spirited performance against Venus. Good luck to her for the future.
Bets accepted until midday Monday R Gasquet 7/2 D Tursonov 6/1 S Grosjean 8/1 I Karlovic 9/1 A Clement 12/1 J Bjorkman 12/1 J M Del Potro 12/1 T Henman 14/1 M Mirnyi 16/1 R Ginepri 16/1 T Joha...
Onto the next leg of our grass court spectacular. Betting all week from Nottingham if I have time. The first day sees Boggo as a fairly warm favourite: 1205 A Pavel 1.83 v G Simon 1.83 1205 S Grosjean 1.28 v D Hrbaty 3.50 1330 R Gasquet 1.22 v V Spadea 4.00 1500 A Bogdanovic 1.53 v G Garcia-Lopez 2.37 1630 I Ka...
4 Brits appear in futures qualifying, including Robert Dee who is looking to get one step closer to recording his first win Robert Dee vs. (14) Agustin Picco (ARG) Jonathon Solanas-Laufente (SPA) vs. (13) Phillip Barlow Robert Van Swelm (NED) vs. Benjamin George Levi Oliver White vs. Inigo Cervant...
Just the 1 Brit here... Gregory Howe vs. Perica Josic (SRB) In the section with the 3rd seed, so he will do amazingly well to qualify -- Edited by ForeverDelayed at 21:23, 2007-07-07
The New table is posted here (on britishtennis.net) Andy's defending a fourth round place from last year, and drops back below Blake to 9 It would be a miracle if he could stay in the top 10 this fortnight.
The New table is posted here (on britishtennis.net) Tim is defending 35 points. However, Grosjean, Bolelli, Bjorkman, Stepanek among others are defending more, which means that Tim starts the week up one place to 73 -- Edited by RobC at 22:32, 2007-07-02
The New Table is posted here (on britishtennis.net) Boggo's not playing this week, but his competitors are lining up behind him at the Turin Challenger. No- one can overtake in Round 1, but Seppi, Luzzi, Patience, Dlouhy and Capdeville all look threatening.
The New Table is posted here (on britishtennis.net) All four of the lads are playing the Dublin Challenger this week. Decoud can still overtake the top 3 by winning the Constanta title today.Richardcan try to get some of his places back this week: He can overtake Zeballos, Miranda and Lugassy with a...
- Mel & Boggo play Rogier Wassen & Yung-Jan Chen, the 13th seeds, in the third match on Court 2; - Jelly (blame Bud Collins of the Boston Globe for that, not me!) & Jamie play Mark Knowles & Zi Yen, the 3rd seeds, in the first match on Court 3; - Lukas Dlouhy & Pavel Vizner, the 9th...
Apologies if I'm breaking any unwritten board rule by starting a topic on this particular subject, but it didn't seem to fit in with any of the existing ones - & no doubt one of the old hands will set me back on the straight & narrow if I am! For anybody who doesn't get The Sunday Times, Barry Flatma...
Updated Live Doubles Rankings now posted here (on Britishtennis.net) Big changes to start the week: Hutchins drops 8 places to WR105 as a result of defending 75 points from last year. Andy climbs 10 places with masterful inactivity to regain the British number 4 doubles ranking (WR122). Goodall dr...
Updated Live Doubles Rankings now posted here (on Britishtennis.net) Stretch starts the week up 1 place at WR32. Aucks starts the week down 9 places at WR69.
We need a different topic. The main one will get too cluttered with the remaining first round and doubles matches. Naomi Cavaday [63] vs. Oksana Kalashnikova [21] of Georgia Kalashnikova is 16 and states grass as one of her favourite surfaces, although her best results have come on clay. Her win agai...
Los Angeles $500K (Hard) - Andy Murray (Alex Bogdanovic) Manchester $25K+H (Grass) - Richard Bloomfield, Josh Goodall, Jonny Marray Aptos $75K (Hard) - Jamie Baker Frinton F12 $15K (Grass) - Tom Rushby, Matt Smith, Miles Kasiri, Chris Eaton, Rob Searle (Irwin, Bamford, Miotto, Slabinsky, B...
I've been allocated a couple of tickets on number 1 court for the second Thursday. Returns methinks. Now I enjoy watching most tennis, but it's actually fairly hard to get that time off work. Is it worth calling in a few favours to watch Juniors and Seniors matches, or should I let this go by. I'd appreci...
Sadly another retirement to report. From the BBC Sport website: Curran quits after Wimbledon loss Claire Curran suffered a second round defeat at Wimbledon Belfast's Claire Curran retired from top-level tennis after losing her mixed dou...
