Vince Spadea's new book "Break point" has caused quite a stir among his fellow pros, it's an account of the 2005 season and focuses largely on Spadea's performances but controversially it contains a large number of anecdotes from "behind-the-scenes."
“I feel like in writing that book, he may h...
Qualifying:
6: Francesca Kinsella
Francesca is 19, she reached no 211 in the juniors in 2005. She's currently unranked, she needs 2 more tournaments in which she wins ranking points.
From Ace magazine:
On money:
"When I look at a dollar note I only see a picture of George Washington on a piece of paper. Money is only money. It makes life easier but I don't feel sexy or might because of that."
On stardom:
"I am not a singer or a rock star. Tennis is tennis. If you want to see a cl...
This tournament starts on October 9th
Anne Keothavong is entered, she was 25th on the qualifying list on 12th September
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Qualifying: Rd1: M Phillips [GB] bt G Burniol [Esp][6] 5-7, 7-5, 6-2 A superb victory for Morgan over the in-form Spaniard. Burniol is ranked over 150 places higher at 457 and at the beginning of September he won a futures tournament on clay in Poland. Last week he took a set off former top...
Britain's Michael Thompson and Graeme Dyce have both qualified. Thompson is 16 and lives in South Africa. His favourite surface is grass and he's coached by former British no 1 doubles player Neil Broad who played many DC ties.
Rd1: M Thompson [GB] v T Hodorov [Isr]
G Dyce [GB] v H Dil [Holland...
Hey, I realised no one has posted the table yet. I will sort mine out sometime today but I don't know when it will be done so bear with me (or someone else can post their version!)
Quite a few Brits will be competing here next week.
Entry list:
1 Sluiter, Raemon NED 91
2 Norman, Dick BEL 106
3 Tipsarevic, Janko SCG 107
4 Saulnier, Cyril FRA 132
5 Bozoljac, Ilia SCG 136
6 Bogdanovic, Alex GBR 142
7 Bastl, George SUI 145
8 Dupuis, Antony FRA 158
9 Lisnard, Je...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/5331950.stm Murray to make Thai boxing debut Andy Murray will face two of Thailand's top kickboxers after his first round match at the Thailand Open. Murray, 19, will...
Beijing Semis.... 1.44 Bagdahtis v Srichaphan 2.62 1.33 Ancic v HT Lee 3.25 Bucharest Semis....
1.66 Volandri v Serra 2.10 1.40 Mathieu v Meltzer 2.75 -- Edited by Drew at 20:53, 2006-09-15
Jonathan Overend's BBC article:
This has been a great summer for Andy Murray and his lethargic defeat by Nikolay Davydenko at the US Open was a real shame.
Since Wimbledon, the last 16 is actually his worst result. Elsewhere, he's had a final, two semi-finals and a quarter-final.
Any pl...
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Brits in Futures Week 38 Rwanda F1 - Clay MD : 9 - A Miotto 10 - Fulford-Jones Alts : Ed Seator Sweden F5 - Gothenburg - Hard Alts : Ross Connolly ( Also in Alts for GB F13 ) Spain F30 - Madrid - Hard Alts : James Ward GB F13 - Nottingham - Hard MD : 1. Richard Bloomfield 5. Lee Childs 6. J Marray 14. A Slabinsky 15....
James Ward and Richard Brooks have both qualified, superb effort from them
Qualifying results:
Rd1: R Brooks [GB][10] bt F Zeballos [Bol][unranked] 6-4, 6-2
J Ward [GB][8] bt M Czerwinski [USA] [unranked] 6-1, 6-3
Rd2: R Brooks [GB][10] bt S Gutierrez [Esp][unranked] 6-...
ATP Beijing: [1.50] Mario Ancic v Dominik Hrbaty [2.50] [1.16] Ivan Ljubicic v Hyung-Taik Lee [4.50] [1.16] Marcos Baghdatis v Danai Udomchoke [4.50] [1.36] Nikolay Davydenko v Paradorn Srichaphan [3.00]
ATP Bucharest:[1.66] Florian Mayer v Florent Serra [2.10] [1.66] Ruben R...
Some disappointing results from qualifying:
Rd1: N Rodriguez [Esp] bt J Allan [GB] 6-3, 6-0
L Gallego [Esp] bt N Lee [GB][3] 6-3, 6-4
X Hermoso [Mex] bt A Carreras [GB] 6-3, 3-6, 7-6[5]
F Sintes [Esp] bt L Jacks [GB][14] 6-4, 6-2
Qualifying:
Rd1: R Connolly [GB][5] v bye
Rd2: R Connolly [GB][5] bt M Zerhusen [Ger] 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Rd3: R Connolly [GB][5] bt D Nylen [Swe][13] 6-4, 6-3
Main draw:
Rd1: R Connolly [GB] v D Kumlin [Swe][q]
An excellent opportunity for Ross to win another point and move close...
ATP Beijing [1.08] Ivan Ljubicic v Kevin Kim [7.00] [1.05] Nikolay Davydenko v Luka Gregorc [8.50] ATP Bucharest [1.12] Paul-Henri Mathieu v Victor Crivoi [5.50] [1.28] Filippo Volandri v Stefan Koubek [3.50] [1.44] Carlos Moya v Andrei Pavel [2....