Last year the cut for this event was 754. Hopefully it will drop to that extent this time.


-- Edited by Arka at 16:52, 2007-02-05

Should be interesting to see how our top juniors fare. Ratty, of all the players entered here, whose game do you think will be most effective on South American clay ?

From what I've heard, I think that Dyce and Milton will have some good results here. The other guys are more suited to fast courts, hopefully they can adapt.

This must be Hewitt's first tournament for ages !

 

What have his results been like on clay ?  I remember that he played a few Spanish futures last year but did he play any junior tourneys on clay ?

Yep, not bad, hopefully he can take that up to G2 level. Did he get any ranking points from those Spanish futures last year ?  I think he qualified for several.

Would be v interesting to see a Dyce v Cox match, I think Cox would have the edge on faster surfaces, Dyce might have the edge on clay, would be too close to call on outdoor hard.
 

OK, understandable though as Spanish futures are some of the toughest in the world. Dan was only 15 then and would have been playing opponents who are much stronger physically.

Lazare withdrew. Hope he is still at Queen's.

Evans becomes the fourth seed and Thompson is fifteenth in the lists.



A floater who can be pretty dangerous is this 16 year old local wild card called Guido Pella. Pella is underranked because of lack of action (just played a G5, which he won after qualifying), but has made the quarters of a Futures on clay and has reached the finals of the Odesur Games. He is said to be the best player to have emerged from South America since Del Potro....

http://www.itftennis.com/mens/players/activity.asp?player=100086039

-- Edited by Arka at 19:08, 2007-02-14

I look forward to regular updates now we have Evski and Ricey and Scott Sears on the site!

Good luck lads!