2 guys from England playing my qualies tournament

TBarM7 · Intermediate Club Player

2 guys from England playing my qualies tournament

TBarM7 · Intermediate Club Player

make that three players. baylor university(waco texas) just called me and ned boone is signed up. he isn't playing at baylor this year, but will play next year. anyone know this guy? he was born in 1987.

DJ · County player

Ned Boone was a decent junior, TBar, ranked in tthe top 300 when he was 17; he played three Futures tournaments last year (at least; there may well be ones of which I don't know!), two in April, in Italy and the UK, in both of which he lost in the first round of qualifying, then one here in Scotland - Edinburgh - the following month, where he reached the second qualifying round.

Max Gregor was also a decent junior - top 400, as you say; I believe this is his first senior event.

But as to John-Paul, ...

Drew · Jan 16, 2008

John-Paul Loano

Nothing on LTA, ITF.......

Also searched through various USTA links but nothing comes up.

Loano is a place in Italy....John-Paul very italian....

Google just gives lots of links to the now-dead Pope John-Paul....

He must have an Ipin yes ? But does he not need some sort of tennis registration / rating somewhere ?

TBarM7 · Intermediate Club Player

Their entry form was going to be late so I took their entry over the phone. As of right now(draws will be done this afternoon) here are my top 4 seeds.

1.Arnar Sigurdsson
2.Theron Cole
3.Andrew Painter
4.Ned Boone

-- Edited by TBarM7 at 14:00, 2008-01-16

Count Zero · Tennis legend

is this a event to get a qualies wc?

TBarM7 · Intermediate Club Player

yes, winner of this tourney gets a wc into qualies.

TBarM7 · Intermediate Club Player

last weekend we had our doubles tourney and the winner gets a spot in the mains as our wc. winners of the event were ignacio hirigoyen/byron talbot. both very solid ex tour players. byron talbot was a former employee of the club here were we host the challenger.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

what kind of level are these guys normally, good club players?
or are they promising juniors who need to start right at the bottom of the pro pile to work thier way up?

TBarM7 · Intermediate Club Player

In years past it has been current futures players(700-1000 atp), former tour players, top ranked jrs, college players and local teaching pros. Unfortunately the state is having a very large junior tournament this week so our top kids here at our club will be traveling. We do have 6 players coming from out of the state though. We keep the tournament all indoors, so I limit the number of entries to 32. We have 24 right now and the deadline is in 3.5 hours. Wish you guys were here, Friday and Saturday we do $1 beer to get the community to come out and support this great game. Cheap beer usually brings out the masses.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

so if u are 8 players short we could have joined in to play and had cheap beer!
could have been amusing results

TBarM7 · Intermediate Club Player

Gregor and Llano(had his name misspelled earlier) both won in straights. #5 seed, Ned Boone had a bye and plays his first match tomorrow. Llano plays former top 200 player Andrew Painter(#3 seed), while Gregor(#8 seed) has a much easier match. I'll keep you guys posted.

Drew · Jan 19, 2008

John-Paul Llano :

National rating of 4.1, born 1989, Hails from Middlesex.

FULL LTA HISTORY HERE

Drew · Jan 19, 2008

Well done to the guys on their first round wins.

TBarM7 · Intermediate Club Player

Gregor(8) lost 6-3, 6-4

Llano lost to #3 seed Andrew Painter, 6-7, 6-3, 6-1

Ned Boone(5) won his second round match and is playing his quarterfinal right now.