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DJ


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Folks, I have a problem in writing up new highs this week. It's to do with space - in the past, as an individual posting site has filled up, I've simply moved onto the next. That's no longer working, and I've spent the last five hours trying out various ways of getting round the problem, but to no avail, I'm afraid. I've now run out of time to try anything else, and won't have the opportunity of trying again at any length till early next week. I apologise that you're unable to read the lists as easily as usual. The only details actually missing are this week's new singles highs; I list them below. How impressive a set for a single week!


August 11
ALEX SLABINSKI 287
CHRIS EATON 369
DAN COX 779
MATTHEW ILLINGWORTH 821
DAN EVANS 962
JOSH MILTON 1006
DAVID RICE 1040
BURNHAM ARLIDGE 1100
DAN SMETHURST 1104
ANDREW FITZPATRICK 1336
GEORGE COUPLAND 1449
BEN PRITCHARD 1710


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Still not had time to try re-doing the tables, but here's a summary of this week's achievements. I thought last week's 12 rises was terrific news - this week it's 15!

Josh Goodall enters the top 200 for the first time at 199,
Alex Slabinski is at 268,
Chris Eaton at 366,
James Ward breeches the 400 mark at 397,
Dan Evans has a huge rise to break into the world's top 750 at 746,
Dan Cox moves up to 770,
Matthew Illingworth sees a figure beginning with 7 after his name for the first time at 789,
Jamie Feaver rises to 823,
Josh Milton creeps closer to the magic 1000 at 1004,
Jonny Kinsella approaches the same mark, he's at 1035,
Dan Smethurst is at 1102,
Gregory Howe reaches a new high at the age of 36 - he's at 1222,
Ashley Watling cracks the top 1400 at 1393,
George Coupland is at 1444,
and Chris Harfield enters the singles lists for the first time at 1823.

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There are half-a-dozen new doubles career highs, too:

Ken Skupski at 254,
David Brewer is below 600 for the first time at 567,
Alexander Ward, 1154, and
Matthew Brooklyn, 1306, enter the rankings for the first time,
'our own' Andrew Fitzpatrick rises to 1352,
while Luke Campbell is up 3 at 1462.

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For the third successive week, the number of new singles highs is in double figures!

Josh Goodall 198
Dan Evans 627 - Dan's Cumberland win sees him rise another 100+ spots
Dan Cox 768
Matt Illingworth 783
Tim Hewitt 914 - 30 places above his previous best
Josh Milton 972 - first time in the top 1000
Jonny Kinsella 1000 - also first time in the top 1000; next target, a 3 figure ranking
Burnham Arlidge 1024 - highest of those unranked before this year
Dan Smethurst 1100 - new entrant to the top 1100
Andrew Fitzpatrick 1247 - breaks into the top 1300

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New doubles highs for:

KEN SKUPSKI 252
DAVID BREWER 531
DAN EVANS 782
LUKE CAMPBELL 1284


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You'll be pleased to know that my fight with the tables and the site functions is over - at least for the moment!

The honours lists are once again up to date and readable.

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Hi Dj

Will you do something similar for the ladies?

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scottie1 wrote:

Hi Dj

Will you do something similar for the ladies?


Morning, Billy in Buckie (or wherever). There's been a similar thread for the girls running since January! It's the very first item in the Women's list. There's a similar one, too, for the Juniors, but for tournament victories only - the folk who are expert on the Juniors (Arka-cum-Salmon, Wolf and one or two others) often comment that the rankings are not a real reflection of ability the way they are in Seniors, largely because some top Juniors play mainly on the Senior tours, thereby not gaining Junior points.


-- Edited by DJ at 11:20, 2008-09-01

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hi Derek

Thanks for that! Junior rankings confuse me so i will not go there! Do you go to Edinburgh to the tennis in May?

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scottie1 wrote:

hi Derek

Thanks for that! Junior rankings confuse me so i will not go there! Do you go to Edinburgh to the tennis in May?


Hi Scottie....I have went to the 'Scottish International Open' or Edinburgh futures for the last two years....bit wet this year...still saw Evo beating Cox !

 



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saw that much thought Evans much better prospect, however standards dropped I remember De Voest Siriani monfills and Cipolla. Also Haase who looked really good even then. This year was poor I thought.

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Drew wrote:

scottie1 wrote:

hi Derek

Thanks for that! Junior rankings confuse me so i will not go there! Do you go to Edinburgh to the tennis in May?


Hi Scottie....I have went to the 'Scottish International Open' or Edinburgh futures for the last two years....bit wet this year...still saw Evo beating Cox !


Hi Guys ... managed Edinburgh two days this year - clearly different days to Drew, as I still have the remnants of the sun-tan gained at Craiglockart! I agree about the standard in comparison with the players Scottie recalls, and also thought Evans looked the more complete player than Cox - they're still very young, though, plenty of time to overtake and re-overtake a few times yet.
Perhaps we can manage to plan to meet-up one day next May?



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derek

That is fine by me I normally go about three or four times. Evans yes I agree I was looking well saw the Ren girl but was disappointed in her.

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Another double-figure clutch of career-highs to report this week, headed by the fabulous

4 of ANDY MURRAY

594 for DAN EVANS - another big jump of 33 places into the top 600 for the first time
739 for MATT ILLINGWORTH - 44 places rise into the world's best 750 players
766 for DAN COX
811 for JAMIE FEAVER
838 for SEAN THORNLEY - first time through the 900 barrier
969 for JOSH MILTON
1022 for BURNHAM ARLIDGE - the highest of those unranked at the start of the season
1243 for ANDREW FITZPATRICK
1391 for ASHLEY WATLING

In doubles, we have just one riser:

530 for DAVID BREWER

And, finally, I owe CHRIS HARFIELD an apology - last week, he topped at 1813, and I missed it. Sorry, Chris!

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This week's new highs are:

SINGLES

592   Dan Evans
830   Sean Thornley
942   Josh Milton
997   Jonny Kinsella - first time in the top 1000
1017 Burnham Arlidge
1026 David Rice      
1095 Dan Smehurst - under 1100 for the first time
1386 Ashley Watling
1440 George Coupland

DOUBLES 

392   Chris Eaton      - breeching the 400 barrier
526   David Brewer
1134 Phillip Stephens - Phillip's debut in the rankings; welcome, Phillip.

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