In week 41, James Auckland won the doubles at the Rennes challenger, and in week 42 Andy Murray won the Masters Series event in Madrid (but i am sure you heard about that being in Spain yourself at the time )
Thanks again, Wolf; 'fraid i missed out on Spain, being ill at the time. Picked up a bit after the first few days and went to Lochearnhead - beautiful spot - for a couple of days, even managed a 'Spot the Drew' safari into deepest, darkest Crieff! (Actually, Crieff is a lovely wee town)
First tournament victory of the week listed, that of the doubles 'dream team' of Colin and Ken. Another to come tomorrow when Marcus and Dan meet, and who would bet against at least one more, given how well Andy and James are motoring through their respective fields, not to mention a possible Lyons Hutch victoire.
We have six new career highs for the beginning of November
322 James Ward, up 43 places from his previous high 487 Dan Evans, breaking into that 'magic' top 500 743 Jamie Feaver, newly into the top 750 796 Sean Thornley, another in new territory, the top 800 831 Josh Milton, king of round one, soon to be making serious inroads into draws 1001 Marcus Willis, bouncing back from last week's big drop * 1471 Neil Pauffley, up almost 300 spots into the top 1500 for the first time
No, Mad, you're as button-bright as ever. I'd been foxed by Marcus' meteoric fall last week which preceded this week's meteoric rise of an even greater amount! (thinks - there surely can't be such a thing as a meteoric rise, can there? By their very nature, meteors fall.)
368 Alex Bogdanovic, his first time in the top 400 947 Maniel Bains, with another rise probable next week 1321 Dan Cox, up almost 200 spots on his previous high
Unfortunately, as has been anticipated for months, I've run out of posting space at the beginning of this thread, and can't show this week's doubles highs; I'm, at present, negotiating for development space and hope to have good news soon!
No, Mad, you're as button-bright as ever. I'd been foxed by Marcus' meterioc fall last week which preceded this week's meterioric rise of an even greater amount! (thinks - there surely can't be such a thing as a meteoric rise, can there? By their very nature, meteors fall.)
Be that as it may, third time lucky with the spelling of "meteoric", Derek! And journos, tabloid & broadsheet alike, like nothing better than a meteoric rise, it seems to me...
What an embarrassment - thanks (I think!) for picking this up, Lynne; it's actually worse than it appears, as I'd spelled it incorrectly the third time, too, but had spotted that one! I'll go back in and fix it - I wouldn't like the Count to learn any spelling errors from me.
A note of thanks to Wolf, who has kindly given up one of his posts to allow our doubles highs, which had finally run out of space, to continue in his 'bit'. Thanks, Wolf, very public-spirited of you.
295 James Ward, his first time in the top 300 482 Dan Evans 714 Matthew Illingworth 792 Sean Thornley 817 Josh Milton, whose success in Sunderland means another rise next week 995 Marcus Willis, making his debut in the top 1000.