Entries Week 31 - 28/7

seagull · Hall of fame

Entries Week 31 - 28/7

Bladetiger · Pro player

Slabba is first ALT for Belo Horizonte so he will definitely make it in, unusual to see three of our challenger level Brits in South America and it sounds like they have livestream for this Challenger.

The three Brits are the only Europeans in the event so lets hope they can make some good progress in what I believe may be a wise choice of event.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

brits have often struggled in South Amercia, i think boggo and bakers trip there earlier this year was a bit of a disaster so i guess the general conseus is leave well alone :)

will be interesting to see how they get on.

seagull · Hall of fame

Updated with Futures - shame not more ventured out for the $15K in Senegal which is extremely weak

Bladetiger · Pro player

I believe Josh and Slabba have wd from Belo leaving Jonny flying the flag alone.

I think they are both going to India weeks 32 and 33 instead.

freerider · Futures level

its great slabba has cemented himself as a challenger player now and with goodall bloomfield reviving their careers + marray, baker back from injury we suddenly have a lot of challenger level players and the best bit is is that more are coming through, ie eaton warrd skupski.

steven · Tennis legend

Yes, I agree - the dearth of Challenger-level Brits recently has been almost worse than not having any more players in the top 100. Futures points just build up sooooo slowly!

freerider · Futures level

who do you think will be the next brit to step up to challengers, and the first of the juniors?

Bladetiger · Pro player

Think Chris Eaton will have a run at it now, and hopefully take the momentum with him through to the top 300.

Next Junior you;d have to go with Cox, I guess.

How is he on clay? his lack of a serve is going to hamper him on anything faster you would think, but he passes and moves well enough to suggest he should do well on the slower surfaces.

-- Edited by Bladetiger at 00:22, 2008-07-19

Salmon · Tennis legend

Dan should be a good clay courter, even if only in theory. He trained (and still trains at times) a lot in Spain. This year he has done poorly on red clay, but I think that they were just because he was terribly low on confidence after the schedule he was playing. Chances are that if he played them now, he would bagel a few of the guys he lost to back in Feb and March.

Hopefully his coaches will work on his serve in the off season. Granted he will probably never become someone who will win matches with his serve alone, but something solid with good accuracy is definitely achievable. Serve has a lot more to it than just height - you just need to look at someone like Benjamin Becker, who's 'only' about 5'10'' but serves three times better than tall people like Murray.

Salmon · Tennis legend

The LTA needs someone like Tarik Benhabiles! That man has coached both Benjamin Becker and Roddick and his newest student, Marius Copil, is only 17, but got an unbelievable 31 (!) aces against Younes El Aynaoui in Halle qualies.

-- Edited by Kung Fu Panda at 01:09, 2008-07-19

seagull · Hall of fame

Updated with withdrawals - Anne is 1 spot away from main draw in Canada.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

alex is 2 out in vancover, but both se spots to go. this is assuming he is fit that is

Salmon · Tennis legend

Chances are that at least one SE will be taken as Somdev plays Stoppini in Lexington. Somdev is less likely (though definitely not unlikely) to make the trip as he's taking things slowly.

Estrella plays Mallise, which Malisse should win and he's a direct entrant. Also, De Heart plays Kendrick, where Kendrick should win and he's a direct entrant.

There are now only 21 players due for Senegal F1. Booked your flight, FD?

http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/tournamentacceptancelist.asp?tournament=1100018229&event=&order=Position

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Kung Fu Panda wrote:

Chances are that at least one SE will be taken as Somdev plays Stoppini in Lexington. Somdev is less likely (though definitely not unlikely) to make the trip as he's taking things slowly.

Estrella plays Mallise, which Malisse should win and he's a direct entrant. Also, De Heart plays Kendrick, where Kendrick should win and he's a direct entrant.

There are now only 21 players due for Senegal F1. Booked your flight, FD?

http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/tournamentacceptancelist.asp?tournament=1100018229&event=&order=Position

I was just checking for flights, until I realised it has a Friday qualies sign-in rather than a Saturday one.

Shame, as there was a nice flight landing in Dakar on Saturday evening that I could have taken, a one-way flight costing just £1560.

Have to keep an eye out for Senegal F2 though, which only has 21 players down for it as well...