Entries Week 17 - 27/4

seagull · Hall of fame

Entries Week 17 - 27/4

seagull · Hall of fame

Evans not got his name down for any Challengers?

Count Zero · Tennis legend

hmm Boggo again going for the harder option. will it pay off for him?

he would have been seeded in Tenerife but is only LDA at Rhodes in what looks like a very tough event.

-- Edited by Count Zero on Wednesday 8th of April 2009 09:42:12 AM

steven · Tennis legend

I see even our 'clay court specialist' Wardy is giving Bournemouth a miss!

seagull · Hall of fame

Not neccessarily as he could enter a futures as he is not a DA in a challenger (and which Wardy are we talking about!)

steven · Tennis legend

There's only one - James. And yes, I realise that, but if he had wanted to play Bournemouth instead of Tenerife, I doubt he would have entered there. Of course it might just mean he wants to concentrate on Challengers nowadays, in which case good luck to him.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

I suspect a couple of the Brits may end up entering the GB futures event but put their names down for Tenerife in the hope that they would make the cut - I'd think it would make more sense for Ward to play in Bournemouth, but I guess he feels he'll get more points in the challengers.

Thought Boggo should have gone for Tenerife instead of Rhodes as he'd have been a top seed in Tenerife while will struggle to get a good draw in Greece - but I guess he feels he's got a better chance of winning big points in the stronger event.

wolf · Tennis legend

With the entry deadline less than 24 hours away so far the only Brits in the top 1000 that have entered Bournemouth are Illingowrth, Feaver and Rice. I know it's on clay but that is fairly bizzare. Other notable entries include the return of Edward Seator and a senior debut for Liam Broady.

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

Evo for Rhodes qualies?

Salmon · Tennis legend

I do hope Evans is done with Futures (barring an odd one here and there). What does he need to do to get into French Open qualies? I've got no clue of how the new point system works.

GavinUK · Lower Club Player

I really don't think Evans should be pushing himself to get into a grand slam tournament just yet. Rather do a couple of futures first and see how he gets on. Turkey would have been a great start, had he not got injured. If he had done well there, I'd have stepped it up to the 15k events with the odd challenger thrown in, that way be builds on his ranking points as well as getting a bit of experience completing against higher ranked players.

If he's really found his form, he'll be able to get a few wildcards into the challengers I'd think and then have a few shots at qualifying for a main tour 250 event. No need to rush it, if the talent is there, it will shine though soon enough now he's well and truely off the starting blocks.

seagull · Hall of fame

Updated with all futures that ITF have bothered to put on their site. Myles Blake threatening another comeback

Sheddie · administrator

Out of interest, who's entered the Edinburgh clay futures so far ?? It generally attracts a stronger field than Bournemouth for some reason and with Newcastle the week after you'd expect to see a fair few Brits doing that circuit.

Vandenburg · Futures level

whats the tenerife stenght like, any big names inthe entry list.

wolf · Tennis legend

The Shedman wrote:

Out of interest, who's entered the Edinburgh clay futures so far ?? It generally attracts a stronger field than Bournemouth for some reason and with Newcastle the week after you'd expect to see a fair few Brits doing that circuit.

Phillips and Cox have both entered Edinburgh but Seator and Brassington haven't yet.

I'm willing to give my IPIN out to people as long as long as no-one does anything dodgy.

-- Edited by wolf on Friday 10th of April 2009 09:49:10 PM