Week 40 - Commonwealth Games - New Delhi, India

Count Zero · Tennis legend

RE: Entries Week 40: Commonwealth Games

mjd · Challenger qualifying

No idea!
But I am sure that if asked he would, afterall last month he was willing to fly back from California just to play for Norfolk but didnt have to in the end.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

surely he's got to be considered? he's the English No3, some 50 places ahead of Josh right now, and with Dan on sabbatical too.

i cant' see Boggo going there either, more likely wanting to focus on preparing for a big indoor season, so he's got to at least be on their thoughts.

indiana · Tennis legend

Josh wrote:

Since when has Rae been Scottish?

Shhh. It's a Scottish name smile

Shhh · Challenger level

indiana wrote:

Josh wrote:

Since when has Rae been Scottish?

Shhh. It's a Scottish name

I never said it wasn't confuse

indiana · Tennis legend

wolf · Tennis legend

Joss is eligible through her Scottish dad, I believe.

It has been announced Colin is indeed playing singles.

Athlete, Event(s), Age, Lives
Colin Fleming, Singles & Doubles, 25 Linlithgow
Jamie Murray, Doubles, 24, London
Elena Baltacha, Singles & Doubles, 27, Ipswich
Mhairi Brown, Doubles, 28, Edinburgh
Jocelyn Rae, Singles & Doubles, 19, Nottingham

I would doubt that anyone would play three events so I would think the doubles pairings would be Fleming/Murray, Baltacha/Brown and Murray/Rae.

wolf · Tennis legend

Despite the athletics teams being named yesterday, England and Wales are still to name their tennis teams.

How hard is it to name a team based on the rankings of three weeks ago? Of course it is possible Wales haven't named anyone, I guess?

I forgot to say before, Amanda Carreras has been selected for Gibraltar.

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

surely Milton would want to play for Wales, even if he can't get in on ranking

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Perhaps England are leaving it until near the deadline on 3rd september, as they have a bigger pool of players and want to minimise the chances of a chosen player becoming injured and preventing someone else from taking part?

wolf · Tennis legend

Selections finally out - http://www.lta.org.uk/News/All-news-items/2010-08-23/Commonwealth-Games-Player-Selection/

England
Skupski
Hutchins
Ward
Bloomfield

Wales
Milton

According to the article, there is no Anne Keothavong. Whether she has accidently been missed out, or she has actually withdrawn, I don't know but I would guess the former as I see no reason she would withdraw and she surely would have been replaced.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

I really don't get why Laura hasn't replaced Anne. Surely with AER rules, this tournament makes more sense for her than anyone else?

wolf · Tennis legend

It looks like Anne is indeed not playing. From the LTA site:

After the US Open, Keothavong heads to Canada and then back to Europe as she aims to improve her ranking towards the end of the year to put her in the best position possible as she heads into 2011.

Im going to Canada from here to play the tour event in Quebec and then I am hoping to play the indoor tournaments in Europe and the two $75K events back home in England in Barnstaple and Shrewsbury where I can just build on my ranking and hopefully win lots of matches.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Smart move.

steven · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
Selections finally out - http://www.lta.org.uk/News/All-news-items/2010-08-23/Commonwealth-Games-Player-Selection/

England
Skupski
Hutchins
Ward
Bloomfield

Wales
Milton

Wales have now added Chris Lewis to the list (see http://www.thesportscampus.com/201009157538/2010-new-delhi-games/lewis-joins-milton-for-delhi) - he's 28 and hasn't played in Futures since 2005 but he won the Wrexham Future in 2003 (beating Aucks and Marray on the way), reached a couple of other Futures Finals and multiple Futures semis and was ranked as high as 457 in August 2003.