I'm starting this thread early as I'm away over the Bank Holiday and the main draw starts on Sunday with live streaming from 6pm BST, so there may be a chance to see Ollie et al
In the Boys main draw we should have Oliver Golding as a top 8 seed, George Morgan as a low seed and James Marsalek. They will be hoping to emulate Marcus Willis, a winner here in 2008. Laura Robson is nominally on the entry list for the Girls, but will almost certainly have been withdrawn because of her exploits in the Big Apple. Danielle Konotoptseva is in qualifying starting today (playing the daughter of Olympic gold medallist Bruny Surin)
Danielle Konotoptseva, or Dasha to her friends. She's from Notting Hill. It is not exactly unusual for a British youngster, or a British tennis player, to have an Eastern European surname nowadays.
She was born in January 1995, and she played her first 18U tournament in May. Her current world junior ranking is 1458.
-- Edited by Osomec on Sunday 29th of August 2010 07:21:37 PM
Danielle Konotoptseva, or Dasha to her friends. She's from Notting Hill. It is not exactly unusual for a British youngster, or a British tennis player, to have an Eastern European surname nowadays.
As Messrs Bogdanovic, Slabinsky and Baltacha will testify Actually it was the fact i had never heard of her (even in G4 events), so i assumed she must be another nationality to be playing in a Grade 1 event. With a ranking like that she must have qualified
QF: (15) George Morgan JWR 45 v (11) Mathias Bourgue (FRA) JWR 37
These two have met twice, once in singles and once in doubles, with Geroge winning each time. The singles win was a 3 set win in an Italian G5 last May which he went on to win.