Entries Wk 44 - 27/10/14

paulisi · Tennis legend

Entries Wk 44 - 27/10/14

paulisi · Tennis legend

Very busy week with lots of guys playing challengers rather than Loughborough, which is quite weak. No sign of Lewis Burton, Qualifiers at Charlotteville and doubles with Marcus?

Where will Josh Milton turn up - he should make main draw in the Indian Ocean and it's all paid for, but I expect him to stay at Loughborough, given he is playing Manchester the week before.

Anyone who wants to see Farris Gosea may get the chance at Loughborough.

Nice to see so many of the young junior girls playing - more will get in at Loughborough when the multi entrants drop out.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Points to defend:

BRYDAN KLEIN 28th Oct-13 Traralgon Challenger SF 29
LIAM BROADY 21-Oct-13 Israel F15 (Herzlia) 4 RU 10
DAN EVANS 28th Oct-13 Seoul Challenger 7 L16 7
JAMES MARSALEK 21-Oct-13 Great Britain F22 (Tipton) SF 6
TOBY MARTIN 21-Oct-13 Israel F15 (Herzlia) SF 6
DAVID RICE 28th Oct-13 Charlottesville Challenger Q L32 5
JOSH MILTON 28th Oct-13 Charlottesville Challenger Q L32 5
LUKE BAMBRIDGE 21-Oct-13 Israel F15 (Herzlia) QF 2
GEORGE MORGAN 21-Oct-13 Great Britain F22 (Tipton) QF 2
KEELAN OAKLEY 21-Oct-13 Great Britain F22 (Tipton) Q QF 2
MARCUS WILLIS 21-Oct-13 Great Britain F22 (Tipton) 1 L16 1
JONNY O'MARA 21-Oct-13 Israel F15 (Herzlia) L16 1
SCOTT CLAYTON 21-Oct-13 Israel F15 (Herzlia) Q L16 1
SAM HUTT 21-Oct-13 Great Britain F22 (Tipton) L16 1
ADAM THORNTON-BROWN 21-Oct-13 Great Britain F22 (Tipton) WC L16 1
JOSHUA PARIS 21-Oct-13 Great Britain F22 (Tipton) L16 1

JOHANNA KONTA 03-Nov-13 Barnstaple 75 4 SF 50
HEATHER WATSON 03-Nov-13 Barnstaple 75 6 QF 30
NAOMI BROADY 03-Nov-13 Barnstaple 75 WC QF 30
NAOMI BROADY 27-Oct-13 Lagos 2 25 6 SF 24
TARA MOORE 03-Nov-13 Barnstaple 75 L16 14
EMILY WEBLEY-SMITH 27-Oct-13 Lagos 2 25 L16 8
JADE WINDLEY 27-Oct-13 Casablanca 25 L16 8
ANNA SMITH 03-Nov-13 Barnstaple 75 Q L32 6
LUCY BROWN 03-Nov-13 Barnstaple 75 WC fqr 4
LAUREN MCMINN 21-Oct-13 Heraklion 10 WC L16 1
KATY DUNNE 27-Oct-13 Sharm el Sheikh 10 L16 1
ALANNAH GRIFFIN 03-Nov-13 Barnstaple 75 wc qr2 1
EMILY WEBLEY-SMITH 03-Nov-13 Barnstaple 75 WC L32 1
GRACE DIXON 03-Nov-13 Barnstaple 75 wc qr2 1
INDIA SANDERS 03-Nov-13 Barnstaple 75 qr2 1
JADE WINDLEY 03-Nov-13 Barnstaple 75 WC L32 1
KATY DUNNE 03-Nov-13 Barnstaple 75 qr2 1
LAURA DEIGMAN 03-Nov-13 Barnstaple 75 qr2 1
MELANIE SOUTH 03-Nov-13 Barnstaple 75 WC L32 1

-- Edited by paulisi on Sunday 12th of October 2014 03:41:30 PM

LouieG · County player

Ward should be the 3rd seed here, a good run could see him into the top 100!

FriendofLouieG · Lower Club Player

Good tournament for James. A long way to go for not much money. I guess the potentail points make it worthwhile! Wardy the points vulture! biggrin

Any idea what is up with Dan Evans? He seems to have given up for the year (in more ways than one). I notice from Twitter that his WAG seems to have lost interest in him as well....

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Paulisi's list of who is defending what show beautifully the progress the British men have made this year with a lot of guys going to challengers with a realistic chance of going deep v cannon fodder or ITF last year. Onwards and upwards

paulisi · Tennis legend

It's not my list - It's copied from Steven's tables, but serves the purpose.

Women's Loughborough 10K is opening up nicely for our girls(4 now there) and I would expect another 3 to 4 to make the draw later today after drop outs.

It begs the question how are the LTA going to plan next years schedule.

The women should be lots of 10K and 15K early on and then a mixture of 15K and 25K once the like of Jade, Sam, Katie B, Katy, Tara, Lisa W(started serving again) and a few others get their ranking up to that level

The men seem to be two tiered with about 10-12 at challenger/15k and the remainder only at 10K

indiana · Tennis legend

Oakland2002 wrote:
Paulisi's list of who is defending what show beautifully the progress the British men have made this year with a lot of guys going to challengers with a realistic chance of going deep v cannon fodder or ITF last year. Onwards and upwards

I have said elsewhere that I think on balance it has been a pretty good year for the Britrish men, particularly with regards to the the big increase in the guys now in or close to the top 300.

But I have to admit, while it's good to see the list of points defenses, I don't see how it beautifully shows or really shows at all what you claim. I'm really pretty puzzled by that remark regarding the list showing our players' progress ( even though quite separately, I do think progress has been made ).

Last years points actually show not a bad week in challlengers, Brydan to a SF, Evo to L16 and David Rice and Josh Milton getting through qualifying. It was again a particular week with a large British challenger entry ( at least 10 in all, looking like it may be a bit more than last year ) with in addition to these players scoring points in challengers, James losing in R1 and Ed, Alex, Dan Smethurst, Richard Gabb and Ashley Hewitt also competing in qualifying but failing to qualify so have no points to defend on the above list.

Many of these are again entered in challengers for week 44 this year. Will many go deep ? Let's wait and see, I hope some do. But, to my mind, so far, while we have developed more challenger level players ( players who at their best can be competitive in challenger tournaments and win some matches ), we haven't yet been looking like having many ready to go deep on any sort of regular basis.

-- Edited by indiana on Wednesday 15th of October 2014 06:05:17 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Paulisi: "Women's Loughborough 10K is opening up nicely for our girls(4 now there) and I would expect another 3 to 4 to make the draw later today after drop outs."

Spot on - We're now up to 7 :)

paulisi · Tennis legend

There will be more CD, the multi entrants have not been removed yet.

Spectator · All-time great

Reunion, presumably, manages to be both the most remote Challenger of the year (really can't imagine anything beating it ... or is there a St Helena tournament?) and yet also one of the "nearest" as held in "France".

steven · Tennis legend

Spectator wrote:
Reunion, presumably, manages to be both the most remote Challenger of the year (really can't imagine anything beating it ... or is there a St Helena tournament?) and yet also one of the "nearest" as held in "France".

Nouméa must push it close!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Now up to 9 British girls in Loughborough - and counting . ..

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Naomi withdrawn from France 50K + H, now in Egypt 25K. Tara also main draw in Egypt. Joko main draw for France

paulisi · Tennis legend

i'll update tomorrow as not all the multiple entries have been removed.