Joe did seem on a roll towards the top 500. Bob will be seeking him out
Hope he's OK or certainly nothing serious.
Yes, was wondering about Dan C and Dan S. I see that Dan S is listed above for the Knoxville Challenger as is Marcus, who was known to be getting over an injury.
I know some people will say 'well, how were the LTA to know etc. etc......' but, yet again, it seems worth asking why, if you've got so few girls in the top 500 (and money's tight), would the federation put on 25ks, and so few 10ks ????????
Thanks for posting the article on Joe. Very interesting to read that he missed out on a lot of tennis between 16-18 because of glandular fever and has clawed his way back into contention to at least have a crack through getting into the upper eschelons of college tennis at the ITF tour.
A very savvy bit of recruiting by Memphis (Beanesque if you ask me, looking beyond the numbers for added value). It also makes me hopeful that he can consistently knock out ITF tournament wins and perhaps make some challenger progress in 2016.
By the sounds of it, there may be a few pull outs from Egypt this week. Given the recent incident in the region, flying in and out of Sharm-el-Sheikh, Beechy has had to canel his trip and my guess was that he would have been accompanying Joel who has also withdrawn today.
Real shame too. Joel is playing well and I think would have got close to a DA. Not only that but is sounds like Mason v Maniel might no have been the only "player v coach" match up i qualies. Rumour has it that Beechy was going to dust off his old wooden racket and have a hit. He put on Instagram:
The bag was packed and ready for Sharm el-Sheikh tomorrow! But due to unfortunate circumstances the trip is off.. Won't lie packed a few match shirts in that bag, maybe to have a cheeky game in Qs and a bit of doubles! #realshame