JonH comes home wrote:

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Week 6 starts next week, second half of the league season in effect. Is it in Chelsea this time? Any insights on entries ? A lot of players playing itf events so expecting it will be weaker

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 Entries here - https://ukproleague.com/week-6/#tables

some new names - Evan Hoyt and Lauryn John-Baptiste (graduated from Arizona State University in May 2021) 

Full list - Men

Evan Hoyt

Billy Harris

Julian Cash

Jack Pinnington Jones

Henry Patten

Charles Broom

Josh Paris

Dan Little (wc)

Sean Hodkin (wc)

Jack Gibbens

Ewan Moore (wc)

Adam Jones

Womens

Alice Gillan

Eliz Maloney

Tiffany William (wc)

Sonay Kartal (wc)

Jasmine Conway

Danielle Daley

Soumeya Anane

Emma Wilson (wc)

Lauryn John-Baptiste (wc)

JoJo Bach

India Rojano

Katarina Stresnakova

indiana wrote:

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JonH comes home wrote:

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Is anyone else like me, this has become a bit like the British Tour Premier level events, interesting but my engagement with it has lessened considerably now that Tour level tennis is taking most attention

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 Not that I was ever in to the domestic stuff as much as some, but yes even less so for me for some time now. More just interested in any new names to me, promising looking younger players and sometimes say a recovering player like Evan. 

-- Edited by indiana on Tuesday 24th of August 2021 12:29:33 PM

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Only really interested if actually know the players or they are younger siblings of players I know - tend to follow college tennis more during term time.

still  think its great for players to get prize money from domestic events, definitely helps them especially if they dont have wealthy parents to fund them

Ace Ventura wrote:

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JonH comes home wrote:

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Is anyone else like me, this has become a bit like the British Tour Premier level events, interesting but my engagement with it has lessened considerably now that Tour level tennis is taking most attention

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Yeah, I was one of the regular posters on the threads, especially the first year, but a lot less interest now. I thought it was really good in that July 2020 period when a lot of sports still weren't back up, and it was something nice to watch, especially when on furlough for a couple of months, but it's far lower down the pecking order now, especially with being back in the office, making it tougher to watch the day time matches. I will still check scores, mainly to see how the youngsters are getting on, and I did actually try and load up a YT stream yesterday, but couldn't find it for some reason, but wasn't too disappointed.

To be honest though, I've a lot less interest in the ITF circuit now as well, and while I'm aware it generally goes against the sprit of the board, if I don't think a player has a circa top 250 ceiling, like grand slam quals / back end of WTA quals level, or at least bigger ITF events, then I will pay a lot less attention now as well, but at the same time, my general interest in tennis, especially at the top end, has probably never been higher, and I've got a few half days booked off over the next couple of weeks specifically for the US Open.

 

 

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 Thats good to hear. and tends to gel with me as well, albeit my interest is really on ATP, mens Challenger and Slam qualies level players in GB plus generally the top level of the mens game. I try so very hard but just cant get any real interest in the womens beyond a passing interest and a desire to see our top 200 or so men do well and rise up the ranks.