British Tour 2021

cya · Strong Club Player

RE: British Tour 2021

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

So are folks saying Katherine Barnes is a persistent .... and Alicia dudeney? We need to be careful here as it is a public forum.

the addict · Tennis legend

Felixstowe has been brought forward next week. Mens qualifying on Monday, women's on Tuesday, main draw starting on Wednesday - all due to the weather forecast.
Men's seeds
1 William Nolan
2 James Mackinlay
3 Liam Hignett
4 George R Davies
5 Luke Quaynor
6 David Quayle
7 Joshua Rose
8 Robert Leck

Women's Seeds
1 Emma Raducanu
2 Anna Brogan
3 Nadia Rawson
4 Alicia Dudeney
5 Sally Pethybridge
6 Sofia Johnson
7 Tiegan Aitken
8 Hannah Smith

Bagel · Lower Club Player

JonH comes home wrote:
So are folks saying Katherine Barnes is a persistent .... and Alicia dudeney? We need to be careful here as it is a public forum.

Yes.

-- Edited by Bagel on Saturday 22nd of May 2021 06:32:30 PM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Bagel wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
So are folks saying Katherine Barnes is a persistent .... and Alicia dudeney? We need to be careful here as it is a public forum.
Yes.

-- Edited by Bagel on Saturday 22nd of May 2021 06:32:30 PM

Yes we need to be careful or yes we are pointing out cheating ?

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Does Dudeney have a bit of a rep as well?

Bagel · Lower Club Player

JonH comes home wrote:
Bagel wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
So are folks saying Katherine Barnes is a persistent .... and Alicia dudeney? We need to be careful here as it is a public forum.
Yes.

-- Edited by Bagel on Saturday 22nd of May 2021 06:32:30 PM
Yes we need to be careful or yes we are pointing out cheating ?

That would be saying!

dodrade · Satellite level

Emma I presume a bit rusty after her long absence?

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Bagel wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Bagel wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
So are folks saying Katherine Barnes is a persistent .... and Alicia dudeney? We need to be careful here as it is a public forum.
Yes.

-- Edited by Bagel on Saturday 22nd of May 2021 06:32:30 PM
Yes we need to be careful or yes we are pointing out cheating ?
That would be saying!

Mmm. Well I personally believe folks need to be careful unless they are really certain talking about British players on a British board with largely British readers which may include people who know those concerned or indeed include those concerned.

indiana · Tennis legend

Let's move on. If haven't seen the match nothing is there other than the score.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Just to say that all the matches are on youtube so there is 'more than the score'.

For anyone really interested, go watch.

NB I haven't seen very much, I've dipped into Emma v Katie Barnes' match (and for what it's worth, saw nothing untoward, a couple of close calls, but normal; there is an umpire standing by the net for the MTB, although not earlier)

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Saturday 22nd of May 2021 09:16:35 PM

londontennistube · Lower Club Player

Elegant Point wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
After Matt Doe yesterday, some more excellent wins over ATP ranked players for our lads:

Major congratulations to Josef Southcombe who defeated Aziz Kijametovic [1] ATP 822

Louis Bowden also defeated Adam Jones, ATP 2016, 6-2 6-2

And major hats off to young Phoenix Weir, age 15, who defeated Lasse Muscheites [2] ATP 1245, 6-7(4)6-413-11 - which sounds a huge marathon !

Great for their confidence, and experience, to get ATP wins.

THIS SHORT INTERVIEW WITH JOSEF

https://youtu.be/AkiUAgrowa0
Wasnt Josef Southcombe on the University of the Pacific roster as a Freshman 2018? Hes not on the roster now, so must have left...

londontennistube · Lower Club Player

JonH comes home wrote:
So are folks saying Katherine Barnes is a persistent .... and Alicia dudeney? We need to be careful here as it is a public forum.

Katherine and her boyfriend have a caravan which they pitch at camp sites around the country when playing brit tour. The cost was £40 for 3 nights to attend connaught . That is pretty dedicated to the sport while being very sensible. I hear so many players complaining about the cost of accommodation or commuting to and fro from home and here a two young people living their lives. Good luck to them. This approach must also be valid at futures tournaments. Camping is pretty good value as opposed to 40 euros a night tournament hospitality and continental supermarkets are well stocked

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

There is a British Tour Leaderboard this year, which is good to see, and presumably a Masters planned for end of year.

competitions.lta.org.uk/ranking/ranking.aspx

Michael Shaw and Katherine Barnes lead as of end of last week.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Alessia Popescu who withdrew from her programmed match against Emma Rad has popped up in the junior J5 event in Wrexham (and won her first match) so can't have been too badly injured, or just needed to retire to make the journey.