Feel like we need to sell Joe more here! Short but simple but I reckon we can add some more !

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JonH comes home wrote:

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Feel like we need to sell Joe more here! Short but simple but I reckon we can add some more !

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 Feel free. I hear that anyone can add to the scripts 

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 i will and they can- Ive just arrived home after a weekend in London so havent had chance yet! Call it a memo to self! 

nominations

1. Andy Lapthorne - reaching the semis of the NEC Wheelchair Masters, beating David Wagner (WR 3) along the way and pushing second seed, Sam Schroder, all the way. Andy surpassed expectations here and it is a great end to the season for him.

2 Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid - winning the ITF World Wheelchair Masters title, perfect record during the week and came from behind to win the final - marvellous as always!

3. Alfie Hewett - wins the Wheelchair Masters title, unbeaten in the week, beating the top 8 players in the world to the games most prestigious prize! Add that to the doubles title as well and Alfie has had a perfect week and month!

4. Luke Johnson - for regaining his singles ranking, with a win in his first singles match since Feb 2023.

5. Giles Hussey - for reaching the final in a 25k, and despite losing in 3 sets, driving 3 hours and going straight back on court to win a QR1 challenger match. Oh, and did I mention that he has broken into the Top 500 as a result of this. Also reached the final of the Challenger 75 doubles in Drummondville

6. Billy Harris - for taking out his CH ranking again (and again), for getting through qualies in Sofia and then winning his first ever ATP Main Tour MD match in a 3rd set breaker.

7. Jack Draper, for reaching his first ATP tour final (beating WR 27 and 28 on the way), after living up to his #1 seeding and winning a close final against David Goffin in the Challenger 75 event the week before.

8. Emilie Lindh - for reaching, in consecutive weeks, a W25 SF and a W25 Final from qualifying in both weeks, having never got past a QF in a W25 before. Along the way she got a career high ranking win in the first week by defeating the top seed, and in the 2nd week took out the previous week's winner and got her 3rd highest career win by ranking. It will also take her to a new career high at around 460, breaking in to the Top 500 for the first time.

9. Gabia Paskauskas (born 2006) - for doing the double, winning the J200 singles AND doubles titles in Malaysia, her first such titles, and very likely breaking into the top-100 for the first time

10. Sarah Beth Gray/Eden Silva - for winning the biggest title of their careers for both of them, the W60+H in Calgary. Neither Beth or Eden have won a title at W60+H before.

11. GB Junior Girls BJK Cup Team - for coming third in the competition on clay.

12. GB Women's BJK Cup Team - for their victory over Sweden, advancing them to the 2024 qualifiers.

13. Oliver Okonwko - ranked 1862, just beaten Harrison ATP 514, in his home US college town, in a third-set TB; gets two more singles ranking points - only got his first one a month back. AND, completely unexepctedly, has made the final in the doubles (also, he has a wonderful dad)

14. Allegra Korpanec Davies (born 2007) - for doing the double, winning the J60 singles and doubles titles in Bahrain

15. Sarah Tatu - building on her gradual development over the year and reaching the W15 semi-final in Spain, from qualifying, beating the 3rd seed (600 places above her) on the way

16: Samantha Murray Sharan - for reaching two ITF doubles finals, including taking the title with Lissey Barnett in the W40 in Luxembourg, in her quest to increase her ranking to enable her to return to the main WTA tour in 2024.

17. Joe Salisbury - for winning the ATP finals for the 2nd year in a row. Building on their semi in Paris, Joe and Rajeev won all 5 matches in Turin, taking 3rd place in the team rankings for the year and moving Joe to year end 7th in the indI usual rankings. 

18. Greg Slade - won the ITF 2 series (like an ATP 250) Open ParaTennis de Loiret, winning the quad singles and doubles unseeded, his first titles at this level. 

 

Update to Emilie's entry


nominations

1. Andy Lapthorne - reaching the semis of the NEC Wheelchair Masters, beating David Wagner (WR 3) along the way and pushing second seed, Sam Schroder, all the way. Andy surpassed expectations here and it is a great end to the season for him.

2 Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid - winning the ITF World Wheelchair Masters title, perfect record during the week and came from behind to win the final - marvellous as always!

3. Alfie Hewett - wins the Wheelchair Masters title, unbeaten in the week, beating the top 8 players in the world to the games most prestigious prize! Add that to the doubles title as well and Alfie has had a perfect week and month!

4. Luke Johnson - for regaining his singles ranking, with a win in his first singles match since Feb 2023.

5. Giles Hussey - for reaching the final in a 25k, and despite losing in 3 sets, driving 3 hours and going straight back on court to win a QR1 challenger match. Oh, and did I mention that he has broken into the Top 500 as a result of this. Also reached the final of the Challenger 75 doubles in Drummondville

6. Billy Harris - for taking out his CH ranking again (and again), for getting through qualies in Sofia and then winning his first ever ATP Main Tour MD match in a 3rd set breaker.

7. Jack Draper, for reaching his first ATP tour final (beating WR 27 and 28 on the way), after living up to his #1 seeding and winning a close final against David Goffin in the Challenger 75 event the week before.

8. Emilie Lindh - for reaching a W25 SF, a W25 Final (both from qualifying) and a QF in a W40, having never got past a QF in a W25 before. Along the way she got 4 of her top 5 career high wins by ranking, including a career high ranking win. As a result she increased her ranking 210 places to a career high WR 442 and into the top 500 for the first time.

9. Gabia Paskauskas (born 2006) - for doing the double, winning the J200 singles AND doubles titles in Malaysia, her first such titles, and very likely breaking into the top-100 for the first time

10. Sarah Beth Gray/Eden Silva - for winning the biggest title of their careers for both of them, the W60+H in Calgary. Neither Beth or Eden have won a title at W60+H before.

11. GB Junior Girls BJK Cup Team - for coming third in the competition on clay.

12. GB Women's BJK Cup Team - for their victory over Sweden, advancing them to the 2024 qualifiers.

13. Oliver Okonwko - ranked 1862, just beaten Harrison ATP 514, in his home US college town, in a third-set TB; gets two more singles ranking points - only got his first one a month back. AND, completely unexpectedly, has made the final in the doubles (also, he has a wonderful dad)

14. Allegra Korpanec Davies (born 2007) - for doing the double, winning the J60 singles and doubles titles in Bahrain

15. Sarah Tatu - building on her gradual development over the year and reaching the W15 semi-final in Spain, from qualifying, beating the 3rd seed (600 places above her) on the way

16: Samantha Murray Sharan - for reaching two ITF doubles finals, including taking the title with Lissey Barnett in the W40 in Luxembourg, in her quest to increase her ranking to enable her to return to the main WTA tour in 2024.

17. Joe Salisbury - for winning the ATP finals for the 2nd year in a row. Building on their semi in Paris, Joe and Rajeev won all 5 matches in Turin, taking 3rd place in the team rankings for the year and moving Joe to year end 7th in the indI usual rankings.

18. Greg Slade - won the ITF 2 series (like an ATP 250) Open ParaTennis de Loiret, winning the quad singles and doubles unseeded, his first titles at this level.

Business end of week 4 is upon us, Friday feeling tomorrow and then into the weekly nominations weekend hot spot ! Remember, anyone can nominate at anytime !

Close date will be Sunday 3rd December.

Just over a week left, todays the day for a few titles to start coming our way this weekend. So far, Emile Hudd has stood out this week, hope he can build on it next week!

nominations

1. Andy Lapthorne - reaching the semis of the NEC Wheelchair Masters, beating David Wagner (WR 3) along the way and pushing second seed, Sam Schroder, all the way. Andy surpassed expectations here and it is a great end to the season for him.

2 Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid - winning the ITF World Wheelchair Masters title, perfect record during the week and came from behind to win the final - marvellous as always!

3. Alfie Hewett - wins the Wheelchair Masters title, unbeaten in the week, beating the top 8 players in the world to the games most prestigious prize! Add that to the doubles title as well and Alfie has had a perfect week and month!

4. Luke Johnson - for regaining his singles ranking, with a win in his first singles match since Feb 2023.

5. Giles Hussey - for reaching the final in a 25k, and despite losing in 3 sets, driving 3 hours and going straight back on court to win a QR1 challenger match. Oh, and did I mention that he has broken into the Top 500 as a result of this. Also reached the final of the Challenger 75 doubles in Drummondville

6. Billy Harris - for taking out his CH ranking again (and again), for getting through qualies in Sofia and then winning his first ever ATP Main Tour MD match in a 3rd set breaker.

7. Jack Draper, for reaching his first ATP tour final (beating WR 27 and 28 on the way), after living up to his #1 seeding and winning a close final against David Goffin in the Challenger 75 event the week before.

8. Emilie Lindh - for reaching a W25 SF, a W25 Final (both from qualifying) and a QF in a W40, having never got past a QF in a W25 before. Along the way she got 4 of her top 5 career high wins by ranking, including a career high ranking win. As a result she increased her ranking 210 places to a career high WR 442 and into the top 500 for the first time.

9. Gabia Paskauskas (born 2006) - for doing the double, winning the J200 singles AND doubles titles in Malaysia, her first such titles, and very likely breaking into the top-100 for the first time

10. Sarah Beth Gray/Eden Silva - for winning the biggest title of their careers for both of them, the W60+H in Calgary. Neither Beth or Eden have won a title at W60+H before.

11. GB Junior Girls BJK Cup Team - for coming third in the competition on clay.

12. GB Women's BJK Cup Team - for their victory over Sweden, advancing them to the 2024 qualifiers.

13. Oliver Okonwko - ranked 1862, just beaten Harrison ATP 514, in his home US college town, in a third-set TB; gets two more singles ranking points - only got his first one a month back. AND, completely unexpectedly, has made the final in the doubles (also, he has a wonderful dad)

14. Allegra Korpanec Davies (born 2007) - for doing the double, winning the J60 singles and doubles titles in Bahrain

15. Sarah Tatu - building on her gradual development over the year and reaching the W15 semi-final in Spain, from qualifying, beating the 3rd seed (600 places above her) on the way

16: Samantha Murray Sharan - for reaching two ITF doubles finals, including taking the title with Lissey Barnett in the W40 in Luxembourg, in her quest to increase her ranking to enable her to return to the main WTA tour in 2024.

17. Joe Salisbury - for winning the ATP finals for the 2nd year in a row. Building on their semi in Paris, Joe and Rajeev won all 5 matches in Turin, taking 3rd place in the team rankings for the year and moving Joe to year end 7th in the indI usual rankings.

18. Greg Slade - won the ITF 2 series (like an ATP 250) Open ParaTennis de Loiret, winning the quad singles and doubles unseeded, his first titles at this level.

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