Updated Cam's narrative (and fixed a mistake I'd made in Kyle's).

Nominations List

1 - Alastair Gray - for breaking back into the Top 500 having come through qualies and reaching the 2nd round of the Challenger in Portugal.

2 - Oliver Crawford - for deciding to come and represent the wonder that is Great British tennis and then reaching the FQR of AO qualies

3 - Heather Watson - for reaching the doubles final at the Brisbane WTA500 event and going back to British #1 in style.

4 - Lloyd Glasspool - for winning the ATP250 doubles in Brisbane and making a great start to both 2024 and a new partnership (with Jean-Julien Rojer).

5 - Katie Boulter - for beating Jessica Pegula World No 5 in the United Cup

6 - Jacob Fearnley - for winning both the singles and doubles at the M25 event at Esch-sur-Alzette, having come through qualifying in the singles and then beaten the #1 seed comfortably in the semi-final.

7 - Jack Draper - for reaching the final the the ATP 250 in Adelaide and beating 3 top 32 players, including the top seed ranked 13.

8 - Joe Salisbury - for winning the Adelaide ATP250 and showing he and Rajeev have carried over their excellent form from the end of last year.

9 - Ella McDonald - for winning the Loughborough and Sunderland W35 doubles with different partners, beating the much higher ranked 1st, 3rd and 2nd seeds at Loughborough. Predicted new CH of 381, up 88 places.

10 - Kyle Edmund - for winning the M25 in Loughborough after such a long layoff from injury and for returning to the Top 500, and for following that up by winning the M25 in Sunderland a week later.

11 - Sonay Kartal - for winning the W35 in Loughborough in her first tournament since last September!

12 - Cam Norrie - for getting his best GS win by ranking in beating Caspar Ruud and making the 4th round of the AO for the first time, and for then pushing Zverev all the way to a final set tiebreak in that 4th round match.

13 - Luke Johnson - for winning the doubles at the ATP75 in Nonthaburi, which will not only give him a new career high but should take him to just outside the top 100 when the next rankings come out.

14. Ali Habib - in successive weeks in Doha, an M15 QF and M25 SF, both from qualifying. Will take out his CH 1281 and enter the top 1000.

15. Daniela Piani (age 16) - for winning the singles and the doubles title at the J100 in Glasgow

 

So, from a British perspective in Melbourne, we seem to have the following left:

Neal in mixed doubles
Mimi in junior girls
Viktor in junior boys doubles
Alfie and Gordon in wheelchair mens singles
Alfie/Gordon wheelchair mens doubles
Andy in wheelchair quad doubles.

The para tennis events at the AO are also starting before the weekend.

I think thats right. Plus whoever else is playing around the world, tbf I havent paid any attention outside the AO this week.

Nominations close on Sunday and the vote will be posted Monday morning. Please add any nominations to the list above and post your new nominee and reason in a new post.

If any nominees need a narrative upgrade since they were nominated, please feel free to do that for any player.

JonH comes home wrote:

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So, from a British perspective in Melbourne, we seem to have the following left:

Neal in mixed doubles
Mimi in junior girls
Viktor in junior boys doubles
Alfie and Gordon in wheelchair mens singles
Alfie/Gordon wheelchair mens doubles
Andy in wheelchair quad doubles.

The para tennis events at the AO are also starting before the weekend.

I think thats right. Plus whoever else is playing around the world, tbf I havent paid any attention outside the AO this week.

Nominations close on Sunday and the vote will be posted Monday morning. Please add any nominations to the list above and post your new nominee and reason in a new post.

If any nominees need a narrative upgrade since they were nominated, please feel free to do that for any player.

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 Just assuming that Mimi and the remaining doubles juniors make progress, will the cut off date for this cover the finals at the AO? You never know! Thats why I have been holding back on nominating.

Tanaqui wrote:

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To mark my acceptance of Jon's offer to appoint me "official senior assistant to the PoM executive team", another nomination. And I really hope we'll be updating this one in a few days.

Nominations List

1 - Alastair Gray - for breaking back into the Top 500 having come through qualies and reaching the 2nd round of the Challenger in Portugal.

2 - Oliver Crawford - for deciding to come and represent the wonder that is Great British tennis and then reaching the FQR of AO qualies

3 - Heather Watson - for reaching the doubles final at the Brisbane WTA500 event and going back to British #1 in style.

4 - Lloyd Glasspool - for winning the ATP250 doubles in Brisbane and making a great start to both 2024 and a new partnership (with Jean-Julien Rojer).

5 - Katie Boulter - for beating Jessica Pegula World No 5 in the United Cup

6 - Jacob Fearnley - for winning both the singles and doubles at the M25 event at Esch-sur-Alzette, having come through qualifying in the singles and then beaten the #1 seed comfortably in the semi-final.

7 - Jack Draper - for reaching the final the the ATP 250 in Adelaide and beating 3 top 32 players, including the top seed ranked 13.

8 - Joe Salisbury - for winning the Adelaide ATP250 and showing he and Rajeev have carried over their excellent form from the end of last year.

9 - Ella McDonald - for winning the Loughborough and Sunderland W35 doubles with different partners, beating the much higher ranked 1st, 3rd and 2nd seeds at Loughborough. Predicted new CH of 381, up 88 places.

10 - Kyle Edmund - for winning the M25 in Loughborough after such a long layoff from injury and for returning to the Top 500, and for following that up by winning the M25 in Sunderland a week later.

11 - Sonay Kartal - for winning the W35 in Loughborough in her first tournament since last September!

12 - Cam Norrie - for getting his best GS win by ranking in beating Caspar Ruud and making the 4th round of the AO for the first time, and for then pushing Zverev all the way to a final set tiebreak in that 4th round match.

13 - Luke Johnson - for winning the doubles at the ATP75 in Nonthaburi, which will not only give him a new career high but should take him to just outside the top 100 when the next rankings come out.

14. Ali Habib - in successive weeks in Doha, an M15 QF and M25 SF, both from qualifying. Will take out his CH 1281 and enter the top 1000.

15 - Daniela Piani (age 16) - for winning the singles and the doubles title at the J100 in Glasgow.

16 - Neil Skupski - for reaching the final of the mixed doubles at the Australian Open (with Desirae Krawczyk).

 

 

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 Alfie/Gordon, Andy and Viktor all make finals at the AO, all playing finals this morning. 

 

PS - just saw Tanaqui's acceptance of the job offer. Welcome to the team (not sure of duties yet though!)

Var wrote:

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JonH comes home wrote:

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So, from a British perspective in Melbourne, we seem to have the following left:

Neal in mixed doubles
Mimi in junior girls
Viktor in junior boys doubles
Alfie and Gordon in wheelchair mens singles
Alfie/Gordon wheelchair mens doubles
Andy in wheelchair quad doubles.

The para tennis events at the AO are also starting before the weekend.

I think thats right. Plus whoever else is playing around the world, tbf I havent paid any attention outside the AO this week.

Nominations close on Sunday and the vote will be posted Monday morning. Please add any nominations to the list above and post your new nominee and reason in a new post.

If any nominees need a narrative upgrade since they were nominated, please feel free to do that for any player.

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 Just assuming that Mimi and the remaining doubles juniors make progress, will the cut off date for this cover the finals at the AO? You never know! Thats why I have been holding back on nominating.

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 Hi Var, just to remind you that you have until end of Sunday to nominate players, so if Viktor and Mimi or any other player catches your eye as a nominee, just go ahead before then!

 

Nominations List

1 - Alastair Gray - for breaking back into the Top 500 having come through qualies and reaching the 2nd round of the Challenger in Portugal.

2 - Oliver Crawford - for deciding to come and represent the wonder that is Great British tennis and then reaching the FQR of AO qualies.

3 - Heather Watson - for reaching the doubles final at the Brisbane WTA500 event and going back to British #1 in style.

4 - Lloyd Glasspool - for winning the ATP250 doubles in Brisbane and making a great start to both 2024 and a new partnership (with Jean-Julien Rojer)

5 - Katie Boulter - for beating Jessica Pegula World No 5 in the United Cup.

6 - Jacob Fearnley - for winning both the singles and doubles at the M25 event at Esch-sur-Alzette, having come through qualifying in the singles and then beaten the #1 seed comfortably in the semi-final.

7 - Jack Draper - for reaching the final the the ATP 250 in Adelaide and beating 3 top 32 players, including the top seed ranked 13.

8 - Joe Salisbury - for winning the Adelaide ATP250 and showing he and Rajeev have carried over their excellent form from the end of last year.

9 - Ella McDonald - for winning the Loughborough and Sunderland W35 doubles with different partners, beating the much higher ranked 1st, 3rd and 2nd seeds at Loughborough. Predicted new CH of 381, up 88 places.

10 - Kyle Edmund - for winning the M25 in Loughborough after such a long layoff from injury and for returning to the Top 500, and for following that up by winning the M25 in Sunderland a week later.

11 - Sonay Kartal - for winning the W35 in Loughborough in her first tournament since last September.

12 - Cam Norrie - for getting his best GS win by ranking in beating Caspar Ruud and making the 4th round of the AO for the first time, and for then pushing Zverev all the way to a final set tiebreak in that 4th round match.

13 - Luke Johnson - for winning the doubles at the ATP75 in Nonthaburi, which will not only give him a new career high but should take him to just outside the top 100 when the next rankings come out.

14. Ali Habib - in successive weeks in Doha, an M15 QF and M25 SF, both from qualifying. Will take out his CH 1281 and enter the top 1000.

15 - Daniela Piani (age 16) - for winning the singles and the doubles title at the J100 in Glasgow.

16 - Neil Skupski - for reaching the final of the mixed doubles at the Australian Open (with Desirae Krawczyk)

17. Andy Lapthorne - for winning the Australian Open Quad Wheelchair Doubles title, unseeded, with US partner David Wagner. Marvellous achievement!

18 - Anna Brogan - for three valiant efforts, in defeat, in her first (W35) tournaments of the year.