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the China Opens finish substantially after end September , 6th October for the women, although they start in September. So the cut off for POM nominations and vote remains September 29th and performances in womens and mens China Open and mens Japan Open will count towards October POM vote/nominations process.

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Friday 20th of September 2024 10:03:35 AM

JonH comes home wrote:

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1. Dan Evans. Do I need to explain? For winning the longest ever US Open match over Khachanov, at 5 hours 35 minutes, and backing it up with another win over 36th ranked Navone in reaching the third round, where fatigue caught up with him. Inspiring and gutsy.

2. Max Basing currently ranked 1000+, reaching final of an M15 beating 5th seed 522 and 7th seed, highest ranking also in 500s along the way. Building on it with a run to the title M25 Bali where he beat the 4th seed ranked in the 400s in the semis, and the 8th seed ranked in the 500s along the way

3. Jack Draper. only the 4th British player to reach the US Open semi in the open era. Getting to his first slam semi final at the US Open without dropping a set including a win over the conqueror of Alcaraz and top 10 ranked De Minaur .Overcome in the semis by a combination of sickness and number 1 seed Sinner but fought to the end in a 3 hour struggle. Hes showing himself to be a potential slam winner and moves into the top 20.

4. Alfie Hewett/ Gordon Reid - winning the paralympics mens doubles gold medal - their first gold and on top of winning all 3 slams this year as well. In four matches, lost no sets and just 17 games

5. Mika Stojsavljevic - winning the us open girls singles at the age of 15! On the way beating Jovic who won a round in the women's singles. Our first winner of this since 2009 when Heather won it and only the second GB girl to reach the final since the tournament started.

6. Jan Choinski - winning his third challenger title of his career and first in over 12 months, unseeded, and getting a 100 place ranking boost to around 176 in the process

7. James Story - from qualies, came through to win his first ever ITF title at the M15 in Monastir, ranked below 2000, he beat several players in the top 1000 in the process and followed a doubles title the previous week at the same location

8. Billy Harris - for making his Davis Cup debut at the age of 29 and winning his first ever match for Team GB against Finland to give us victory in the opening Round Robin match

9. Anna McBride - for winning the womens singles title at the World Para Tennis Championships in Annecy, overcoming a tough French opponent in a 2 hours 20 minute final. Also winning the mixed doubles title and taking bronze in team and womens doubles.

10. Jake Fearnley, for winning yet another Challenger title, this time a 100-level in Rennes. Beat home favourite Quentin Halys in the final (after losing the first set 6-0 and fighting off a match point in the second set). En route to the final, he beat top seed Mannarino, his first victory over a top 50 player. Will see him rise 30+ places in the ranking to a new CH of around 130.

11. Sonay Kartal, for winning her first WTA title, as a qualifier, and due to enter the top 100 women players in the world. Rising over 200 places in the last 3 months

12. Ewen Lumsden - following James Story last week, Ewen similarly comes through to win his first ITF singles title, an M15 in Monastir ( he also won the doubles )  winning unseeded. Great week for him and should now enter the top 1000

 

not looking like any new additions to our list this 4th week of 5; just a week left for September nominations, current plan is to close them Sunday September 29th. Remember, just add any new ones to the list in this post by quoting this post, adding a new name and reason and cutting out the extraneous comments (like this!) and re posting it. 

 

Just a reminder as I see the China Open womens thread go up, this event will count towards October PoM and NOT September (as it finishes on October 6th).

the Mens China Open and Japan Open also go into October and past this weekend with mid week finishes, and dont start until later this week, so also count towards October.