Moving into the middle of this final week of the November month - nominations later this week to be in by close of play Sunday - the vote will go up Sunday evening.

Weve had over 200 nominations this year across the 12 months of the PoM season (started December 23) which says over 200 times players did something special that excited us. Thats a nice thing we can look back on in terms of the year almost gone!

Happy nominating!

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-- Edited by JonH comes home on Wednesday 27th of November 2024 09:27:09 PM

These seem to be our contenders for any last places on the nominations list: Jodie, Kristina, Emile, Ryan, Ewen, Madeleine, Giles/Oliver, Charles R, Freya.

Timing of nominations closing will be Sunday night unless Kristina pushes that back!

Ewen, Jodie and Emile all progressing today, keeping interest alive. Kristina seems to be playing her next match this afternoon - will they be doubling up matches today and playing more than one round to get it finished on time?

The OOP for San Dimingo has courts allocated for all 8 third round matches, so weather permitting they will be playing two rounds today.

Similarly, the men's QF's should also be played today (not that there are any Brits involved). Busy day in prospect.

Thought I'd get the ball rolling with Jodie (although hopefully she'll go on to more).

1 - Luke Johnson - for winning his first ATP 250 title (unseeded and with Sander Arends) at the Moselle Open in Metz, France. Followed with a CH75 title in Lyon with Miedler

2 - Johannus Monday - Followed up 3 straight titles in ITF events with a run to the semis in Knoxville Challenger, beating two top 200 players in the process. Ran Chris Eubank to a final set tie break; in the doubles final also, taking the title - all in all, a career week as he entered top 400 at around 364

3 - Emily Appleton/ Maia Lumsden - for winning the Midland WTA 125 title. This is Emily's first title at this level (and only Maia's second) and will see Emily reach a new CH of 94.

4. Cam Norrie - for ending a difficult year with a 250 singles final in Metz. Included a notable win over home favourite Moutet who he had lost to a year ago. Hopefully will restore some confidence for the start of next season.

5. Savannah Dada-Mascoll - Being a member of the first doubles team from Appalachian State University women's tennis programme to ever qualify for the NCAA Championships by reaching the final of the ITA Conference Masters Championships which she and partner goes on to win.

6. Sofia Johnson - Dominant in winning the ITA Conference Masters Championships and qualifying for the NCAA Singles Championships.

7. Jake Fearnley - for his run to the QF in the Helsinki CH125 (where he lost to Kei Nishikori, who had a CH of WR4 in 2015), which has allowed him to leapfrog several players with points off the following week and reach a new CH of WR89.

8. Henry Patten - for reaching the SF of the year end finals. Seeded 7 going into the event, beat 3 higher ranked pairs and amassed a 3-1 record overall. Henry in the verge of the top 10 now, and ends British doubles number one.

9. Gordon Reid - for beating expectations and reaching the singles final in the NEC Wheelchair Masters, seeded 5th and beating Fernandez and de la Puente; also in the doubles final where he lost with Alfie Hewett.

10. Harry Abel (age 17) - for winning the singles AND the doubles title at the J60 in Liverpool ( I think this is his first singles title, and always great to do it at a home tournament)

11. Holly Hutchinson/Ella McDonald - for winning the W50 in Funchal, the biggest title to date for both of them, and after a great comeback from 4-8 down in the tiebreak.

12 . Emma Raducanu - who followed up her top form in the BJK Cup on clay in France with 3/3 wins in Malaga (6/6 sets ), and not having played in a number of weeks, that took Team GB to the brink of reaching the final for the first time in 43 years. Unfortunately Katie couldnt quite see it through and the deciding doubles went against us. Although the vocal support from the other team members is not to be underrated I have to put Emma forward rather than the team !

13. GB BJK Cup Team - Unlucky for some and it was for the GB women in the BJK Cup. Yet lucky for GB to have our second semi-finalists in three years. A team isn't just the players on the court, its the captain, Anne, the physios , trainers, hitting partners and alternate. Together they made a great team. In addition GB went into this as the second lowest ranked team in the 12 finalists. It wasn't to be this year but it it will come. Making history after 42 years takes a little longer. Well done girls!

14. Lui Maxted - NCAA Doubles Champion (with Pedro Vives). The third GB male and first since 2015 to win the doubles National Championship. Only the 2nd individual NCAA title for TCU and first since 1981

15. Jodie Burrage - on the comeback trail following injury, during November Jodie has reached the semi-finals in singles of a W35, W50 and W75 and also the semi-finals of the doubles in the W75.

 

With Kristina going out, we will definitely do the voting starting Sunday evening - next couple of days will tell if it is one vote - probably- or two rounds - possibly.