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1. Isaac Sallu - won the national under 16 boys singles, entered as a wild card and won the whole thing, without losing a set. Excellent performance and he hails from Ilkley area, so not bad on all fronts

2. Liam Broady - won the Challenger 50 title in Miyazaki (wonder if Lily sent him a congrats message?!) with a win over Harry w in the final; hes third challenger title of his career, first since 2023 and it takes him into the top 250 in the live rankings as of writing. Well done, Liam

3. Daniella Britton - won the 16U National Championships. Won all her matches in two sets, not really breaking a sweat. And then won the 18U National Championships. Did the double. And still only age 15.

4. Sofia Johnson - the 21 yo ex college player significantly stepped up her still very early tour career with a USA W35 title from qualifying, beating WRs 471 and 470 in the SF and final. Takes her to 64 points from 7 counters, to live ranked 671 and GB #24.

5. Mark Ceban - boys 18U national champion. In style. And one year young.

6. BJK Cup team, went to Australia as the underdogs without our top 4 ranked players and shocked the home nation by winning all 3 live rubbers. Mika playing her first BJKC rubber stunned Gibson (WR56) over 200 places above her to get GB going, Harriet leading the team made it 2-0 to end day 1 and Jodie and Harriet playing together for the first time beat Storm and Perez who were, according to the commentary, 5 BJK matches unbeaten without dropping a set prior to give GB the whitewash before the dead rubber.

1. Isaac Sallu - won the national under 16 boys singles, entered as a wild card and won the whole thing, without losing a set. Excellent performance and he hails from Ilkley area, so not bad on all fronts

2. Liam Broady - won the Challenger 50 title in Miyazaki (wonder if Lily sent him a congrats message?!) with a win over Harry w in the final; hes third challenger title of his career, first since 2023 and it takes him into the top 250 in the live rankings as of writing. Well done, Liam

3. Daniella Britton - won the 16U National Championships. Won all her matches in two sets, not really breaking a sweat. And then won the 18U National Championships. Did the double. And still only age 15.

4. Sofia Johnson - the 21 yo ex college player significantly stepped up her still very early tour career with a USA W35 title from qualifying, beating WRs 471 and 470 in the SF and final. Takes her to 64 points from 7 counters, to live ranked 671 and GB #24.

5. Mark Ceban - boys 18U national champion. In style. And one year young.

6. BJK Cup team, went to Australia as the underdogs without our top 4 ranked players and shocked the home nation by winning all 3 live rubbers. Mika playing her first BJKC rubber stunned Gibson (WR56) over 200 places above her to get GB going, Harriet leading the team made it 2-0 to end day 1 and Jodie and Harriet playing together for the first time beat Storm and Perez who were, according to the commentary, 5 BJK matches unbeaten without dropping a set prior to give GB the whitewash before the dead rubber.

7. Harry Wendelken - 2 successive runs to Challenger 50 singles finals ( Miyazaki and Wuning ) saw him rise to a CH 223 ( GB #12). His Wuning run included a CH win in the QF against rhe top seed Clement Chidekh WR 179.

Dannythomas wrote:

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Definitely a case for giving Mika a separate nomination for what can only be described as an extraordinary BJK debut. Except that would obviously split the vote .
In the meantime I would say that Cam is definitely going to get another nomination for following up his Indian Wells successes with another quarter final in Barcelona, while Julian and  Lloyd in Barcelona and Luke in Munich still going strong in the doubles.

-- Edited by Dannythomas on Wednesday 15th of April 2026 10:39:22 PM

-- Edited by Dannythomas on Wednesday 15th of April 2026 10:40:58 PM

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 Certainly fair game to nominate someone individually as well as the team they are part of. With 2 1/2 weeks ie half the month to come, anything will be valid, happy to accept whatever nominations come in. If it potentially splits the vote, thats part of the competition.

I used to mess around with semifinals and the like to avoid conflicts in round one, but it still ends up with split votes in the final, so I just let it unfold these days. 

Looks like Liam could well need a little upgrade to his entry at the end of the weekend. Even though I did the original, always happy if someone else is willing to have a go when the time is right

As we reach the end of week 3 of 5 reminder that nominations close two weeks today for the April Pom vote.

Remember, anyone can nominate for any reason and from any category of player - singles, doubles, junior, disability, team or individual. And any other category i may have missed - in the past coaches or retired players have received a nod achievements worth noting in the relevant month.

JonH wrote:

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1. Isaac Sallu - won the national under 16 boys singles, entered as a wild card and won the whole thing, without losing a set. Excellent performance and he hails from Ilkley area, so not bad on all fronts

2. Liam Broady - won the Challenger 50 title in Miyazaki (wonder if Lily sent him a congrats message?!) with a win over Harry w in the final; hes third challenger title of his career, first since 2023 and followed up later in the month with a semi final in the CH 125 in Busan, which takes him into the FO qualies direct entry spots at around 220 in the live rankings as of writing. Well done, Liam

3. Daniella Britton - won the 16U National Championships. Won all her matches in two sets, not really breaking a sweat. And then won the 18U National Championships. Did the double. And still only age 15.

4. Sofia Johnson - the 21 yo ex college player significantly stepped up her still very early tour career with a USA W35 title from qualifying, beating WRs 471 and 470 in the SF and final. Takes her to 64 points from 7 counters, to live ranked 671 and GB #24.

5. Mark Ceban - boys 18U national champion. In style. And one year young.

6. BJK Cup team, went to Australia as the underdogs without our top 4 ranked players and shocked the home nation by winning all 3 live rubbers. Mika playing her first BJKC rubber stunned Gibson (WR56) over 200 places above her to get GB going, Harriet leading the team made it 2-0 to end day 1 and Jodie and Harriet playing together for the first time beat Storm and Perez who were, according to the commentary, 5 BJK matches unbeaten without dropping a set prior to give GB the whitewash before the dead rubber.

7. Harry Wendelken - 2 successive runs to Challenger 50 singles finals ( Miyazaki and Wuning ) saw him rise to a CH 223 ( GB #12). His Wuning run included a CH win in the QF against rhe top seed Clement Chidekh WR 179.

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 https://britishtennis.activeboard.com/t66034135/who-has-that-friday-feeling/?page=79&ts=last

It is Friday again and DF has produced the round up of the weeks progress to date - any of these catch your eye, you know what to do as we enter the back end of week 4 of 5 weeks in this month's PoM nomination process. I see from the list above that Mark and Daniella have had decent weeks, could they be in need of an updated narrative? And members of the BJK Cup Team, are they in need of an individual nomination to put the cat amongst the pigeons  

 

1. Isaac Sallu - won the national under 16 boys singles, entered as a wild card and won the whole thing, without losing a set. Excellent performance and he hails from Ilkley area, so not bad on all fronts

2. Liam Broady - won the Challenger 50 title in Miyazaki (wonder if Lily sent him a congrats message?!) with a win over Harry w in the final; hes third challenger title of his career, first since 2023 and followed up later in the month with a semi final in the CH 125 in Busan, which takes him into the FO qualies direct entry spots at around 220 in the live rankings as of writing. Well done, Liam

3. Daniella Britton - won the 16U National Championships. Won all her matches in two sets, not really breaking a sweat. And then won the 18U National Championships. Did the double. And still only age 15. Daniella then followed up with the J200 singles title in Aldershot (seeded 5th) beating the US 1st and 4th seeds, and then 2nd seed Hollie Smart in taking the title.

4. Sofia Johnson - the 21 yo ex college player significantly stepped up her still very early tour career with a USA W35 title from qualifying, beating WRs 471 and 470 in the SF and final. Takes her to 64 points from 7 counters, to live ranked 671 and GB #24.

5. Mark Ceban - boys 18U national champion. In style. And one year young. Mark then followed up with the J200 singles title in Aldershot where, seeded 2, he beat the top seed in the final 

6. BJK Cup team, went to Australia as the underdogs without our top 4 ranked players and shocked the home nation by winning all 3 live rubbers. Mika playing her first BJKC rubber stunned Gibson (WR56) over 200 places above her to get GB going, Harriet leading the team made it 2-0 to end day 1 and Jodie and Harriet playing together for the first time beat Storm and Perez who were, according to the commentary, 5 BJK matches unbeaten without dropping a set prior to give GB the whitewash before the dead rubber.

7. Harry Wendelken - 2 successive runs to Challenger 50 singles finals ( Miyazaki and Wuning ) saw him rise to a CH 223 ( GB #12). His Wuning run included a CH win in the QF against rhe top seed Clement Chidekh WR 179.

8. Alfie Hewett - took the singles and doubles titles in the big WC 1000 Japan Open with a victory over arch rival Oda, the world #1, and on his opponents home turf. His second straight win over Oda and also took the doubles with long time partner Gordon Reid, the pair also returning to form after a - by their standards- poor past 12 months or so and moving back to equal 1st in the doubles rankings once more. 

 

-- Edited by JonH on Monday 27th of April 2026 12:35:39 PM