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Link to Steven's British Tennis tables - http://www.britishtennis.net/
Is looking good :D
It certainly does! In addition to Dan's great win last night, Lloyd Glasspool and Bryden had good wins at Binghampton against seeds and Naomi also won in Washington.
Lloyd is thro' to Quarters in Lexington after a fairly comfortable straight sets win. Well done him!:thumbup: I also see from the draw list that Wardy retired from his match v Lloyd due to a sinus infection. Poor James, life is tough for him at the moment.
Wardy is due to play a challenger next week in Granby - tough field, but he's entered so hopefully he's feeling better and can get somewhere
Sallydaisy
08-08-2016, 11:03
Rankings ...
Steven @GBtennis (https://twitter.com/GBtennis) 2h2 hours ago (https://twitter.com/GBtennis/status/762573962991763457) GB 2, 3 & 4 are right next to each other now at 80, 81 & 82 (and Naomi is WTA 83 to complete the set!)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CpU0-YYXgAAsvnp.jpg
It's been a great tournament for British players so far with both Dan and Kyle making big moves up the rankings but still, on Tuesday of the second week, we are down to the Murray brothers carrying the flag for GB once again! What will we do without them?
Sallydaisy
12-09-2016, 10:30
Dan up to a career high #53, Kyle at a career high of #55.
Not far to the top 50 for either of them!
:thumbup:
Fleming into the second round in Metz. Skupski and skupski out. Inglot into second round in St P and Marray in action in the first round tomorrow for a chance to play Dom and Henri in the second.
Glasspool and Norrie playing in a challanger in Columbus USA. Glasspool is also playing doubles.
Marray out of St P after a retirement. So no Dom v Johhny in round two
Sallydaisy
11-11-2016, 17:16
LTA news
Mike Dickson @Mike_Dickson_DM (https://twitter.com/Mike_Dickson_DM) 42m42 minutes ago (https://twitter.com/Mike_Dickson_DM/status/797114993892294656)City of London, London (https://twitter.com/search?q=place%3A3eb2c704fe8a50cb)
LTA and long-term sponsor Aegon to go their separate ways at end of 2017. Individual sponsor likely for prestige Queen's event.
exislander
29-11-2016, 12:25
Anne Keothavong is new Fed Cup captain
Anne Keothavong is new Fed Cup captain
That's interesting.
That's interesting.
Why? Is there something I have missed?
No, I didn't mean that there was anything odd about the choice - just that I probably expected someone older, like Sam Smith perhaps. I'm sure Anne will make a good job of it - after all she has been in the team fairly recently.
patmoren
29-11-2016, 22:29
Also Anne is much more au fait with what has been going on in the current game. The others are out of touch and opinionated
JAMES4578
29-11-2016, 22:40
Think Anne is a good choice,a while ago Annabel Croft seemed to think she was in the running.
Well done Maia Lumsden who has just won her first 15k title at Wirral in straights against a very promising 15 year old Polish girl. Maia doesn't play many tourneys at the moment as she is at Uni so this win will push her present ranking in the low 800s to about the 580s a week on Monday. Good luck to Marcus Wiilis who also is playing a final at Shrewsbury this pm. Make it a double for the Brits, Marcus! :cauldron:
roytennisfan
18-02-2017, 16:45
Marcus Lost 5-7 6-7
JAMES4578
18-02-2017, 16:49
Fabulous for Maia, well done! :clap::clap:Pity for Marcus but seemed it was fairly tight and credit for reaching final.
Saw Marcus at the Queens junior final in 2008. He really should have made his mark by now.
themass15
18-02-2017, 19:16
Too late I would think
Dom in action in Marseille tomorrow with hasse they play panic/peya
They won :D into the SF :D
Dom and hasse through to the final in Marseille, they play mahut and bennateau
Dom and hasse lost the final in a match tie break 10-5 tough for them but still a good run
Pushed the top seeds all the way to a MTB - so close, and the likely DC doubles opponents ;) gave em a scare there
Update on recent British tennis article from LTA https://www.lta.org.uk/news/general-news/2017/february/british-tennis-round-up-inglot-reaches-final-webley-smith-takes-title/
I can see myself watching him after Andy's retired because as Andy has said, he really is box office, and the quality of tennis just keeps getting better.
Totally. I know he's controversial now, but he's good fun to watch. My fear is that as he grows up he'll lose that freedom and love of life and become another boring tennis player.
Don't forget we'll have Kyle and hopefully Jay to watch when Andy's gone.
Maybe Laura will have got her act together on the women's side too and Katie will be up there.
Totally. I know he's controversial now, but he's good fun to watch. My fear is that as he grows up he'll lose that freedom and love of life and become another boring tennis player.
Don't forget we'll have Kyle and hopefully Jay to watch when Andy's gone.
Maybe Laura will have got her act together on the women's side too and Katie will be up there.
Jay???? ......... and where does Jo Konta come into this - she's just won in Miami for goodness sake!
Jay???? ......... and where does Jo Konta come into this - she's just won in Miami for goodness sake!
Wow, keep your hair on! I'm well aware of how Jo's been doing.
However, the point I was making was that we have younger players coming through who will still be around for a significant time - and in their prime when Andy retires..
I certainly hope so but I still haven't a clue about Jay - who is he?
angiebabez
01-04-2017, 22:11
Me neither...whose jay
No, I meant Jay. He's an up and coming 18 year old. 195 in the race this year.
A lot of us who try and follow the players through (not only when they become big time) have noticed him. He should get at least a QWC if not a WC for Wimby this year depending on how he plays up until then.
JAMES4578
02-04-2017, 10:11
No, I meant Jay. He's an up and coming 18 year old. 195 in the race this year.
A lot of us who try and follow the players through (not only when they become big time) have noticed him. He should get at least a QWC if not a WC for Wimby this year depending on how he plays up until then.
Jay who?
It must be Jay Clarke GB Rankings (http://www.britishtennis.net/gbtop25m/current.htm) though have to admit I'd never heard of him before either.
Jay has been doing really well in the Futures tourneys this year and is the youngest player in British top 25 (currently 11th) but of course has still to be tested in higher level events.
It seems that Jay Clarke is en-route to France as a hitting partner to the Davis Cup team. Leon obviously has his eye on him.
themass15
02-04-2017, 18:15
He was pictured in the group earlier about to get on the Eurostar at St Pancras
themass15
02-04-2017, 18:15
No private jet without Andy
Jay Clarke. I am sure Nick won't begrudge a little hijack
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It seems that Jay Clarke is en-route to France as a hitting partner to the Davis Cup team. Leon obviously has his eye on him.
Yes, Leon has been well aware of him even if most of the forumites here haven't.
exislander
02-04-2017, 19:38
It is Leon's job to be aware of young players developing. Forumites might appreciate postings re young players below challenger level as information not easy to find.
roytennisfan
02-04-2017, 19:48
Totally. I know he's controversial now, but he's good fun to watch. My fear is that as he grows up he'll lose that freedom and love of life and become another boring tennis player.
Don't forget we'll have Kyle and hopefully Jay to watch when Andy's gone.
Maybe Laura will have got her act together on the women's side too and Katie will be up there.
Also Cameron Norrie 21 at uni in the states, was also there travelling with the team. Remember Kyle was with the squad a year or so before his debut
It is Leon's job to be aware of young players developing. Forumites might appreciate postings re young players below challenger level as information not easy to find.
True, but I don't expect to be made fun of as these idiots display their ignorance.
True, but I don't expect to be made fun of as these idiots display their ignorance.
im Canadian , and dont hear about upcoming British players .
wasn't making fun of you !!
True, but I don't expect to be made fun of as these idiots display their ignorance.No need for that. Consider yourself warned.
Sallydaisy
02-04-2017, 22:19
True, but I don't expect to be made fun of as these idiots display their ignorance.
That's nasty and un-necessary; an apology to all is called for.
No need for that. Consider yourself warned.
With all due respect - I agree that the word idiots was abit strong, and for that I apologise, but I would also like to point out that it was in response to people who were making fun of me first because of their ignorance. I don't expect everyone to know who the up and coming players are, but I also don't expect to get made fun of if I reference them and these people haven't.
I don't see why I should get 'warned' and they shouldn't because I am reacting t their initial jibes.
It was certainly not my intention to make fun of you, Helen40, and I apologise if you have taken offence at any of my comments - they were definitely not meant to be offensive. I am more than happy to admit to my ignorance of up and coming players and was merely asking for more information. I don't think that makes me an idiot though!
There used to be a brilliant app where you could mark all the British Players and any others you were interested in and it would notify you when any matches involving them were about to start. However it stopped working in the U.K. for some reason.
Thanks to the mods for shifting my posts to the correct location.
P.S. no Alis you are definitely not an idiot. You are one of the truly sensible people on here. Me on the other hand............:-)
Bless you, Teresa - I don't think anyone's called me 'sensible' in a long time!
goldfish
03-04-2017, 09:50
For anyone who wants to follow the weekly progress of British tennis players, this is invaluable -
http://www.freewebs.com/britishtennis/stats.html
Steven was too busy to keep it up last year but has recently caught up and moved it to a new host. It's an amazing resource for which I, and many journalists, are very appreciative.
For anyone who wants to follow the weekly progress of British tennis players, this is invaluable -
http://www.freewebs.com/britishtennis/stats.html
Steven was too busy to keep it up last year but has recently caught up and moved it to a new host. It's an amazing resource for which I, and many journalists, are very appreciative.
Absolutely agree - it's brilliant, as is the associated forum! (well, maybe not as brilliant as this one...!!!;))
JAMES4578
03-04-2017, 13:48
Whilst I joined the BT forum years ago never posted much there and in recent years not even been on it much, however will have a look again. Don't recall Jay being mentioned on social media before though I'm aware of about half of the players ranked below him.
Paralympic gold medallist Gordon Reid returns to the top of the world rankings with victory in the men's singles at the Japan Open.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/40001838
Well done Gordon. :cheer: :trophy: :GBflag:
Does anyone know what has happened to Katie Swann? She seems to have disappeared from the scene.
She is presently 12th ranked Brit but has had back issues this year and retired from her most recent tourney in South Korea earlier this month. However she won 2 15Ks in Egypt in March.
Any news on JAMES Ward?
Hope we will see him at Wimbledon.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-4275514/James-Ward-plans-tennis-return-eyeing-Wimbledon.html
i'm on the Wardy watch, when I hear you'll know x
exislander
24-08-2017, 23:47
Katie Boulter has beaten Danka Kovinic ranked 106 and 3rd seed in second round qualifying US Open 6-4 2-6 6-4
JAMES4578
25-08-2017, 09:26
Impressive from Katie, hoping it can go well in final round!
Just seen on livescore that Oliver Golding has just beaten No 8 seed in a futures event Italy...thought he'd given up tennis.
I'd heard a rumour that he was hoping to make a comeback - that's great if he is.
That'd be great to see Oliver back. :swingin:
JAMES4578
03-09-2017, 15:47
Certainly looking like good news!
Update on Golding - I read he entered the tournament after only a few weeks practice, without a ranking...and won! I do hope he is planning a return to tennis, as he was always a talent and is still only 24.
Both Kyle & Aljaz have withdrawn from St.Petersburg next week joining Andy on the injury list and with Evo mia, the top British player still in action is Cameron Norrie who plays Sandgren in the 2nd round of the Cary Challenger today.
Duck, this is the future of British tennis after Andy et al. :crying: :p
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJ1_ifJXcAA_8Vv.jpg
A DF from his opponent prevented a "Golden Match". He must have thought the comeback was on. ;)
Alex Ward had a very good 6-2 6-2 win today over Mackenzie McDonald in Columbus Challenger. Alex has been playing on a PR after another long injury layoff.
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