NOTTINGHAM FESTIVAL OF TENNIS, 2-17 June 2012. * * GRASS * * Main thread

[Sallydaisy]

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Nottingham has a 2 week slot at very start of the grasscourt calendar with 2 Aegon events being held here. The first week co-incides with the 2nd week of Roland Garros so it attracts many overseas players seeking practice on grass ahead of Wimbledon.

Aegon Trophy: 2nd - 10th June
Mens E64K, Womens $75k

Aegon Nottingham Challenge - 9th - 17th June
Mens E64K, Womens $50k

There will be lots of Brits to watch as well as good main tour players so it's well worth a visit and free to watch most days.

INFORMATION
Nottingham Tennis (http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=202434#) Centre, University Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 2QH, UK
Website: http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/

[Sallydaisy]

Aegon Trophy: 2nd - 10th June
Mens E64K, Womens $75k

This co-incides with the 2nd week of Roland Garros so there might be one or two names below who aren't in Nottingham. And it's also the same week of Queens Qualifying so some British players might be involved there.

MENS ENTRY LIST
24 Direct Accepances, 4 Wild Cards, 4 Qualifiers

Muller, Gilles LUX 52
Soeda, Go JPN 61
Lacko, Lukas SVK 64
Ebden, Matthew AUS 69
Ito, Tatsuma JPN 70
Sela, Dudi ISR 71
Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 86
Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 87
Stebe, Cedrik-Marcel GER 90
Matosevic, Marinko AUS 92
Pospisil, Vasek CAN 101
Beck, Karol SVK 103
Zopp, Jurgen EST 107
Goffin, David BEL 110
Haas, Tommy GER 113
Sijsling, Igor NED 125
Ram, Rajeev USA 126
Levine, Jesse USA 132
Sweeting, Ryan USA 133
Bemelmans, Ruben BEL 134
Reynolds, Bobby USA 136
Chiudinelli, Marco SUI 138
Ward, James GBR 141
De Voest, Rik RSA 144
WC Baker, Jamie GBR 206
WC Goodall, Josh GBR 228
WC Fitzpatrick, Andrew GBR 479
WC Golding, Oli GBR 483
Q
Q
Q
Q



Alternates :
1. Donskoy, Evgeny RUS 145
2. Mannarino, Adrian FRA 149
3. Becker, Benjamin GER 155
4. Van der Merwe, Izak RSA 159
5. Brown, Dustin GER 160
6. De Schepper, Kenny FRA 168
7. Bubka, Sergei UKR 171
8. Sugita, Yuichi JPN 175
9. Kudla, Denis USA 177
10. Berankis, Ricardas LTU 179
11. Yani, Michael USA 183
12. Grigelis, Laurynas LTU 184
13. Ginepri, Robby USA 187
14. Wang, Jimmy TPE 195
15. Baker, Jamie GBR 206 main draw WC
16. Menendez-Maceiras, Adrian ESP 208
17. Navarro, Ivan ESP 209
18. Zverev, Mischa GER 210
19. Moriya, Hiroki JPN 219
20. Capkovic, Kamil SVK 221

[Sallydaisy]

Aegon Nottingham Challenge: 9th - 17th June
Mens E64K, Womens $50k

James Ward has been given a Wildcard into Queens so he won't be in Nottingham this week. It's possible one or two other Brits will also be at Queens Qualifying and maybe 1 or 2 other MDWC's so it's uncertain which local lads will be up in Notts.

MENS ENTRY LIST
1 Sela, Dudi ISR 94
2 Beck, Karol SVK 104
3 Russell, Michael USA 110
4 Ram, Rajeev USA 123
5 Ilhan, Marsel TUR 124
6 Zemlja, Grega SLO 129
7 Levine, Jesse USA 131
8 De Voest, Rik RSA 143
9 Donskoy, Evgeny RUS 146
10 Janowicz, Jerzy POL 151
11 Mannarino, Adrian FRA 152
12 Kuznetsov, Andrey RUS 159
13 Van der Merwe, Izak RSA 160
14 Duckworth, James AUS 168
15 Udomchoke, Danai THA 169
16 Berankis, Ricardas LTU 176
17 Salamanca, Carlos COL 180
18 Mertl, Jan CZE 181
19 Grigelis, Laurynas LTU 189
20 Wang, Jimmy TPE 192
21 Sugita, Yuichi JPN 195
22 Torebko, Peter GER 203
WC
WC
WC
WC
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q

Alternates :
1. Menendez-Maceiras, Adrian ESP 209
2. Teixeira, Maxime FRA 215
3. Baker, Brian USA 216
4. Bhambri, Yuki IND 218
5. Moriya, Hiroki JPN 219
6. Fischer, Martin AUT 222
7. Oswald, Philipp AUT 225
8. Goodall, Josh GBR 228
9. Heliovaara, Harri FIN 229
10. Velotti, Agustin ARG 231
11. Mitchell, Benjamin AUS 233
12. Gremelmayr, Denis GER 238
13. Sousa, Pedro POR 246
14. Felder, Marcel URU 248
15. Fabbiano, Thomas ITA 249
16. Borvanov, Roman MDA 250
17. Galdon, Pablo ARG 252
18. Kirillov, Evgeny RUS 254
19. Ignatik, Uladzimir BLR 256
20. Duclos, Pierre-Ludovic CAN 257

[Sallydaisy]

Aegon Trophy: 2nd - 10th June
Mens E64K, Womens $75k

Main draw Wildcards have been given to Jamie Baker, Josh Goodall, Oli Golding and Andrew Fitzpatrick. James Ward is already into the main draw per his ranking at the cut off date for entries.

According to the ITF the Nottingham tournament will have live streaming (and scores) available via the LTA website for both weeks.

Womens Entry List
1 Christina MCHALE (USA) 36
2 Tamira PASZEK (AUT) 52 1
3 Vania KING (USA) 58 1
4 Su-Wei HSIEH (TPE) 64 1
5 Eleni DANIILIDOU (GRE) 67 1
6 Elena BALTACHA (GBR) 70 1
7 Anna TATISHVILI (GEO) 72 1
8 Kimiko DATE-KRUMM (JPN) 73 1
9 Anne KEOTHAVONG (GBR) 76 1
10 Ayumi MORITA (JPN) 77 1
11 Stephanie FORETZ GACON (FRA) 83 1
12 Jamie HAMPTON (USA) 87 1
13 Urszula RADWANSKA (POL) 91 1
14 Tamarine TANASUGARN (THA) 95 1
15 Casey DELLACQUA (AUS) 96 1
16 Andrea HLAVACKOVA (CZE) 97 1
17 Stephanie DUBOIS (CAN) 99 1
18 Irina FALCONI (USA) 101 1
19 Kai-Chen CHANG (TPE) 103 1
20 Alberta BRIANTI (ITA) 104 1
21 Anastasia RODIONOVA (AUS) 106 1
22 Heather WATSON (GBR) 111 1
23 Ashleigh BARTY (AUS) 327 1 JE

Qualifying

1 Karin KNAPP (ITA) 112 1
2 Mirjana LUCIC (CRO) 113 1
3 Misaki DOI (JPN) 115 1
4 Melinda CZINK (HUN) 116 1
5 Eva BIRNEROVA (CZE) 117 1
6 Stefanie VOEGELE (SUI) 118 1
7 Garbine MUGURUZA BLANCO (ESP) 119 1
8 Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE) 121 1
9 Sesil KARATANTCHEVA (KAZ) 125 1
10 Laura ROBSON (GBR) 126 MAIN DRAW WILD CARD
11 Alla KUDRYAVTSEVA (RUS) 128 1
MDO Kurumi NARA (JPN) 129 1
12 Erika SEMA (JPN) 130 1
13 Valeria SAVINYKH (RUS) 134 1
14 Alison RISKE (USA) 136 1
15 Yaroslava SHVEDOVA (KAZ) 142 1
16 Camila GIORGI (ITA) 145 1
17 Michelle LARCHER DE BRITO (POR) 146 1
18 Kristyna PLISKOVA (CZE) 148 1
19 Yung-Jan CHAN (TPE) 149 1
20 CoCo VANDEWEGHE (USA) 155 1
MDO Claire FEUERSTEIN (FRA) 159 1
MDO Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) 160 1
21 Shuai ZHANG (CHN) 163 1
22 Noppawan LERTCHEEWAKARN (THA) 165 1
23 Victoria LARRIERE (FRA) 172 1
24 Madison BRENGLE (USA) 176 1
25 Amra SADIKOVIC (SUI) 179 1
26 Irena PAVLOVIC (FRA) 185 1

WILDCARDS

Main draw
Laura Robson
Naomi Broady
Melanie South
Tara Moore

Qualifying
Samantha Murray
Emily Webley-Smith
Anna Fitzpatrick
Lisa Whybourn
Jade Windley
Lucy Brown

[Sallydaisy]

Women's Qualifying Draw on the LTA website here (http://www.lta.org.uk/NewWebsite/LTA/Documents/Fans News and Major Events/Results/2012/AEGON Trophy/Women's qualifying singles.pdf)

[Maza1987]

http://www.lta.org.uk/NewWebsite/LTA/Documents/Fans%20News%20and%20Major%20Events/Results/2012/AEGON%20Trophy/Women's%20singles%20main%20draw.pdf

Draw for ladies singles.

Some interesting ties.
I think Naomi might be in with a shout if her serve is working, and then she might face Heather (but she will be playing someone who has already played 3 grass court matches, so no guarantees there either).
Brianti certainly played well for a set and a half against Aza, but not sure about her grass court game. Wouldn't bet against a re-match for Laura against Karo Plisky 'cause Anne seems to a bit fragile at the moment.

[cazza99]

draw is up for the men's - http://www.lta.org.uk/NewWebsite/LTA/Documents/Fans%20News%20and%20Major%20Events/Results/2012/AEGON%20Trophy/Men%27s%20singles%20main%20draw.pdf

[Sallydaisy]

Worra load of rubbish. James Ward up against WC Jamie Baker in R1.
And WC Oli Golding gets #2 seed Lukas Lacko.
:sad:

FULL DRAW
[1] Soeda v Mannarino
Becker v Bemelmans
Berankis v DeVoest
Donskoy v [7] Pospisil

[3] Ito v Levine
Sweeting v Q
WC Fitzpatrick v Q
Goodall v [6] Kunitsyn

[8] Zopp v Van Der Merwe
De Schepper v K.Beck
Ward v WC Baker
Q v [4] Tursunov

[5] Matosevic v Kudla
Q v Sijsling
Reynolds v Bubka
WC Golding v [2] Lacko

Mens Qualifying finishes on Monday. R1 is played over Tue/Wed. R2 Thursday.

Qualifying Draw - results later.
QR1: (wc) Scott Clayton WR 1637 v (q1/wc) Michael Yani (USA) WR 185
QR1: Ed Corrie WR 594 v Carsten Ball (AUS) WR 294
QR1: Dan Evans WR 385 v Stéphane Bohli (SUI) WR 272
(no-GB) QR1: (q8) Matt Reid (AUS) WR 268 v Denis Matsukevitch (RUS) WR 466
QR1: Chris Eaton WR 526 v (q2) Mischa Zverev (GER) WR 212
QR1: Richard Bloomfield WR 378 v John-Patrick Smith (AUS) WR 300
QR1: (wc) Harry David Meehan WR 1921 v Robert Kendrick WR 705
QR1: (wc) Jarryd Bant UNR v (q5) Thomas Fabbiano (FRA) WR 250
QR1: Sean Thornley WR 602 v (q3) Ben Mitchell (AUS) WR 234
QR1: (wc) Keelan Oakley WR 1520 v Marcus Daniell (NZL) WR 752
(no-GB) QR1: Ilya Marchenko (UKR) WR 298 v Greg Jones (AUS) WR 330
QR1: (wc) Nicholas Jones WR 1867 v (q7) Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN) WR 260
(no-GB) QR1: (q4) Amer Delic (BIH) WR 240 v Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) WR 296
QR1: Josh Milton WR 420 v Scott Whitbread WR 1389
(no-GB) QR1: Manuel Sánchez (MEX) WR 703 v Divij Sharan (IND) WR 812
QR1: Alex Ward WR 359 v (q6) Frederik Nielsen (DEN) WR 259

[cazza99]

Chris Goldsmith ‏@TheTennisTalker

Robson & Watson about to start their doubles match.... another Wimbledon WC beckons for these two me thinks.

[cazza99]

Chris Goldsmith ‏@TheTennisTalker

Robson & Watson win their doubles in Nottingham

:clap:

[Sallydaisy]

Order of play for Wed 5th June here (http://www.lta.org.uk/NewWebsite/LTA/Documents/Fans%20News%20and%20Major%20Events/Results/2012/AEGON%20Trophy/Order%20of%20Play.pdf)

Play has been delayed by the rain over the last couple of days so it's a packed schedule.
Unfortunately, the weather could still give problems.

Some key matches tomorrow:

Centre Court - starting 11am
Heather Watson v Q Melanie Oudin
Anne Keothavong[8] v Laura Robson
James Ward v WC Jamie Baker
Elena Baltacha[3] v Larcher de Brito
Moore/South v Bengson/Jeflea
Fleming/Hutchins v Baker/Golding

Court 4 - starting 11am
Broady v Hsieh[2]
WC Fitzpatrick v Q Nielsen

Court 2 - approx
Ladies singles
WC Goodall v Kunitsyn[6]

[cazza99]

Play is underway outside and they are livestreaming some of the matches :):)

Laura Robson vs Anne Keathavong are on livestream now :):)

http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/Nottingham-Festival-of-Tennis/Watch-LIVE/

[Sallydaisy]

Good win for Heather Watson - from Steven on Twitter!
Steven ‏@GBtennis (https://twitter.com/#%21/GBtennis) Nottingham 75K: Great start to the day as @HeatherWatson92 (https://twitter.com/#%21/HeatherWatson92) completes a 46 61 76(5) win against Melanie Oudin :-)

[DaveArneRiise]

That's a great win for Watson. Oudin is a very talented player.

[DaveArneRiise]

Oliver Golding won the first set against Lacko before eventually losing in 3. Still very impressive to win a set against the 2nd seed!

Anne has beaten Robbo in straight sets. Pretty error strewn performance that from Robbo.

Goodhall is a break up against Kunitsyn and Baker and Ward are on court warming up.

[Maza1987]

pleased to see heather finally got over the line. needed 8 mps, but oudin is rejuvinated, so a good win.
well done to anne. she was under pressure after her poor showing in the FO.

[DaveArneRiise]

Seems as if rain has stopped play for the day sadly.

[Sallydaisy]

Seems as if rain has stopped play for the day sadly.
I'm going tomorrow; odds on that some matches will have to be played indoors.

[KnightOwl]

Hope it stays dry Sally - but I have to say I doubt it :)

Good they have the indoor option though...!

[cazza99]

Just seen weather chart - possibly an hour or so without rain in the middle of the day, at best.

[Sallydaisy]

Well, there's certainly some cracking matches to watch tomorrow since so many were carried over from today.

OOP here. (http://www.lta.org.uk/NewWebsite/LTA/Documents/Fans%20News%20and%20Major%20Events/Results/2012/AEGON%20Trophy/Order%20of%20Play.pdf)

CENTRE COURT - starting 11am

Baker v Ward to finish, 6'2, 2'1
Baltacha v LarcherDeBrito
Keothavong v Pliskova
Baltacha or LarcherDeBrito V U.Radwanska or Mugurza-Blanco
Fleming/Hutchins v Baker/Golding
Delgado/Skupski v Butorac/DeVoest


COURT 4 - starting 11am
3rd: Baker or Ward v Tursunov or
6th: Robson/Watson v Oudin/Perrin

COURT 3 - starting 11am
1st: Watson vi Hsieh
5th: Inglot/Huey v Ball/Van Der Merwe

[DaveArneRiise]

I'm going tomorrow; odds on that some matches will have to be played indoors.

I hope the weather holds out for you and that you have a great time Sally. Good that they have indoor courts to fall back in mind although they can't be indoor grass courts surely? Anyways have a great day and let us know how it goes! Cheer on them Brits for us :cheer:

[Caro]

I remember going to Nottingham one year and it rained so hard that there were flash floods. All the matches were moved indoors ans the only way to see was to stand in the rain and peer through the glass!! Very wierd for the players with no crowd watching!!

I used to love Nottingham but haven't been for a few years now. I was a linejudge there a couple of times as well back in my officiating days.

Hope your day is not a wash out Sally .....

[cazza99]

Just realised there is a livestream while they are playing indoors.

http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/Nottingham-Festival-of-Tennis/Watch-LIVE/

Berankis vs Pospisil playing now

[Linda]

My goodness, there's even commentary! :shocked:

I see that Colin & Ross lost to Butorac & De Voest 7-6 7-6 :sad:

[Sallydaisy]

My goodness, there's even commentary! :shocked:

I see that Colin & Ross lost to Butorac & De Voest 7-6 7-6 :sad:
I'm not so surprised by that; yesterday was their first match back after both had injuries so they've probably not got into the swing of things. I guess it means they can head off to Queens to get in some practice there for the 250.

[RoastLamb]

I just got a black screen. Does anyone know if Vashy won his match?

[Linda]

Vashy? Do you mean Pospisil? He lost.

You can check today's results here:

http://www.protennislive.com/framesetperpc.asp?lang=en&ref=www.atpworldtour.com

[DaveArneRiise]

Rice and Thornley beat the 2nd seeds Lipsky & Ram in the quarter finals. Also wins for Huey/Inglot and Marray/Nielsen. Brits are dominating the doubles :cheer:

Bally lost in 2 close sets to U.Radwanska in the quarters. Anne.K won her quarter final match though , and Watson and Robbo are through to the dubs final!

[cazza99]

I just got a black screen. Does anyone know if Vashy won his match?

Maybe the match had finished.

[Jan]

Anne's match is now being streamed on the lta website. It's just started.
http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/Nottingham-Festival-of-Tennis/Watch-LIVE/

edit - Anne lost 3-6 2-6 :sad:

[cazza99]

Urszula Radwanska won the women's event.

http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/Nottingham-Festival-of-Tennis/News/2012/Urszula-Radwanska-wins-AEGON-Trophy/

[cazza99]

I hadn't realised but Paul Hutchins, Ross's dad, is the tournament director.

[DaveArneRiise]

Did Heather and Laura win the doubles final?

[JAMES4578]

Did Heather and Laura win the doubles final?

No, they lost to the top seeds Eleni Daniilidou and Casey Dellacqu 6-4, 6-2.