Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
College #1 now but soon to be #1 in the world in ATP tour as well
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stringertom
Bionic Poster
Call Jack Draper the new King of Forli. The young lefty has won all three of his career Challenger titles this year in the Italian city. Ironically, after winning the first of those titles he lost 1R in the second of the series of tournaments held there.
He is now ranked #146.
He is now ranked #146.
Joseph_K
Hall of Fame
Following the defeat of Mate Pavic and Nikola Petkic in the second round of the men's doubles event in Miami, Joe Salisbury will replace Pavic to become the new world number one when the updated rankings are issued at the end of the tournament. The 29-year-old Londonder thus becomes the third British player to reach no. 1 on the ATP rankings after Andy Murray (singles) and his older brotherJamie (doubles).
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Joseph_K
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Jack Draper won his fourth Challenger singles title of the year earlier today when he defeated the Belgian Zizou Bergs 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 in the final of the tournament in Saint-Brieuc, Brittany. This latest victory will see Draper rise to around no. 124 when the new world rankings are released tomorrow.
D-Lite
Hall of Fame
Great achievement for Joe! Hoping his success in doubles continues.
D-Lite
Hall of Fame
Really promising results - I wonder how many he will collect by the end of the year. If he can be top 100 soon for direct entry into Wimbledon then that would be great. I expect he will get a WC if not but always good to get as many Brits into the draw if not to just spread the pressure about a bit more.
Larry Duff
G.O.A.T.
I think he will get a few pre Wimbly wild cards so could make a good jump if he wins a few rounds.
Latetothegame
Semi-Pro
I think he is defending a quarter final from queens thou.
Joseph_K
Hall of Fame
A winning return to tournament play earlier today for Jack Draper at the clay court Challenger in Rome. The Englishman is the no. 2 seed in the singles event and easily defeated the Kazakh Timofey Skatov in the first round, 6-2, 6-1. In the second round Draper will face an Italian, either 27-year-old Stefano Napolitano, or Giulio Zeppieri who, like Draper, is 20 years old.
Harry_Wild
G.O.A.T.
British teen reaches career-high
British teenager Emma Raducanu, in her first career main-draw clay-court appearance, advanced to the quarterfinals in Stuttgart and earned 100 ranking points. This week she takes one step closer to making her Top 10 debut moving from No.12 to No.11, a new career-high.
nounforcederrors
Hall of Fame
Good to see Draper doing so well today in Madrid first round, on track to send Sonego home: 6-4 4-1, Sonego to serve. GO DRAPER!
Larry Duff
G.O.A.T.
Hopefully no one leaves out the D.
newyorkstadium
Professional
Draper finally seems to have overcome all the dreadful sequence of injuries that he experienced in his teens. He can hopefully catch up with some of his peers now, like Sinner. With a bit of luck and perseverance, he should at least get to top 50 in my opinion.
Larry Duff
G.O.A.T.
7 Brits now in the ATP top 200 for the first time in 26 years.
travlerajm
Talk Tennis Guru
The British are coming!
Larry Duff
G.O.A.T.
Great win for Evans.
Joseph_K
Hall of Fame
Question: Before today, who was the last British tennis player, male or female, to win a singles title on clay?
Answer: Andy Murray, at the 2016 Italian Open.
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Earlier today, Cameron Norrie joined this very select group of British players by defeating the Slovak Alex Molcan, 6-3, 6-7(3), 6-1 in the final of the Lyon tournament. The Briton made things much more difficult for himself than he needed to because, at one stage, he led by a set, 5-4, and 40-15 on his opponent’s serve. But the talented Molcan fought back to take the tenth game of the second set, as well as the tiebreak that ended that set.
However, there was only one player in it in the final set and the top-seeded Norrie ultimately emerged the victor about an hour after he had had his first match point.
Answer: Andy Murray, at the 2016 Italian Open.
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Earlier today, Cameron Norrie joined this very select group of British players by defeating the Slovak Alex Molcan, 6-3, 6-7(3), 6-1 in the final of the Lyon tournament. The Briton made things much more difficult for himself than he needed to because, at one stage, he led by a set, 5-4, and 40-15 on his opponent’s serve. But the talented Molcan fought back to take the tenth game of the second set, as well as the tiebreak that ended that set.
However, there was only one player in it in the final set and the top-seeded Norrie ultimately emerged the victor about an hour after he had had his first match point.
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tennispro492
Rookie
Sadly he is a Kiwi, not a real Brit.
Aabye5
G.O.A.T.
Lol, you're using some UnderratedSlam logic there...
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
Wimbledon just became a joke. How would brits respond to this ?
Larry Duff
G.O.A.T.
I missed this if it was shown before. No sound which is really a shame. Great stuff from jodie Burrage.
Joseph_K
Hall of Fame
The ‘grass court season’ got underway in earnest earlier today, with some of the first-round matches taking place in the Surbiton Trophy Challenger tournament in south-east London. Dan Evans is the top seed in the men’s singles event, which also features Andy Murray, Liam Broady and the wildcard Ryan Peniston. The Australian Jordan Thompson is the defending champion and unseeded.
Murray was in action earlier this afternoon and beat the South Korean Hyeon Chung 6-3, 6-2 in a one-sided match. The weather is blustery but sunny and temperatures are set to rise into the high twenties later on this week.
Murray was in action earlier this afternoon and beat the South Korean Hyeon Chung 6-3, 6-2 in a one-sided match. The weather is blustery but sunny and temperatures are set to rise into the high twenties later on this week.
Joseph_K
Hall of Fame
Seven British players made it into the main draw of the singles event at this week’s Surbiton Challenger, but only one of them has made it to the quarter-finals. That player is Andy Murray, the no. 2 seed, who takes on the Australian no. 5 seed Jason Kubler tomorrow.
Earlier today, the second-last remaining British hope, top-seeded Dan Evans, was beaten by the talented young Canadian Gabriel Diallo, who is 21 and a senior at the University of Kentucky. The score was 7-5, 6-2.
Earlier today, the second-last remaining British hope, top-seeded Dan Evans, was beaten by the talented young Canadian Gabriel Diallo, who is 21 and a senior at the University of Kentucky. The score was 7-5, 6-2.
ScottleeSV
Hall of Fame
Isabelle Lacy might have a bit of promise on the woman's side. Just 16 and into the quarters (albeit needed a bye).
Larry Duff
G.O.A.T.
I am getting excited about Scotland's 'Hotshot" Hamish Stewart. I'm watching him play in the challenger at Nottingham and he seems to have quite a game. The next MurrayGOAT? Probably not but it will be interesting to see how far he can go.
nounforcederrors
Hall of Fame
Well predicted. What with his reaching the finals of the 2024 Adelaide 250, and a good showing at the 2023 USO 4th round, he's now ranked 51.
Mainad
Bionic Poster
Larry Duff
G.O.A.T.
And he takes out the 1 seed in Glasgow. I've been watching him he has game, be fun seeing where he can take it.Lol....you couldn't get a more Scottish name than that!!!!
ScottleeSV
Hall of Fame
Hamish McBagpipe would beat it.Lol....you couldn't get a more Scottish name than that!!!!
Larry Duff
G.O.A.T.
Another Scot qualifying and doing well. Charlie Robertson, I don't know if he is playing really tall players or isn't too tall himself, I suspect the latter.
newyorkstadium
Professional
Thanks, I think he was the top ranked U17 when he was 16, above the likes of Musetti and Sinner. He's got bags of talent.
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newyorkstadium
Professional
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Larry Duff
G.O.A.T.
Good day for the Brits.
Joseph_K
Hall of Fame
An encouraging end to 2024 for British tennis as Cameron Norrie reaches his first ATP final since the Rio Open in February 2023. Earlier on Friday, at the Moselle Open in Metz, he beat Corentin Moutet 6-2, 7-6(5) in semi-final action. In the tiebreak that ended the match Moutet led by 5 points to 2 with two serves to come, but lost the next five points. In tomorrow's final Norrie will face either Benjamin Bonzi or Alex Michelsen.
socallefty
G.O.A.T.
I opened this thread after reading the title thinking that it would be about Bremont or Christopher Ward watches.
Tallawah Tennis
Semi-Pro
Cameron lost to Bonzi in straights, but a good result for Jamie Murray, who won the dubs with Peers in Belgrade.
Larry Duff
G.O.A.T.
Pretty awful in qualifying on both sides.
Joseph_K
Hall of Fame
An impressive performance from 18-year-old Henry Searle at this week's Challenger tournament in Nottingham, where he has reached the final of the singles event. In tomorrow's decider he will take on the Norwegian Viktor Durasovic, who is 27 and has a career high singles ranking of no. 298.
nounforcederrors
Hall of Fame
What can we hope for in the AO R1 Draper/Navone match? After a great run to the USO SFs, Draper had an abdominal injury in the Japan Open. Then a hip injury prevented his playing the United Cup and Davis Cup.
Joseph_K
Hall of Fame
No luck for Henry Searle against Viktor Durasovic in Nottingham on Saturday, where the Norwegian beat the young Englishman 7-6(6), 3-6, 6-1 in the singles final. Searle had one set point at 6-5 in the first set tiebreak, played very well in the second set, but ran out of steam in the third. He will move up to no. 400 when the new singles rankings are issued after the Australian Open.
Larry Duff
G.O.A.T.
I would love to see Norrie and Willis do well.
Purestriker
Legend
For the year? Cause Cam is on a flight home.
Larry Duff
G.O.A.T.
Poor Marcus, long way to go for that.
Mainad
Bionic Poster
Norrie probably needs to start playing a few Challenger events to get back into match winning mode. He's not fit for purpose on the main tour at the moment.
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